I sure as hell was. It took quite a while to sink in. But the reality is, the whole crowdfund/partnership countdown was the biggest news of the year in crypto. And although I don't believe mindgeek is a household name by any stretch, being their exclusive partner has to be every PryCry developer's wet dream.
Although I was dying to tell friends and family they can now use Verge (XVG) for subscriptions to Netflix or Spotify, and not for HD porn and cam girls, this really is the most significant partnership in crypto to date.
Verge revealing the partner as Mindgeek only makes sense. I just wish I would have seen it more clearly, before talking it up so much. It was usually to deaf ears anyhow, but still.
Porn being synonymous with Verge does cause me a slight inconvience. I have been using Verge for crypto workshops. I actually had to cancel my partnership party workshop, mainly because it was at the library.
I was already pretty flustered, and having a slight panic attack, so I couldn't handle being creepy porn coin workshop guy, at the public. But whatever, I am prepared to take it in stride today. Their is so much verge hate, it is on the verge of being unbearable. XVG is a hard sell. Then again if this shit were easy, everyone would be all over it.
The fact that it is used for some things that I might not fully aggree with, further validateds Verge is a currency. I am not knocking the porn industry. I have friends that worked in it, and I know some folks rely on it to put food on the table.
The first thought I had was the same reaction of many in the Verge Fam:
I wouldn't feel dirty enough paying for porn. The internet to my generation meant "FREE PORN!" way before it meant free music or easy access to illegal drugs. But that's just it. I have to think outside myself, bust away from the tunnel vision, in order to see the bigger picture.
Apparently, mindgeek controls the payment process of 85% of porn on the net? The name recognition that Verge will get from this ad campaign, will be bigger than anything crypto has ever seen. I don't care how many times people hear the word "bitcoin", it sounds fricken dumb. Verge has swag, with the brand name, as well as with words like "wraith protocol".
So only time will tell at this point. I am pretty confident that one year from now, verge will still be around. And it may be much more than a wank coin.
