OkCupid Now Accepts Bitcoin For Subscriptions, And It's Catching On Fast

OkCupid — the dating site with a penchant for filling your inbox with reminders of your loneliness and sexual dissatisfaction (…heard from friend) — began accepting Bitcoin on Wednesday as payment for its premium service.

And already five percent of today’s A-list subscribers paid with the digital peer-to-peer currency.

“I’ve actually been very surprised at how many people have done it,” Christian Rudder, OkCupid’s co-founder and general manager, told FishbowlNY in a phone interview.

And don’t think the new payment rollout is a reaction to all the recent attention and investment — including by the Facebook failure Winklevii twins — on the alternative currency.

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