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=='''History'''== | =='''History'''== | ||
The website was then put back, after a new owner purchased the website for 8,000 euros in 2008, and is now planning to be a subdomain service on which you can host your own website. It now also has plans for its own e-mail system, named, ''Goatse Mail'', claiming to be launched in early December 2012. However, the e-mail system has not been launched since. There were also plans for a cryptocurrency called ''Goatse Coin'', but there doesn't seem to be any progress.<ref>Pearson, Jordan; Koebler, Jason (2017-10-17). "The Current Owner of the 'Goatse' Website Wants It to Be a Household Name". Motherboard. Retrieved 2018-12-15. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evpj8a/owner-of-goatse-coin-website-wants-it-to-be-a-household-name-meme</ref>[[File:Goatse.jpg|thumb|Hackers hack a billboard to display the dreaded image.|293x293px]]Some viewers also claimed that before the ''hello.jpg'' image was shown, there were some other pornographic images shown on the site, such as a picture of a woman doing sexual acts with a goat. However, no one has been able to confirm this statement's validity. | The website was then put back, after a new owner purchased the website for 8,000 euros in 2008, and is now planning to be a subdomain service on which you can host your own website. It now also has plans for its own e-mail system, named, ''Goatse Mail'', claiming to be launched in early December 2012. However, the e-mail system has not been launched since. There were also plans for a cryptocurrency called ''Goatse Coin'', but there doesn't seem to be any progress.<ref>Pearson, Jordan; Koebler, Jason (2017-10-17). "The Current Owner of the 'Goatse' Website Wants It to Be a Household Name". Motherboard. Retrieved 2018-12-15. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evpj8a/owner-of-goatse-coin-website-wants-it-to-be-a-household-name-meme</ref>[[File:Goatse.jpg|thumb|Hackers hack a billboard to display the dreaded image.|293x293px]]Some viewers also claimed that before the ''hello.jpg'' image was shown, there were some other pornographic images shown on the site, such as a picture of a woman doing sexual acts with a goat. However, no one has been able to confirm this statement's validity. | ||
=== '''In Popular Culture''' === | === '''In Popular Culture''' === | ||
2015: In Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood, hackers hacked an electronic billboard to display the goatse image.<ref>Koebler, Jason (2015-05-15). "Someone Hacked a Billboard in Atlanta to Display Goatse". Motherboard. Retrieved 2018-12-15. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kbz5vv/someone-hacked-a-billboard-in-atlanta-to-display-goatse</ref><ref>i.imgur.com/5dWOEfv.jpg<font color="red">Contains the goatse image.</font></ref> | 2015: In Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood, hackers hacked an electronic billboard to display the goatse image.<ref>Koebler, Jason (2015-05-15). "Someone Hacked a Billboard in Atlanta to Display Goatse". Motherboard. Retrieved 2018-12-15. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kbz5vv/someone-hacked-a-billboard-in-atlanta-to-display-goatse</ref><ref>i.imgur.com/5dWOEfv.jpg<font color="red">Contains the goatse image.</font></ref> | ||
