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In early December 2012, the site planned to launch its e-mail system, named Goatse Mail. However, the e-mail system has not been launched since. 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 website. 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. <nowiki>https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evpj8a/owner-of-goatse-coin-website-wants-it-to-be-a-household-name-meme</nowiki></ref> | In early December 2012, the site planned to launch its e-mail system, named Goatse Mail. However, the e-mail system has not been launched since. 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 website. 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. <nowiki>https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evpj8a/owner-of-goatse-coin-website-wants-it-to-be-a-household-name-meme</nowiki></ref> | ||
The site | The latest version of the site would allow anyone to "purchase a patch of pixels in exchange for ether (the native token of the Ethereum blockchain) and fill it with an ad of their choice". With 6,000 pixels sold, the owner has already made $624 at .001 ETH (worth $104) per pixel in 2018, according to Vice.<ref><nowiki>https://www.vice.com/en/article/xwbwa7/goatse-keeps-trying-to-make-money-with-cryptocurrency</nowiki></ref> | ||
===In Popular Culture=== | ===In Popular Culture=== | ||
Website owners have used the goatse.cx image to discourage other sites from hotlinking to them. Images on the site, such as hello.jpg, have inspired parodies, mirrors, and tributes. Goatse is also a well-known internet meme. In November 2000, A link to ''giver.html'' was added to ''Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture'' book, one of [[wikipedia:Oprah Winfrey|Oprah Winfrey]]'s online message boards, but it's shut down after. In the year, an unknown hacker hacked Yankees.com to display the Goatse image after the Yankees won the World Series in 2000. | Website owners have used the goatse.cx image to discourage other sites from hotlinking to them. Images on the site, such as hello.jpg, have inspired parodies, mirrors, and tributes. Goatse is also a well-known internet meme. In November 2000, A link to ''giver.html'' was added to ''Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture'' book, one of [[wikipedia:Oprah Winfrey|Oprah Winfrey]]'s online message boards, but it's shut down after. In the year, an unknown hacker hacked Yankees.com to display the Goatse image after the Yankees won the World Series in 2000. | ||