Hello everybody,

3 months ago we switched our monetization to 100% Crypto (you can read the background of the decision here - click me).

At the same time, we were able to come up with an interim solution that would be good for both sides - Binance Gift Cards are easy and quite comfortable for you to use (and many of you have embraced them since), and for us it allows direct redeeming to crypto, so from our perspective Binance Gift Cards are 1:1 identical to a crypto payment.

The reason why Binance Gift Cards have been working for us is because every user of Binance could emit them to then sell them at a third party site - so you always had a lot of options (and payment methods) to choose from.

However, Binance has announced (you can find the announcement here - click me) that from tomorrow, July 20th, individuals will no longer be able to emit new Binance Gift Cards - this option will be limited to verified organizations.

What this means in practice that this payment method is about to effectively die - the supply will only persist until the leftover Gift Cards, emitted before July 20th, are sold out by the merchants.

Even today in 2023, there are still quite some members in our community who don't like or afraid of Crypto, don't know how and will never use it - so we are making this announcement to give you a chance to get as much Access with your favorite site as it's economical for you.

Please keep in mind that the nature of our operation prevents us from enjoying a vast array of easy and comfortable payment methods to choose from. We will be unable to offer you a personalized payment method, so in the future, if you won't be using Crypto payments, your only other option might be to move on. Please treat this situation with this in mind.

Since you've been asking us questions about this announcement for a while, here are a couple clarifications:

1. Even though individuals (like us) can no longer create new Binance Gift Cards, we can still redeem them. We shall continue accepting them for as long as you can buy them.

2. We have no idea for how long will they still be available, however we felt like we should assume worst case scenario and tell you about it, so that you could plan accordingly: after all, if/when this payment method is discontinued, Crypto will become the only alternative - and we can see how this situation can be suboptimal for some of our members.

Due to the nature of our operation, over the years it's been pretty common for us to have to switch payment methods for one reason or another. So if there happens to be a particularly comfortable and easy payment method (a role which Binance Gift Cards fill right now) - you shouldn't expect it to be available forever, but rather make use of the opportunity while it lasts by grabbing a longer Access plan with your favorite site - as long as it's economical to you, of course.