Never touched crypto? Good — this was written for you. One-time setup is about ten minutes; every payment after that takes about one. You will not need to understand blockchains, download a wallet, or talk to anyone on the internet. You need to do exactly three things, and this page walks through each one.
Paying with crypto means virtual.sex never learns your name, and nothing related to us ever appears on a bank or card statement. The exchange where you buy the coins verifies you once — because it's a regulated company, and that relationship is between you and them. What we receive on our side is a payment, not a person.
We recommend Coinbase specifically, not just "any exchange" — the payment method below is free precisely because of a network Coinbase itself operates. Signing up feels like opening any finance app: email, ID check, add a payment method. It's the longest part of this whole process, and you only do it once.
In the Coinbase app, buy USDC. Unlike most crypto, one USDC is always worth exactly one US dollar — it doesn't rise or fall, so the amount you buy is the amount that arrives, with nothing lost to a price moving while you wait.
Buy slightly more than you plan to spend — if you want $10 of credit, buy $11 of USDC so Coinbase's small purchase fee doesn't leave you short. Whatever is left over stays in your account for next time.
In your virtual.sex dashboard, enter the amount you want in credits and press Add funds. The payment page opens in a new tab. On it:
The page then shows an address (a long string of letters and numbers), a QR code, and the amount of USDC to send. Don't be thrown if it looks oddly precise — for a $10 top-up it might read something like 10.032686 USDC. That's normal; it's just your $10 written out in crypto's many decimals.
Back in the Coinbase app:
The network is the one thing that can go wrong: the Base you pick here must match the USDC Base you chose on the payment page. It's Coinbase's own network, which is exactly why this is free: no withdrawal fee, no network fee. Any other network from that list is the only way this payment can fail, so take the extra second to check before you confirm.
In the EU Coinbase will ask two quick questions because of local regulations:
Base confirms payments in seconds, and your balance updates automatically. No receipt to upload, nothing to click. You can close the payment tab and go back to what you actually came here to do.
Because it doesn't fluctuate. Bitcoin and Ethereum can move a few percent in an afternoon — fine for an investment, unhelpful for a $10 payment. USDC is always $1, issued by Circle and backed 1-for-1 by real dollar reserves, so there's nothing to watch or worry about.
It's Coinbase's own network — the reason sending USDC on it costs nothing. Every other network in that list (Ethereum especially) charges a real fee and isn't free on Coinbase's side either. Base is the one built for exactly this.
First time ever: about ten minutes, nearly all of it the Coinbase signup. Every payment after that: about one minute of your time, then seconds for the network to confirm.
Coinbase takes a small fee when you buy USDC — same as buying anything else. Sending it on Base costs nothing further, and there is no fee on our side.
No. Coinbase holds your USDC and sends payments directly. Dedicated wallets exist for people who want more control — nothing here requires one.
Give it a minute or two. If your balance hasn't moved after that, double-check in Coinbase which network you actually sent on — sending on the wrong one is the only thing that causes this.
Then you don't need this page: the payment screen lists every coin we accept, including options chosen for people who care about privacy as much as we do. Pick your favorite, send, done.