One of the most popular games of 2018, Fortnite to accept Monero cryptocurrency. Now the gamers will be able to purchase merchandise from Fortnite store using Monero Cryptocurrency.

There is no official statement made by Fortnite but, one of Monero’s developer tweeted that Fortnite is going to accept Monero at merch.fortnite.com store.

Fortnite has over 200 million registered users and is very popular in the video gamers community. Thus the Monero investors feel this move can help the crypto community to grow.

Why Monero and Not Bitcoin?

Some of the crypto enthusiast are discussing on why did Fortnite choose Monero instead of Bitcoin.

And when asked this to Monero’s developer he mentions that the reason is “Privacy”. Monero provides more privacy than of Bitcoin so thus Fortnite has chosen to accept Monero.

Recently we had seen, Razer Adds Cryptocurrency Mining Support for Gamers. Where uses can earn cryptocurrency by using their gaming computers when its idle.

If the video gaming community starts using cryptocurrency for their products then it will take less time for crypto to gain popularity and will be used widely.

Are you a Fortnite gamer? Or would you use Monero to purchase merchandise at Fortnite store? let us know in the comment below.

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