Fans can now use Ethereum to tip creators on Twitter

Twitter announced connected February 16 that it has added Ethereum enactment for its creator tips system. The institution besides enabled tips via 3 outgo services, namely Paytm, Barter and Paga.

“Cool, we’ve added Paga, Barter by Flutterwave, Paytm, and the enactment to adhd your Ethereum address.”

Have you acceptable up Tips connected your illustration yet truthful it's casual for radical to amusement their support?

Yes: Cool, we’ve added Paga, Barter by Flutterwave, Paytm, and the enactment to adhd your Ethereum address.

No: What are you waiting for? Here's how: https://t.co/Id5TwTpnCF

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 16, 2022

The tipping jar

Twitter’s tip jar system was introduced successful May 2021 and allows users to alteration donation functionality connected their profiles. Fans who privation to enactment creators tin past take to donate via antithetic outgo options and platforms by clicking an icon connected the creator’s profile.

“Whether you privation to extremity your favourite relationship due to the fact that you adore their commentary, nonstop immoderate emotion to an emerging drama creator for their hilarious Tweets, assistance a tiny concern proprietor done a hard time, springiness to an important origin — immoderate you privation to enactment (and we cognize you already person immoderate ideas), Tips is present to assistance you bash it.”

The diagnostic initially lone supported fiat currency but began adding different options implicit the months aft it launched. Currently, it supports astir 11 antithetic services and platforms for the tipping jar.

Twitter bullish connected crypto?

This is the 2nd cryptocurrency the institution has enabled connected its platform. Users person had the enactment to usage Bitcoin arsenic a payment method, since September 2021.

Sending and receiving Bitcoin payments is enabled connected the level utilizing Strike, which is simply a payments exertion built connected the Lightning network. Fans and creators tin usage immoderate bitcoin lightning wallet for this purpose.

Twitter’s emotion for crypto comes arsenic nary astonishment considering laminitis Jack Dorsey has agelong been a proponent of cryptocurrency adoption.

“My anticipation is that it creates satellite bid oregon helps make satellite peace.”

Dorsey said successful July 2021 astatine a virtual conference wherever helium was speaking connected a sheet focused connected economical empowerment via bitcoin. In 2018, helium besides made predictions astir bitcoin becoming the planet’s “single currency” wrong the coming decade.

Dorsey is presently serving arsenic CEO of Square, which precocious announced that it is moving connected a hardware crypto wallet.