Twitter Blue rolls out NFT profile pics for iOS

On Thursday afternoon, Twitter announced that it would beryllium rolling retired iOS enactment for nonfungible token, oregon NFT, hexagonal avatars. As of now, lone paid subscribers of Twitter Blue utilizing iOS, which costs $2.99 per month, tin entree the feature. According to a tutorial video, users tin link their wallet, including Coinbase Wallet, Rainbow, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Argent, oregon Ledger Live, and acceptable it arsenic their illustration pic, with the process taking a fewer seconds.

Users tin besides larn much astir each other's NFT avatars, specified arsenic their owners, creators, statement of the series, arsenic good arsenic verification of authenticity connected third-party platforms similar OpenSea. According to Twitter, the level does not support an ongoing transportation with one's crypto wallet. However, the steadfast stores one's nationalist wallet code to guarantee that it continues to clasp the NFT avatar. Although 1 tin lone acceptable it connected iOS done Twitter Blue, the NFT illustration pic volition beryllium disposable crossed each platforms.

The functionality of the improvement is inactive successful the aboriginal stages. Twitter presently supports lone static images, specified arsenic JEPG and PNG files, minted connected the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, including ERC-721 and ERC-1155 token standards. But if 1 sells oregon transfers the NFT portion inactive acceptable arsenic illustration picture, it volition not show immoderate accusation regarding its ownership erstwhile clicked.

But immoderate over-enthusiasm would beryllium short-lived. According to Twitter idiosyncratic and blockchain enthusiast @HollanderAdam, The diagnostic appears to enactment for immoderate NFT successful one’s collection, not lone verified collections. In different words, an net alien tin simply right-click-save immoderate NFT from a Twitter profile, mint it, and past usage it arsenic their avatar.