Twitter is working on the ability to receive tips in Bitcoin

Genuinely unclear why Twitter wouldn't be setting up fiat currency tipping first. If much smaller operations can set up creator funds/tipping, is there a reason Twitter seems so hesitant?

rfd4sgmk8u3• 5 years ago

Bitcoin is the native currency of the internet. It is the most sensible currency to use. It does not require interfacing with the banking system.

xur17• 5 years ago

My understanding is that this is just another provider being added to their existing tip jar [0] feature. They essentially let twitter users link out to their third party cash app, paypal, venmo, etc accounts, and people can use those third party services.

This is really no different - they are linking out to Strike, a custodial lightning wallet.

[0] https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/introduci...

qecez3• 5 years ago

A shame really, they could've supported it natively and all it would have taken is a few dev-hours.

Twitter is working on the ability to receive tips in Bitcoin

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