Twitter Officially Rolls Out Ethereum Tipping And Wallet Support
Mobile users of social media platform Twitter can now add Ethereum addresses to tip each other in Ethereum, alongside Bitcoin. The feature is currently only available on mobile.
Twitter announced the update on Wednesday, months after Twitter officially rolled out bitcoin tips via the Lightning network on mobile.
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According to Twitter’s updated tipping policy, users who agree to it can “copy someone’s Bitcoin or Ethereum address and paste their address into whatever wallet [they] use.”
In September, the platform launched Bitcoin tipping over the lightning network, allowing users to connect their lightning addresses to their accounts.
Some experts, such as Alessandro Paluzzi and Jane Wong, pointed out that Ethereum wallet compatibility was embedded within Twitter’s code some weeks before Bitcoin tips were launched.
Ethereum’s late introduction could be due to Jack Dorsey, who was still in charge of Twitter last year. The billionaire stepped down from the CEO position last December and has since dedicated himself to building Bitcoin infrastructure at Block.
Dorsey, who seemingly is a hardline Bitcoin maximalist, has in the past made comments that ETH is “centralized” and driven by “corporate-controlled lies”.
Regardless, Twitter has recently embarked on various other Ethereum related projects. They launched a crypto team for developing dapps in November, alongside verified NFT profile pictures in January.
According to Johnny Winston, lead product manager of creator monetization at Twitter:
“We’re continuing to expand ways to get paid on Twitter which includes more choices for creators and fans who want to use crypto.”
