Media: Twitter to test Bitcoin tips for content creators

Twitter tests Bitcoin tips via Tip Jar.

The social network Twitter will test the ability to send donations in the first cryptocurrency to content creators via the Tip Jar feature. MacRumors reports.

Twitter introduced Tip Jar in May 2021. The feature allows users to send what are effectively tips as a form of appreciation. Initially, Tip Jar supported payments through Bandcamp, Cash App, Patreon, PayPal and Venmo.

Bitcoin is not yet available as a selectable option in the beta, but the possibility has been spotted in the code.

According to a screenshot by developer Alessandro Paluzzi, payments via Tip Jar would require an account in the Strike app built on Lightning Network.

#Twitter is working on the ability to receive tips in #Bitcoin 👀 pic.twitter.com/uycD3qsR5F

— Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) September 1, 2021

In June, the head of the company Jack Dorsey allowed the Lightning Network integration into Twitter.

Later, the CEO announced the integration of Bitcoin into Twitter’s services, including Tip Jar, and called the cryptocurrency one of three key trends shaping the future of the social network.

In 2019, Dorsey said that integrating the Lightning Network into Square’s Cash App was only a matter of time.

In 2020, Square’s cryptocurrency division announced the creation of a toolkit to simplify the integration of the Lightning Network into wallets.

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