Twitter gives cryptocurrency some real estate, so you can take advantage of it too.
The social media platform allows users to add their Bitcoin and Ethereum cryptocurrency wallet addresses to their profile pages – making it easy for people to send them crypto payments. However, since users can only make additions on iOS or Android, it’s easy to overlook the simple feature.
A later addition to Tips, Twitter gave users the option to add a Bitcoin address to their Twitter profile in September 2021. It did the same for Ethereum in February 2022.
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You may be unfamiliar with the relatively new feature, but thankfully, it’s easy to set up.
How to add a Bitcoin or Ethereum address to your Twitter profile
To add your Ethereum and Bitcoin addresses to your Twitter profile, you’ll need to have them available to copy and paste. Do you have them ready, perhaps in your mobile cryptocurrency wallet? OK then, let’s go.
1. Sign in to your Twitter account on iOS or Android
2. Go to your profile page
3. Select “Change Profile”
4. At the bottom of the screen, select “Tips”
5. Scroll to the bottom and select “I agree” (after reading the Twitter “General Tipping Policy,” of course)
6. Here you will see the option to add an Ethereum and Bitcoin address
Yes, please.
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7. Leave the app and switch to your iOS or Android cryptocurrency wallet and copy your Bitcoin address
8. Return to the Twitter app and select “Bitcoin Address”
9. Paste your Bitcoin wallet address in the field, then click “Save”
10. Log out of Twitter, go to your iOS or Android cryptocurrency wallet and copy your Ethereum address
11. Go back to the Twitter app and select “Ethereum Address”
12. Paste your Ethereum wallet address in the field, then click “Save”
13. Where it says “Allow Tips”, toggle the switch to the “on” position.
And with that, you are good to go. Anyone who wants can now easily find your cryptocurrency wallet addresses on your Twitter profile and send you bitcoins or ether of their choice.
But a caveat: Due to the public nature of the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains, linking your cryptocurrency address to your Twitter profile also means that strangers can see what, if anything, you’ve bought, like in past as well as in the future. — with crypto associated with those addresses.
So keep this in mind before you link the same Bitcoin wallet you used to buy drugs from AlphaBay to your Twitter account. The future of money, it turns out, shines a spotlight on your past.
But hey, adding cryptocurrency addresses to your Twitter profile sure is neat. And now you know how to do it.
