Have you ever seen a really good tweet that makes you stop and think “that entertained or informed me to the point where I want to give that person a monetary tip”? has allowed users to do just that for the past few months. Until now, users have only been able to send regular money to each other through the feature, but it looks like they’ll soon be able to tip others with bitcoins.
Researcher and app developer Alessandro Paluzzi shared a screenshot suggesting that Twitter is working on such an option, as pointed out by . According to the image, Twitter is planning to use Lightning to generate bitcoin receipts. It will leverage the Lightning Network in order to enable faster payments with lower fees than the primary bitcoin network.
Twitter Product Lead Kayvon Beykpour quote posted on Twitter Paluzzi’s screenshot and added two emojis: a lightning bolt symbol and another reading “coming soon.” This is a pretty clear indication that a bitcoin reversal is in the works. Beykpour too that Twitter is working to bring Tip Jar to more countries.
It shouldn’t be too surprising that Twitter plans to let people pay each other with cryptocurrency. CEO Jack Dorsey is a major proponent of bitcoin. He in July that digital currency could bring world peace, while his other company, Square, may be working on .
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