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Twitter is working on the ability to receive tips in Bitcoin

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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?

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.

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...

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

Hmmm I wonder what percentage of BTC owners want to give their BTC away?

I'm a Bitcoiner and am tipping sats (1 sat = 0.00000001 BTC or $0.00049) left and right.

Here's 50 sats https://ln.cash/ogFZFxSbJCjuCDZQ3L2rR6

Thank you for the 50 sats! Some time ago I made some LN tx's to get the Blockstream stickers but have not used LN on mobile.

I scanned this with ios BlueWallet and now i have $0.02 sitting in my mobile wallet! Flawless. Go lightning network!!

Bouncing the 49 sats back to the next Lightning Network user (ln tx costs 1sat)! https://ln.cash/mEPAXiWRc6hwoSL8Vkojo4

In order to claim this, install BlueWallet and scan the QR code. The unfairly cheap transaction is almost instantaneous.

To clarify, that's ln.cash-es service fee. A 50 sat micro-transaction between two decently connected nodes would be completely free of charge.

There's plenty Zero Base Fee nodes (mine included) that make that possible: https://lnrouter.app/graph/zero-base-fee

Point taken! That's certainly cool to see.

That is so cool!

Can I do this with eth?

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