Reddit now enables sitewide bitcoin tipping
Reddit users can now use the site's bitcointip bot to offer a financial thumbs-up to fellow redditors on any subreddit. Previously, the feature worked only on the Bitcoin subreddit. However, now redditors anywhere on the site can use the mention feature to tip other users for an insightful comment, payment or worthy cause. Here's how it works: Redditors can sign up for the service and find a quick-start guide at the Bitcointip subreddit. Signing up creates a bitcoin address for each user, which can then be funded by sending bitcoins to that address. Redditors with bitcoins in their....
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Users of online Bitcoin tipping service ChangeTip can now receive and send tips in US Dollars. Launched in 2013, the San Francisco-based platform is known to have tipped around $250,000 by January 31st, 2015. In many cases, ChangeTip had also been used as a micropayment settlement service, by denominating the Bitcoin tips in small fractions - known as 'bits'. However, their decision to integrate the USD comes as a surprise to most of the Bitcoin community. On its latest thread on Reddit, ChangeTip revealed the reasons behind the sudden revamping. The company had lately conducted a....
Bitcoin wallet and exchange Coinbase today announced its plan to discontinue its Bitcoin tipping services effective April 1st this year. As stated in the company's blog, the reason behind their sudden withdrawal from micro tipping business is ChangeTip - another bitcoin tipping service which has been constantly ruling the market. In Coinbase's own words, the latter has got "some better traction and done a great job at pushing the tipping ecosystem forward." Coinbase further announced that it would encourage its existing tipping customers base - around 10,000 individuals - to move to....
Bitcoin tipping continues to be a popular use case for the famous cryptocurrency. And with the launch of its new “One Time Tip” feature, social bitcoin tipping startup, ChangeTip is looking to make sending value to anyone on the internet even easier. Before the launch of “One Time Tip,” users of ChangeTip could only tip others in bitcoin via their linked social media accounts, including Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr, Google Plus, GitHub and Slack. Now, with its new bitcoin tipping feature, users can send value directly by email or SMS/text/iMessage using a one-time link.