YouTube to Integrate New Tipping Feature - Let's Talk About the Possibility of Bitcoin
YouTube recently released news about integrating a new direct-to-creator tipping/funding feature. This is most likely to compete against Vimeo's Tip Jar feature. This is great news for content creators and YouTubers everywhere, but the potential could be largely expanded if YouTube includes Bitcoin. Here's the playing field between YouTube and Vimeo. YouTube is owned by Google. Vimeo is owned by InterActiveCorp, which also owns CollegeHumor, OKCupid and many other sites. Vimeo already has their Tip Jar feature open. However, it is only open to paying members as well as they only process....
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