ChangeTip Integrates with Game Streaming Service Twitch.tv
Bitcoin tipping service ChangeTip has integrated with video streaming platform Twitch.tv. The integration works by way of a ChangeTip tip bot, which Twitch.tv streamers can authorize to join their chat channels. Once activated, users can begin contributing bitcoin tips. Twitch began accepting direct bitcoin payments for its Turbo subscription service last August, and later announced the addition of dogecoin payments in October. Created in 2011, Twitch reaches millions of users per month and has become a source of income for a number of high-profile streamers. The platform has been buoyed....
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The Love Button for the Internet ChangeTip has donated $10,000 to Twitch.tv gamers in order to attract the vast gaming community to try out the social media tipping platform. The amount will be distributed amongst a few popular streaming gamers to tip their followers. "Twitch is the leading social video platform for gamers, and links fans with live streamers. Fans chat while watching their favorite gamers make their way through virtual worlds, and we think ChangeTip is a perfect fit for showing appreciation on this platform," read the statement. The complete official announcement can be....
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