Twitter Beta Testing Bitcoin Lightning Tipping Service
Twitter is now testing the ability to tip users in Bitcoin through Jack Maller’s lightning network app Strike.Twitter is now testing the ability to tip users in Bitcoin through Jack Maller’s lightning network app Strike, according to The Block and a post on MacRumors. Code within Twitter beta suggests that the Bitcoin tipping service is currently being tested. Mobile developer Alessandro Paluzzi tweeted an image of what the feature looks like so far. According to The Block, the new lightning service will be Strike enabled and also support Square’s forthcoming hardware wallet. The company....
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Social network Twitter could be closer than it has led on to integrate the Bitcoin lightning network for micropayments. Per a report by news website MacRumors, the platform is currently testing it for the operating system iOS Beta. The purpose of the integration is to enable a new payment option for users to reward content […]
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