Re: Twitter seems likely to integrate tipping using Bitcoin.
A leaked image is released by developer, Alessandro Paluzzi, as to how the feature would probably look like.
This person does not appear to be associated with Twitter, beyond having a Twitter account. I am not sure why news outlets are citing this person. Most likely, this person was speculating as to what using bitcoin via twitter would look like. Yeah, he is not connected with Twitter. He's just a self-proclaimed leaker. But it seems he's got access to some beta versions. Perhaps he was one of those who also made tests on certain versions. It seems he's also gathering screenshots from those who had the opportunity to made the test themselves.
https://twitter.com/alex193a/status/1433537509523214337
Even Twitter's product lead developer, Kayvon Beykpour, confirmed the truth of one of his tweets.[1]
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I would also find it very unlikely that Twitter will encourage using bitcoin on its platform. Doing so would create a lot of risks, one of which being that it gives people direct financial incentives to hack Twitter accounts. After Twitter was hacked last year, they prevented (verified?) users from posting bitcoin addresses in their tweets.
Well, it seems the direction is toward integrating Bitcoin to the social media platform. There are always risks, of course. But a hack is a hack and even if there is no Bitcoin address on the profile, just like when the 2020 hack happened, the risk is still existent and damage could still be done. Even the current Tip Jar feature is risky enough if a hack occurs. The hacker could also change the user's PayPal, Cash App, Venmo, and other addresses.
[1] https://twitter.com/kayvz/status/1433115154028187650