Twitter gives iOS Blue subscribers NFT profiles

Twitter Blue’s Profile shows how NFTs work

If you’ve got it, you might as well flaunt it, and Twitter now lets subscribers to its Blue service use hexagon-shaped NFT’s on their profiles, it looks like the image above.

A hex on your NFT’s, Twitter sees

NFTs (Non fungible tokens) are the new big thing on the crypto scene. They are unique digital items, such as artwork, with proof of ownership stored on a blockchain. Investors spent $40 billion on these “digital collectibles” last year. Celebs supporting the craze include Eminem and DJ Khaled.

Twitter’s new feature for iOS connects user accounts to crypto wallets in which the NFTs are stored. The company has even released a short video to provide some sense of how these thigns work (below).

The company explains:

“We’re adding NFTs as one of several ways to customize your Twitter profile so you can show off the NFTs you own in a hex-shaped profile picture on your Twitter account.

“Setting up an NFT profile picture means people can associate your Twitter account with your connected wallet’s public crypto wallet address. This means your Twitter account will be associated with your current and historical crypto wallet transactions and holdings, including all other NFTs in that wallet, because this information is all available on the public blockchain.”

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How it works

When an NFT is placed on a profile it will be shown in a soft hexagon to make it more obvious this is an NFT. Tap the image to get information about the image and its ownership. Twitter recently introduced a bitcoin tipping function on its service.

https://twitter.com/TwitterBlue/status/1484226540984356864?s=20

Twitter is supporting the following crypto wallets at this point:

• Argent
• Coinbase Wallet
• Ledger Live
• MetaMask
• Rainbow
• Trust Wallet

You can only connect one crypto wallet to your Twitter account at a time.

Twitter Blue costs $2.99 per month. You need an iOS device to use the new NFT feature. Or you could always save your money and use your own image.

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