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Bringing Tips to everyone

September 26, 2021

In May, we introduced our tipping feature to a small group of people in the U.S., allowing them to add a button at the top of their profile where they could link to their CashApp, Patreon, etc. It created a fixed spot where people could see a range of ways to support you.

We want everyone on Twitter to have access to pathways to get paid. So, today, Tips – the first of a series of features we’ve launched this year to create more ways for people on Twitter to support each other and make money – is also the first monetary feature we’re making available to everyone. We’ll start rolling it out to people on iOS today and bring it to people on Android in the coming weeks.

As we expand who can send and receive tips, we’re also expanding how people can tip. For the first time, people can receive Bitcoin tips by adding their Bitcoin address or their Strike account. And GoFundMe and PicPay, a Brazilian payments service, will now be available in Tips.

How does it work?

You’ll know an account has turned on Tips if you see this icon next to the Follow button on the profile page. Tap the icon, and you’ll see a list of payment services or platforms that the account has enabled, and you can select whichever you prefer. The services* available so far:

  • Bandcamp
  • Cash App
  • Chipper
  • Patreon
  • Razorpay
  • Wealthsimple Cash
  • Venmo

And today, we’re adding some new services to the list: GoFundMe – an online fundraising platform – and PicPay – a Brazilian mobile payments platform.

Once you tap the service you want to use, you’ll be taken off Twitter to the selected app to send funds. Twitter takes no cut.

Tipping with Bitcoin over the Lightning Network

In addition to the services currently enabled through Tips, people can now seamlessly tip with Bitcoin using Strike – a payments application built on the Bitcoin Lightning Network that allows people to send and receive Bitcoin. Strike offers instant and free payments globally.

Strike is available to people in El Salvador and the U.S. (excluding Hawaii and New York). People in the eligible markets will have to sign up for a Strike account and add their Strike username to receive Bitcoin tips over the Lightning Network. You can use any Bitcoin Lightning wallet to send tips to someone’s Strike account.

We want everyone on Twitter to have access to pathways to get paid. Digital currencies that encourage more people to participate in the economy and help people send each other money across borders and with as little friction as possible – help us get there.

Sending a tip via Strike 

Adding your Bitcoin address to Tips

When you enable Tips on your profile, you can now also add your Bitcoin address. People can copy your address and paste it into a Bitcoin wallet of their choice to send you a payment directly.

For step-by-step instructions on how to enable your Tips feature and how to send tips, check out our Help Center.

You must be 18+ years old to enable Tips or send someone a tip and agree to our new General Tipping policy, which we’ve designed to keep people safe on our service. This policy will guide our enforcement actions and, as with all of our rules, we’ll continue to publicly iterate on this work as more people use Tips globally.

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