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By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 23 September 2021 22:53 IST

Twitter Adds Recording and Replay to Spaces, Expands Tipping Worldwide, Adds Bitcoin Tips

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Twitter is now allowing s to pay others in Bitcoin

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Twitter has expanded Tips to its s around the world
Bitcoin can be used to pay tips on Twitter
Twitter Spaces is getting a recording option soon

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Twitter has expanded its tipping feature called Tips to s around the world, and added for tipping using Bitcoin. First introduced in May for a small group of s in the US, Tips uses third-party payment services and platforms including India's Razorpay to enable paying tips to creators. Twitter is also expanding the feature by adding new payment services. In addition to the tipping feature, the San Francisco, California-based company has announced recording and replay options coming to Spaces — the integrated offering on the platform that comes as an alternative to social audio app Clubhouse. Twitter also revealed new customised controls and content moderation-centric options.

Initially Android over the coming weeks.

Alongside global availability, Tips has now also added Bitcoin .

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You can use the new crypto addition to the tipping feature by adding your Bitcoin address to your Twitter profile, to start getting cryptocurrency funds from other s on the platform. People will just need to tap the Monetisation icon next to the Follow button on your profile to copy your Bitcoin address and paste it into a Bitcoin wallet of their choice, to tip you directly from Twitter.

Twitter has also enabled a feature in Tips to let s tip in Bitcoin using the payments application Strike, which is built on the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Strike is, however, currently limited to people in El Salvador and the US (excluding Hawaii and New York). s don't have to have a Strike to send tips to someone over Twitter. The receiver needs to sign up for a Strike to add it on Twitter.

Following the briefing, Twitter confirmed to Gadgets 360 that cryptocurrency integration is currently limited to Bitcoin. This means that you won't be able to send or receive tips in other popular cryptocurrencies such as Litecoin, at this moment.

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Nonetheless, Twitter's spotted just earlier this month.

Twitter is also adding new payment services to Tips. These services include online fundraising platform GoFundMe and Brazilian mobile payments app Piay. The feature already s platforms and services including Bandcamp, Cash App, Chipper, Patreon, and Razorpay, among others.

Aside from Bitcoin integration and expanding Tips with new payment services, Twitter also announced that it would soon explore NFT) authentication on its platform.

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Twitter is exploring to bring NFT authentication
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“It's a way to creators, making this art with a stamp to demonstrate authenticity. By allowing people to directly connect their crypto wallets, they can track and showcase their NFT ownership on Twitter,” said Esther Crawford, Staff Product Manager at Twitter.

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Twitter Spaces with recording and replays
Twitter also announced at its press briefing that it is updating Clubhouse, which doesn't natively audio recordings.

Twitter Spaces will let you record and replay audio conversations
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Additionally, Twitter is working on improving discovery of audio-only conversations on its platform by giving more Spaces at the top of your timeline and in dedicated locations.

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Both the recording option as well as improved discovery are marked “coming soon” — an exact launch date was not announced.

Twitter Spaces will get better discoverability in the coming future
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Twitter also announced the introduction of a dedicated fund for Spaces hosts. It will provide financial, technical and marketing to emerging audio creators who are ionate about the live audio format and are interested in creating recurring programming on Spaces, the company said.

Exact size of the fund and other details are yet to be announced.

New controls to make healthy conversations
Aside from product updates, Twitter also talked about the ways it is trying to make the platform more appropriate and suitable for healthy conversations — with limited abuse and trolls. It is also bringing a feature called Heads Up in the coming future to let s know who is in the conversation and what is their vibe before jumping in. This could help reduce the number of potentially heated discussions on the network.

Twitter is working on a feature called Heads Up to help reduce heated discussions on the platform
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Twitter is also testing a communities feature to bring like-minded people with similar interests under one roof. These communities will have dedicated s and norms — over and above the regular Twitter Rules.

Soon, Twitter will also let you remove yourself from a conversation that you don't want to be in. This will allow s to no longer receive notifications even when they're mentioned in a conversation. It is also currently testing an option to you remove followers from your profile using the Web or its mobile apps — without letting them know, or blocking their s manually.

A couple of weeks back, Twitter started testing profile labels for s using bots. This is in plans to be expanded with more types, like businesses, brands, and memorialised s in the future, the company said.

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