Twitter Blue rolls out NFT profile pics for iOS
On Thursday afternoon, Twitter introduced that it will be rolling out iOS assist for nonfungible token, or NFT, hexagonal avatars. As of now, solely paid subscribers of Twitter Blue utilizing iOS, which prices $2.99 per 30 days, can entry the characteristic. Based on a tutorial video, customers can join their pockets, together with Coinbase Pockets, Rainbow, MetaMask, Belief Pockets, Argent, or Ledger Reside, and set it as their profile pic, with the method taking just a few seconds.
Customers may be taught extra about one another’s NFT avatars, reminiscent of their homeowners, creators, description of the sequence, in addition to verification of authenticity on third-party platforms like OpenSea. Based on Twitter, the platform doesn’t keep an ongoing reference to one’s crypto pockets. Nevertheless, the agency shops one’s public pockets tackle to make sure that it continues to carry the NFT avatar. Though one can solely set it on iOS by way of Twitter Blue, the NFT profile pic might be seen throughout all platforms.
The performance of the event remains to be within the early phases. Twitter presently helps solely static photos, reminiscent of JEPG and PNG recordsdata, minted on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, together with ERC-721 and ERC-1155 token requirements. But when one sells or transfers the NFT whereas nonetheless set as profile image, it is not going to show any data concerning its possession when clicked.
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You requested (lots), so we made it. Now rolling out in Labs: NFT Profile Photos on iOS pic.twitter.com/HFyspS4cQW
— Twitter Blue (@TwitterBlue) January 20, 2022
However any over-enthusiasm could be short-lived. According to Twitter consumer and blockchain fanatic @HollanderAdam, the characteristic seems to work for any NFT in a single’s assortment— not simply these in verified collections. In different phrases, an web stranger can merely right-click-save any NFT from a Twitter profile, mint it, after which use it as their avatar.
