Twitter is considering micro-payment functionality

According to a report, Twitter would consider integrating a functionality allowing its users to send themselves, in the form of tweets, micropayments. A spokesperson for the company, however, denied the information.

According to anonymous sources cited by theinformation, the social network is working on a new functionality which would allow users to " tipper »Through tweets.

Since 2015, thanks to Square, Twitter already offers the possibility to send, through tweets, donations to American politicians.

A representative of Twitter nevertheless said that the firm was exploring many ideas but thatshe was not currently developing such functionality.

Jack dorsey, the co-founder of Square and Twitter, is among those who believe that Bitcoin may one day become the native currency of the internet. The report of theinformation however, does not mention Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies or other blockchains.

Crypto enthusiasts who use the web browser Brave can already send micro-payments in Basic Attention Token (BAT) directly from Twitter.