{"id":17381,"date":"2022-01-27T14:09:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T13:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=17381"},"modified":"2022-01-27T14:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T13:12:33","slug":"reddit-is-exploring-using-nfts-as-profile-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/reddit-is-exploring-using-nfts-as-profile-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Reddit is exploring using NFTs as profile pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Twitter's recent launch<\/a> of NFTs as profile pictures, may gradually be the new trend as Reddit is experimenting with NFT profile images on its site, this is only a week after Twitter introduced the feature.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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In 2021, the famous social networking platform had approximately 430 million monthly users, and it's rumored that it's working on an NFT profile picture implementation\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>, which will let users to set their profile picture to any non-fungible token with an attached image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reddit representative Tim Rathschmidt said in an interview with Techcrunch on January 27 that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always exploring ways to provide value for users and communities on Reddit<\/a>. At the moment we\u2019re testing the ability to use NFTs as profile pictures (avatars) and verify ownership.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

“It's a limited, internal test,” he noted, adding that “no decisions have been made regarding expanding or spreading out the capabilities.”An app developer earlier this week shared a Reddit poster promoting the functionality, implying that the tests are already well underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Twitter released NFT profile pictures for Twitter Blue subscribers on iOS. NFTs, on the other hand, has recently received a lot of flak from gamers and Web2 developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A github contributor shared a browser extension a day after the introduction that automatically disables Twitter accounts with NFT profile images<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For quite some time, Reddit has been experimenting with numerous NFT-related efforts. At nft.reddit.com, it even has a dedicated page for NFT-related activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company will launch cryptocurrency tokens for its \/r\/cryptocurrency and \/r\/Fortnite communities in May 2020. MOONs and BRICKs were the names of the tokens, which are based on Ethereum<\/a> specifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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