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A comment on Twitter enables tipping with Bitcoin, plans to let users authenticate NFTs. Parent comment

Re:Twitter enables tipping with Bitcoin, plans to let users ... by corobo on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:12PM (#28632894)
How's the eco status on NFTs these days? I know Bitcoin is still trying to cook the Earth but have they fixed NFTs yet?

My only "get off my lawn" take on it

Also it all seems to be digitally drawn portrait templates with different accessories on (eg robot heads). I have no idea if they sell but someone's giving Twitter a bunch of money to shove those in my face haha. I'll put that one down to not getting it, I never got into pokemon cards etc either

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Re:Twitter enables tipping with Bitcoin, plans to let users ... by DennisP on Thursday September 23, 2021 @03:26PM (#28634017)
Most NFTs are on Ethereum. That has pretty high energy usage for now, but is on track to eliminate it almost entirely in Q1 next year.
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Re:Twitter enables tipping with Bitcoin, plans to let users ... by corobo on Friday September 24, 2021 @07:46AM (#28641108)
Oh nice I didn't know it had a timeline rather than just "we want to.. one day"! That's good to hear thank you :)
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Re:Twitter enables tipping with Bitcoin, plans to let users ... by DennisP on Friday September 24, 2021 @10:54AM (#28643277)
The production proof-of-stake system has actually been running in parallel since last December, staking real ETH, with over 200K full nodes. What's left is just to repoint the main clients, so instead of choosing blocks by the most work, they let the staking network choose blocks.
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