How to get NFT profile picture on Twitter that no-one else can use

CERTAIN Twitter customers can acquire entry to a brand new NFT profile image characteristic.

It means you'll be able to show a profile image that no-one else is allowed to make use of.

NFTs are digital objects which you could personal and that proof of possession is saved in a crypto pocketsCredit score: Twitter

It is a characteristic that Elon Musk has blasted as "annoying".

Musk tweeted a screenshot of the Twitter announcement and wrote: "That is annoying."

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have gotten more and more standard.

Bitcoin has helped create a brand new world of digital currencies and now consideration is popping to the brand new development of NFTs.

Cryptocurrencies are actually collections of pc code however cash akin to Bitcoin or Dogecoin have recognisable logos.

An NFT offers one thing completely different because it digitises a bit of labor akin to artwork or music and turns it right into a non-fungible token that's saved on the blockchain.

Which means it can't be replicated and is exclusive to whoever owns it.

When you're a Twitter Blue subscriber, you must have the ability to entry the brand new NFT profile image characteristic.

This characteristic is just obtainable for iOS for the time being however ought to roll out to Android and desktop quickly.

Anyone wanting to make use of the characteristic must personal an NFT and join their crypto pockets to their Twitter account.

The profile image would then be displayed in a particular hexagon form and details about the digital paintings will be exhibited to anybody who clicks on it.

The value of an NFT can vary from just a few hundred to hundreds of thousands of dollars so they are not precisely one thing that everybody has entry to.

Twitter's paid subscription service additionally is not broadly obtainable.

You may entry Twitter Blue within the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Twitter has been met with reward and criticism – and never simply from Musk.

Nameless NFT entrepreneur No Face welcomed the transfer, however warned that Twitter must act quicker on the revolutionary tech.

“I believe this can be a nice course to go in, with such an enormous company investing within the NFT motion,” stated the skilled who based the Goth Girlfriends NFT community.

“It’s actually vital to make use of that the platform strikes with the instances and reveals that it understands NFTs.

“Nonetheless it does really feel slightly gradual – the NFT group has been vocal on the platform for a while.

“So it’s actually key to get this verification methodology up and operating for everybody quickly, not simply Twitter Blue subscribers.”

No Face added: "Whereas this can be a nice characteristic it's at present solely obtainable for choose collections on Ethereum main-net.

"Hopefully in time it may also be expanded to a wider vary of collections and chains."

And NFT artist PJ Cooper of Pandimensional Buying and selling Co stated it’s transfer by Twitter general.

“It’s one other method to flex and show possession of an NFT, and make you stand out from the group.

“There’s a whole lot of mistrust in the neighborhood.

“Virtually actually as a result of scammers that circle like vultures and regularly pull rugs.

“So we might lastly inform if all these punks, apes and skulls we’d adopted are professional homeowners.”

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