Reddit Secretly Testing Out NFT Profile Pics, Decisions is On Pending

Reddit Secretly Testing Out NFT Profile Pics, Decisions is On Pending

Reddit is trying out nonfungible token (NFT) profile pictures on its foundation, with the news coming simply a week or so after Twitter carried out a comparative component.
 


The famous online media stage had around 430 million month-to-month clients in 2021 and is apparently chipping away at an NFT profile picture execution that will empower clients to set their profile picture to any NFT with a connected picture.
 

In a meeting with TechCrunch on Thursday, Reddit representative Tim Rathschmidt expressed:

“We’re always exploring ways to provide value for users and communities on Reddit. At the moment we’re testing the ability to use NFTs as profile pictures (avatars) and verify ownership.”

"It's a little, interior test and no choices have been made about growing or carrying out the ability," he added.

Prior to the week, an application engineer posted a standard from Reddit advancing the component, recommending the tests are now all around cutting edge.

Twitter additionally presented NFT profile pictures last week, accessible to Twitter Blue endorsers on iOS. Notwithstanding, NFTs have confronted extensive reactions from gamers and Web2 designers as of late.

A day after the send-off, a GitHub benefactor shared a program augmentation that consequently hinders Twitter accounts utilizing NFT profile pictures.

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Reddit has been exploring different avenues regarding different drives around NFTs for quite a while. It even set up a committed page for NFT-related exercises at nft.reddit.com.

In May 2020, the organization presented digital currency tokens for its r/Cryptocurrency and r/Fortnite people group. Those tokens were called MOON and BRICK and depended on Ethereum principles.