A social network like Twitter has decided to give all NFT enthusiasts a new reason to pay for a fresh Twitter Blue subscription. The fact is that right now the company is actively testing a completely new feature that is designed to allow the owners of NFT images to authenticate them, and as a result, display them in their profile photos. Offered as an early stage “Labs” feature to Twitter Blue subscribers, this feature allows NFT holders to connect their crypto wallet to their social media account and display NFT images as their profile photo.
And it’s important to note that while many owners of these NFT images have been using the image in their profile photos for some time now, the feature provided under Twitter Blue will also add an icon indicating that the NFT image is valid. has been authenticated, and that the person owning the account is the official owner of the “object of art” and not taken a normal screenshot. It is also extremely important to mention that while only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to access this feature, the authentication symbol will naturally be visible to all other Twitter users.
Other users, by the way, will also be able to click on the hexagon symbol in order to, if desired, learn more about the NFT picture that stands as a profile picture. And despite the fact that Twitter has previously indicated that it is actively working on an NFT authentication service, what is remarkable about this news is that the social network decided to first offer this feature to Twitter Blue subscribers, that is, users who can pay for special features. Also, to quote the company’s recent words, the NFT feature is “still in active development” and it’s unclear if the company plans to launch it, or anything related to the technology, more widely.
Twitter has previously stated that early-stage “lab” features are actually experiments that could become available outside of Twitter Blue, remain exclusive to subscribers, or disappear altogether. So if users of the social network react negatively to the innovation, or if it turns out to be unclaimed, then the company, with a high degree of probability, can completely abandon its original idea.
