Elon Musk’s X Abandons NFT Profile Pictures, Sidelining Ethereum Integration
X (formerly Twitter), under the ownership of Elon Musk, has discontinued a feature that allowed premium users to use non-fungible token (NFT) images as their profile pictures.
The feature, introduced in January two years ago , was aimed at Twitter Blue subscribers, offering them the ability to display a verifiable NFT as their profile picture.
The initiative was seen as a pioneering step in the social media sphere, validating the use of NFTs at a time when other major platforms like Facebook and Instagram, owned by Meta, were yet to integrate such technology.
However, recent developments indicate that the option to activate this feature via the iPhone version of the Twitter app is no longer available.
X has removed support for NFT pfps.
Just so you know:
Digital property rights are not a joke.
If any of you take screenshots of my CryptoPunk and pretend it's yours, I will sue you. pic.twitter.com/SHnSNEjXqo
— Farokh (@farokh) January 10, 2024
The absence of this option in the app’s current iteration suggests a strategic pivot by Elon Musk, although X has not yet made any official statements regarding this decision.
The NFT profile picture feature allowed users to use Ethereum blockchain technology to verify the ownership of their NFT, which then appeared as a hexagonal image, differentiating it from the standard circular profile pictures.
The future of this verification method and the hexagonal profile picture format is currently unclear, especially for users who still have an NFT-equipped profile picture.
The move comes amidst a backdrop of evolving attitudes towards NFTs and blockchain technology in the social media industry.
Meta, for example, recently announced a decrease in its focus on NFTs on Instagram,
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