Twitter Blue Tests NFT Profile Pics | PCMag

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Learn more. Out with the circle, in with the hexagon. Twitter has started to experiment with non-fungible token (NFT) profile pictures.The company announced on Jan. 20 that it was introducing NFT profile pics as a Labs feature to some Twitter Blue subscribers. That means collectors of these blockchain-backed JPEGs can replace their circular avatars with a hexagonal representations of their favorite NFTs. Tweet “Right now subscribers can only set an NFT as their profile picture from the Twitter for iOS app,” Twitter says, “but the hexa-shaped profile picture is seen across all platforms.”NFTs are predicated upon a particular understanding of what it means to “own” digital art. Anyone can duplicate a given NFT with a single right-click, but for collectors and cryptocurrency enthusiasts, having proof of ownership recorded on their blockchain of choice is important.That’s why Twitter’s new profile pictures require users to connect a cryptocurrency wallet to their profiles. That connection allows Twitter Blue users to confirm that they own the NFT they want to use as their profile picture—and that they want the hexagonal frame that…
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