Lightning App for Sending Bitcoin Tips on Twitter Is Now Easier to Use

A Twitter app for tipping by way of bitcoin's experimental lightning network is now easier to use thanks to a new update.

Me took Twitter's crypto community by storm by making it possible to tip Twitter users with the experimental micropayment layer lightning.

On Thursday night, the Chrome extension app's version 1.0 was released with features that aim to make onboarding new users to the app much easier.

Me drew support because the app is fairly easy to set up and use as long as a user has a Twitter account.

Even if it's easier than many other lightning apps, it still left something to be desired, prompting the app's developer, Sergio Abril, to work on a series of new updates that were bundled into version 1.0.

Notably, users no longer need to set up a third party lightning wallet app to send tips.

Perhaps one of the most confusing parts of the app in a prior version was, if you didn't have a lightning wallet already, you needed to create one to send a tip.

Me is a custodial app, meaning that the app itself has control of the funds sitting on the website, rather than the user themselves.

Users can now use "On-chain" bitcoin instead of just "Off-chain" lightning funds to fill up their tipping jar, and can send messages along with their tips.

No matter if you tip using your balance or a regular Lightning Invoice.