San Francisco headquartered link sharing and content rating website Reddit has removed the option to gift users with
reddit gold using bitcoin.
Reddit has removed the option for users to gift
Reddit Gold using Bitcoin and ditched the DarkNetMarkets subreddit, which focused on topics surrounding anonymous transaction venues.
Not exact matches
Users would often
use Bitcoin as payment for the site's
Reddit Gold premium membership program, which lets users disable ads, customize their avatar and access a private subreddit for about $ 30 per year.
Coinbase scored a huge partnership today, as social discovery and discussion site
Reddit has just launched an integration that allows its users to pay for «
Reddit Gold»
using bitcoin with Coinbase's system.
We had a number of other merchants start
using our merchant tools recently, including 4Chan (they have a «pass» which is similar to
Reddit Gold), web hosting companies, productivity app, and plenty of sites accepting donations.
A place to battle
using image manipulation software, play photoshop tennis, create new images from old photos, or even win
reddit gold.
As of this week, it seems Bitcoin can no longer be
used to obtain
Reddit Gold.
Over the years, many people
used Bitcoin to purchase
Reddit Gold, and there was never any indication that the «partnership» would come to an end eventually.
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Reddit gold
Reddit has reportedly removed the option for
Reddit Gold to be bought
using Bitcoin, apparently in response to Coinbase changing their merchant product.
Some
Reddit users on the thread commented that they were not
using BTC to pay for
Reddit Gold anyway, due to the high transaction fees.
Last week, a
Reddit user noticed that he or she was unable to
use Bitcoin to gift another user a
Reddit Gold subscription, a common way to show appreciation for a witty or informative post.
Tippr, a popular bot
used in
Reddit's cryptocommunities, allows users to tip other users in Bitcoin Cash for posts, comments, and content they appreciate, a practice similar to gifting
Reddit Gold.
A place to battle
using image manipulation software, play photoshop tennis, create new images from old photos, or even win
reddit gold.