Cryptocurrency tipping bots enable users on social media platforms – such as Twitter, and Reddit – to send micro-transactions or “tips” to other users to reward them for their content contributions.
In this guide, you will discover the most popular ones and find out how to use them to send and receive tips in cryptocurrency.
A Brief History of Cryptocurrency Tipping Bots
In the early days of bitcoin, before altcoins gained popularity, it was the favoured option for micro-tipping within crypto communities. The very first cryptocurrency tip bot ever to facilitate bitcoin micropayments between users on Reddit was BitcoinTip in July 2012. BitcoinTip stopped functioning in April 2014 after helping Reddit users migrate to a new tipping service known as Changetip.
ChangeTip, founded in 2014, was by far the most widely used bitcoin tipping bot. The bot processed about 350,000 bitcoin tips, serving over 100,000 users, by 2016 when the company announced that it would be shutting down its operations after its developer team was acquired by Airbnb.
To fill the void left behind by ChangeTip, several tipping bots have emerged to offer cryptocurrency users to ability to tip fellow users using an array of different digital currencies.
How Cryptocurrency Tipping Bots Work
Tipping bots effectively all work the same way with only minor differences in commands for each bot.
Step one is to create an account and then fund your tipping wallet with the bot’s native digital currency. Step two is to learn to commands to use the bot. The command line will look something like /u/tippingbotsname or @tippingbotsname @username, depending on the social media platform you are using.
Finally, step three is to start tipping, for example, by typing @botname @recipientname 0.001 BTC on Twitter.
The recipient can then collect their cryptocurrency tip by creating an account with the tipping bot and then transfer the received digital currency from that account into their personal wallet.
The Most Popular Cryptocurrency Tipping Bots
In this list, you will find the most popular and actively used cryptocurrency tipping bots. Enjoy!
Tippr Bot (Bitcoin Cash)
The popular bitcoin cash tipping bot, Tippr bot, allows anyone to send microtransactions using BCH. The BCH Tippr bot is available on both Reddit and Twitter, where it has seen substantial traction. Since Tippr was launched, the bot has seen over $100,000 worth of bitcoin cash transactions. Statistics detail that Reddit users have sent 34,227 BCH tips to over 15,000 unique users.
TipJar Bot (Ether)
TipJar is a free, Ethereum-powered service that allows Redditors to easily send micropayments (in the form of ETH) to other Redditors just by leaving a comment. The tip bot also accepts a range of ERC20 tokens for its micropayments service.
SoDogeTip (Dogecoin)
SoDogeTip was created to replace the dogetipbot, a popular dogecoin tipping bot that went bankrupt in 2017 after the owner spent all the coins after he himself ran out of money.
The difference between the two bots is that SoDogeTip is on-chain, whereas dogetipbot was off-chain. In fact, it is Reddit’s only on-chain tipping bot. Like for every tipping bot, the new bot’s users should not hold more coins in this service than they are willing to lose. However, the fact that SoDogeTip is more transparent than its predecessor is a good sign for fans of Dogecoin.
NanoTipBot (Nano)
The NanoTipBot is tied to the payment-centric Nano (NANO) cryptocurrency and processes its high-speed micro-payments in roughly two seconds. The process they follow is simple, you just have to type: @NanoTipBot tip ‘amount’ @Receiving username. The NANO community received this very well and are also excited about the project’s new roadmap.
Stellar Tip Bot (Stellar)
The Stellar Tip Bot belongs to the Stellar Community and works on Reddit and Twitter. It was created to “thank people for help, be friendly, buy someone coffee and spread [the] word about the Stellar Network,” and supports the digital currency, stellar lumens (XLM).
Reddcoin TipBot (Reddcoin)
The ReddcoinTipBot came out in 2014 to support the Reddcoin, the “social currency of the digital age.” The bot’s features include; working in every subreddit, tip any Redditor, he/she doesn’t have to register first, and it is a free service. The Reddcoin TipBot currently works on Twitter, Twitch.tv, and, of course, on Reddit.
Cointippy (Bitcoin & Several Altcoins)
Finally, there is CoinTippy, which allows you to you reward content creators on Reddit, Twitter, Telegram, and Twitch with cryptocurrencies. It supports the following cryptocurrencies: bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ether, and zcash. The service is free with zero restrictions, meaning one can send tips to anyone in the world at no cost.
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