RE: Let's Talk About Fees & Functionality Coming in the @tippy Text-to-Tip Service!
One - upvotes are tips.
Two - transfers, which anyone can use for tips, could be implemented on the article pages - but users would need active keys. Transfers from articles pages are essentially the same function as transfers from steem wallet pages.
A smaller purse, like you described, could be accomplished as a new account balance with its own key authority - call it the tipping till - controlled by the tipping key. But this can be seen as largely a naming convention. It reflects what can already done between regular accounts and savings accounts.
My short answer is that it is possible - anything is possible, but that we will not be putting this on Steemit's near term development roadmap - as I pointed out much of the functionality already exists.
Right. But upvotes don't count when the post is more than 7 days old. And if you want to give more than an upvote, you'd need to send it manually.
OK. That was my question - whether or not a tipping purse could handle a transaction without needing to sign in with active/owner keys. The point would be to streamline tipping when you're signed in for posting or voting and to make tipping as simple as an upvote. Any additional steps that would be required would make the function sort of pointless.
I didn't want users to have to use their keys in any way shape or form. In essence @tippy is like a reloadable debit card that you can spend faster than conventional STEEM/SBD. Which reminds me I need to get tip memos working properly so users can tip to exchanges / shapeshift or other services that require the memo field for deposits.