Reddit Gold isn&#x27;t really the same; the recipient doesn&#x27;t really get anything other than warm fuzzies out of it. It&#x27;s more a way to support Reddit itself financially while dispensing a few of the said fuzzies on the side.<p>I&#x27;ve had minor contact with a BTC-based tipping system on Reddit, and to be honest it both annoyed me and creeped me out. I forget the name of it, but there was a period where it kept spamming me with &quot;FooUser has tipped you $UTTERLY_DERISORY_AMOUNT, go to $SUSPICIOUS_THIRD_PARTY_SITE and connect up your identities on umpty-zillion different sites to claim it&quot; notifications. I&#x27;m not sure who was supposed to benefit in this scenario, but I&#x27;m pretty sure it wasn&#x27;t me.