Instant messaging platform Discord may soon launch back up for MetaMask and WalletConnect integrations equally evidenced by a pre-release screenshot shared past the platform'south CEO, Jason Citron. However, a portion of the Discord customs raised concerns about the update while threatening to abolish its Nitro subscriptions.

Citron'southward announcement of the upcoming Ethereum blockchain integration came as a respond to a tweet from Packy McCormick, founder of Non Deadening, sharing an commodity that read:

"Imagine a human website. Imagine a place where dank memes period like beloved. Imagine a identify where potatoes thrive. Imagine a place where humans and bots alive in harmony. Imagine, in other words, a place like Discord."

While Citron's screenshot of the pre-released Discord application aims to expedite crypto adoption, the gaming community resisted the movement by highlighting the ecosystem's ongoing issues with carbon emissions, money laundering and uncertainties within the nonfungible token (NFT) market place.

Moreover, the backlash besides resulted in numerous users catastrophe subscriptions to Discord Nitro, the platform'due south premium service offering that costs $four.99 per month and $49.99 for a yr. In the words of Discord user Olivia:

On the other side of the spectrum, many users from the gaming community also see this move as a step in the right direction. Responding to Olivia, another user named Bryce NFT argued:

"Y'all really merely called the NFT space a ponzi scheme without valid evidence. Don't comment on anything when you lot have no idea almost the space."

Related: MetaMask integrates with Bitfinex Pay amid growing need for crypto payments

MetaMask integrations have onboarded millions of users to the crypto space. On Friday, crypto payment gateway Bitfinex Pay launched a MetaMask integration to its platform.

As a result of the MetaMask integration, Bitfinex Pay opened doors to over 10 one thousand thousand new users for sending and receiving payments in cryptocurrencies. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Bitfinex Pay principal applied science officeholder Paolo Ardoino said that the digital avails are going to disrupt the current payment industry and that it is "not a question of if just only when."