Your Identity Matters. Introducing Profile Verification.
When we first launched Grove, we supported one platform: X.
The goal was simple:
Let people tip creators anywhere on the internet.
But creators don’t exist in just one place.
You might write on Substack, post on X, upload to YouTube, stream on Twitch, contribute on GitHub, or publish on your own website.
Your identity – and your work – lives across the entire internet.
That’s why we introduced Creator Profiles on Grove.
Profiles allow creators to link all of their platforms together into a single identity, so fans can support them no matter where their content lives.
If you missed that launch, you can read more about how Grove lets you tip creators across every platform on the internet in our earlier post:
👉 https://grove.city/news/profiles-are-live-tip-creators-on-every-platform
Today, Grove supports over a dozen social networks and creator graphs — from X to YouTube to personal websites and beyond.
But expanding across the internet introduced an important challenge:
How do we make sure the right person gets paid?
The Problem
If fans are sending money across the internet, they need to know one thing:
That the creator they’re supporting is actually… the creator.
🚫 No impersonators.
🚫 No fake accounts.
🚫 No middlemen.
Just direct support from fan → creator.
That’s why we built Profile Verification.
Introducing Profile Verification
Profile Verification ensures that every account attached to your Grove profile actually belongs to you.
When you sign up on Grove you can:
- Create your Grove profile
- Attach your social accounts
- Verify ownership using secure authentication (OAuth)
Once verified, those accounts become part of your portable creator identity.
Fans can see exactly where you exist online and know that they’re sending tips to the real you.
Why This Matters
Verification protects both sides of the ecosystem.
For creators
- Your identity becomes unified across platforms
- Your reputation travels with you
- Your fans know where to support you
For supporters
- You know your payments are going to the right person
- No scams or impostors
- Just direct support for the creators you love
This is how the internet should work.
Start Verifying Your Profile
Setting up your verified creator profile takes just a few minutes.
- Claim your handle
- Connect your social accounts
- Verify ownership
- Start receiving tips across the internet
What’s Next
Verification is just the first step.
It lays the foundation for a much bigger vision:
- A unified creator identity
- A reputation graph across platforms
- And a world where creators can earn anywhere on the internet
Because when identity is verified…
value can flow directly to the people who create it.
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