The author of the world-famous game Flappy Bird removed from the App Store app earlier this week attracted the attention of everyone, making everyone forget an uninstall applications much greater importance: It was decided to remove the Apple mobile applications related to Bitcoin contract without satisfactory explanation last week.
Users are no longer able to use the iPhone to perform transactions denominated Bitcoin after Apple removed the application Blockchain.
Applications Blockchain, been 120,000 downloads, the most popular applications help co-owners Bitcoin transactions conducted together with mobile phones iPhone or iPad tablet.
To spend virtual currency Bitcoin users must first Bitcoin wallet, by downloading the software to create it from a website specializing in this service. There are two types of software created for Bitcoin: download all kinds of desktop and wallets for online. Type the very first time to download them as Bitcoin QT program. The latter is lighter, then immediately register as wallets for mobile phone download a app (application) and this is the app was removed from Apple's App Store them.
Previously people have this software on mobile phones and money Bitcoin wallet can open the application and then scan through the machine Blockchain identify where copper accept Bitcoin payments, transactions are immediately implemented. In a letter sent to Blockchain, Apple just explain the application was removed because of "an unsolved problem" without further explanation that is a problem.
Without this mobile app as co Bitcoin was dealt another blow, making its future more and more shaken after the incident involving the recent Bitcoin exchanges.
Many analysts believe that Apple remove the application because of Bitcoin notoriety in recent times, especially the arrests of executives Bitcoin exchanges and declared the country do not accept Bitcoin currency bar mathematics. Currently US regulations all organizations providing services ranging from a virtual currency into real money must gather sufficient information about customers, which prohibit anonymous user account to the transaction.
Many other sources that Apple wants to develop its own virtual currency used to remove any potential application to compete with them. Previously there was Apple filed a patent for what they called iMoney, described as a virtual currency and an electronic wallet. Previously, Apple has also removed the applications related to electronics as BitPak Bitcoin wallet, or Coinbase CoinJar. The applications related to other Bitcoin also on App Store just for tracking the value of the currency can not function transactions.
Applications Blockchain still on Google Play for phones running the Android operating system.
The US media reported the event as a declaration of war against Apple's virtual currency Bitcoin and darken the case the user decides to abandon the iPhone to switch to Android phones because of this incident.
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