Blockchain.info Android Wallet App Gets Updated
This week, Blockchain.info announced the release of their updated Android wallet, allowing bitcoin users easy access to their bitcoin funds. The update, which can be found on the Google Play Store, touts two new features, according to a blog post published Thursday by the Blockchain team. The first and perhaps most prominent change is that there's a new menu which can be toggled from the top left (three bars). Users are presented with the following options: Merchant Directory, Address Book, Price & Charts, Wallet Settings. The Merchant Directory in particular is a great feature, allowing....
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The Blockchain.info website can be used as a mobile wallet thanks to its Android app. Blockchain.info is best known as Bitcoin's block chain explorer, but it also has a wallet feature where you can send and receive bitcoins. With the Android app, you can access all this while you're on the move. The app opens up asking you either to create a new account or to pair with your existing wallet. Registering on the website is better as there are a few pieces of data to keep a record of. Pairing with the website involves opening your account details on the blockchain.info website, and clicking on....
A critical security vulnerability has been found in Android which renders bitcoins stored in Android Bitcoin wallets vulnerable to theft, and the exploit is currently being used in the wild to steal people's bitcoins. Several people have reported that their Android wallets were cleared out and the funds sent to 1HKywxiL4JziqXrzLKhmB6a74ma6kxbSDj, an address which currently contains 55.8 BTC. Because the bug is a flaw in Android itself, all Android Bitcoin wallets are vulnerable. Bitcoin Wallet for Android, Bitcoin Spinner, the mobile version of blockchain.info and Mycelium Wallet are all....
Leading Bitcoin companies such as Coinbase, Blockchain.info (Web and Android) have performed disappointingly in the recently released OBPP Bitcoin Wallet Privacy Rating Report, Spring 2015. The Overall Wallet Privacy Rankings for the following Bitcoin companies, along with their scores out of 100, has been given below: DARKWALLET - 54. ARMORY - 54. MYCELIUM - 50. BITCOIN WALLET - 46. ELECTRUM - 46. AIRBITZ - 45. BLOCKCHAIN (WEB) - 22. MULTIBIT CLASSIC - 19. BLOCKCHAIN (ANDROID) - 14. COINBASE - 11. The Overall Wallet Privacy was sub-divided into Usability, Quality, and Feedback. To the....
Blockchain.info wallet users seem to be facing issues with the platform. There are multiple posts on various social media platforms reporting issues with login and transaction problems. Blockchain.info, one of the leading Bitcoin wallet and blockchain explorer is said to be in the process of upgrading the platform for a while now. These issues seem to be related to Blockchain.info’s wallet and API requests. One user on Reddit reported an unusual issue after he encountered an error message saying “Unable to Acquire Transaction Lock”. However, the user later updated his complaint saying he....
The number of web wallet users on popular bitcoin site Blockchain.info continues to climb. According to Blockchain.info (who made this reddit post), over 1.5 million "My Wallet" accounts have established. Chart data on the Blockchain.info site shows just under 1.5 million, but it has not yet been updated. If you recall in late October, Blockchain announced that 500,000 wallets had been created. Fast forward to January of 2014, and it was announced that a whopping one million wallets had been created. Recently, online bitcoin brokerage Coinbase surpassed one million wallets in late....