ZeroBlock Bitcoin App Now Available on Android Devices

For a while now, and application called ZeroBlock has been a must-have for Bitcoin enthusiasts who follow all Bitcoin movements, all day. The caveat has been that the app was available only on iOS for mobile users. That situation has changed. ZeroBlock is now officially available for the Android platform, allowing users of Google's mobile operating system to monitor and track the price of Bitcoin on the go. The application is free, which makes it all the better. Users who are interested in the application can check it out on the Google Play Store.

Big things are happening at Blockchain.info. In late december, the world's most popular bitcoin website announced the acquisition of ZeroBlock, an informational app widely used on iPhone and Android devices. That acquisition was followed by yet another not terribly long ago, when Blockchain.info CEO Nic Cary appeared on television to announced that digital currency trading platform RTBTC would be integrated with the ZeroBlock service. In the days since, ZeroBlock's trading platform has not surprisingly received a significant amount of attention. "I think both the existing users of....

Digital news, information and data aggregator ZeroBlock has arrived on the Android mobile platform. The company's tagline promises "An intuitive design for an intuitive currency". ZeroBlock's founders Dan Held and Kevin Johnson have witnessed a recent surge of interest in bitcoin, so it made sense for them to expand to Android. Held told CoinDesk: "With the price of BTC moving so rapidly, we wanted to get our product to market ASAP." Although the company has an app in the Apple iOS Store already, Android gives ZeroBlock access to many new users who may be interested in bitcoin information....

Dan Held is a pioneering third party Bitcoin innovator. His co-founding of ZeroBlock, a leading app fast becoming a household name in the community, led to the Blockchain.info where he is now Director of Product. We caught up with Dan to ask about how things are going in the new incarnation of ZeroBlock and get his opinion on the Bitcoin market today, as well as some sneak peeks into the future. CoinTelegraph: Can you tell us what's next for ZeroBlock in its new guise as Blockchain.info's financial data portal? Dan Held: ZeroBlock's product roadmap has exciting milestones coming up in the....

Bitcoin trading platform ZeroBlock is closing down on Thursday, according to a notice posted to the service’s website. A separate notice displayed to trading platform users advised revoking “any API keys from your exchange service”, stating that the ZeroBlock database will be wiped after the shut down on 7th April. The service, owned by bitcoin wallet service Blockchain since 2013, did not disclose why it is closing down. In a statement, Blockchain co-founder Nic Cary told CoinDesk that the company would continue to maintain its existing ZeroBlock mobile apps, focused on price and data.....