Apple Inc. Bans Blockchain Wallet.
On Wednesday February 5thApple inc. launched a fresh skirmish against Bitcoin. Blockchain's wallet was removed from the App store. This is the latest in an ongoing war waged by the Apple Corporation against Bitcoin users. Blockchain's wallet was, for quite some time, all that remained. Leading innovators Coinbase, Gliph, and CoinJar were booted some time....
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