Watch this Bitcoin Fanatic Shoot His iPhone After Apple Blacklists Blockchain
Infuriated by Apple's sudden move to ban bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain from its App stores on Wednesday, the bitcoin community flocked to reddit today in a spirited and controversial showing of support for the virtual currency. Reddit posts abounded decrying Apple's move as an anti-competitive maneuver that positions the Cupertino company against innovation and its core values. However, there may be no more dedicated bitcoin supporter than Ryan of the YouTube video series Ryan's Range Report, a vlogger and long-range shooting devotee who found a rare combination of his passions when....
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Apple Pay isn't even here yet and, arguably, it's already winning the war against bitcoin. Like the digital currency, Apple is disrupting the payments system, but people will probably use it more than they use bitcoin. Cupertino has carefully focused on three areas to make sure that happens: front-end experience, financial institutions, and merchants. So what is the cryptocurrency community going to do about it? Apple Pay's holy trinity. Apple nailed the customer experience side. For starters, it rolled out the system with the new iPhone, and with the announcement of the Apple Watch, both....
Historically, Apple and cryptocurrency have had a contentious relationship, largely because Apple refused to allow the development of any iPhone apps that enabled the transmission of cryptocurrency. However, Apple recently revised their app development guidelines, which gave iPhone owners hope that they would once again be able to download popular mobile wallets like Coinbase and Blockchain. Though only Apple only just announced the guideline changes, developers are already resubmitting their mobile wallets to Apple for approval. The first mobile wallet to appear on the App Store belongs....
Look, folks. We get it. The lot of you are absolutely annoyed that Apple has killed off the Blockchain.info application from the App Store. It's an overall crummy situation. And with users retaliating by smashing, stabbing, and even shooting their iPhones - we come to you with three simple steps to tell Apple where to go in a socially acceptable fashion. Sell your iPhone, don't smash it, toss it, launch it into space, or throw it at somebody. Seriously, this doesn't really do anything aside from make you seem crazy. Something tells us Tim Cook isn't hanging out on YouTube and shedding....
It wasn't too long ago when Apple blocked bitcoin apps from being available through its App Store. Who could forget the angry bitcoin users destroying iPhones because of it!? Still, Apple's decision to reverse its anti-bitcoin app policy and allow mobile wallets onto the iOS platform only dates back to about five months ago. Also read: Blockchain iPhone App Removed from App Store. Blockchain Responds. Now, thanks to Apple's change of heart, bitcoin users have a variety of wallet apps they can use to transmit value across the world. In fact, at the time of this writing, 7 of the top 10 free....
Updated with additional comment from bitcoin community. Apple has unveiled Apple Pay, a new mobile payments tool that could significantly impact the way consumers transact both in-person and digitally. The new service was outlined as part of a broader demonstration of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, both of which were introduced at Apple's event in Cupertino, California, on 9th September. Apple Pay is integrated with existing infrastructure, including Secure Element and Touch ID, while the iPhone 6 introduces near-field communication (NFC) functionality, enabling tap-and-go payments for....