Coinbase iOS App Strikes Sour Chord Among Users
Security concerns have many Bitcoin users feeling uneasy in recent weeks after learning the new Coinbase iOS app wasn't developed by Coinbase. Instead, the app was introduced by a third-party developer not directly affiliated with the company. Though the app carries the Coinbase name and logo, users are skeptical of its origins and security standards. The Bitcoin wallet app, which is similar to previous versions recently removed from the iTunes app store, was developed out-of-house by Andrew Vilcsak, who has no official connection to Coinbase. The Coinbase iOS app. The app store page for....
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Coinbase announced this week that its user base had crossed the 650,000 mark. It seems the young company is on a roll, as it recently managed to secure $25m in a round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Coinbase has grown more than 20-fold over the past nine months. The service started back in 2013 with just 30,000 accounts but by August it had gained over 200,000. The number of Coinbase transactions is growing even faster - up more than twenty-fold since January. User demographics. The company also shared some interesting data on its demographics. The vast majority of Coinbase users....
Coinbase Vault, first revealed a few months ago, has now implemented a multisig feature that has been demanded far and wide by Coinbase's international customer base. In one fell swoop, Coinbase has set themselves apart from their competitor, Circle, in a big way. Today, Coinbase announced their Multisig Vault, which allows users to control their own private keys on Coinbase. This means that even in the event of Coinbase's untimely demise, bitcoins "stored" in the Coinbase multisig vault would still be accessible to the user. Users would be able to use open source tools, like this one, to....