Video: iOS 8 Touch ID Bitcoin Wallet By Chain
Here's a neat little video if you've got under two minutes to burn. Chain Inc., a block chain API for developers, has today posted a video on YouTube with a nifty little demo of an open source bitcoin wallet making use of Touch ID on iOS 8. Now, just in case you're not up to date with the latest Apple technology, iOS 8 is the latest iteration of the company's mobile operating system. Introduced in early June, it is currently only available for registered developers, and will be making a public release some time in September. Touch ID is a relatively new feature when it comes to Apple....
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Chain has released a demo iOS app with a new feature it says is the future of bitcoin on mobile devices - the ability to send bitcoin using fingerprint recognition technology. The team says that by using Apple's built-in Touch ID feature, users can now authenticate a transaction with the dab of a digit, and describes the technology as a "simple solution for mobile bitcoin apps that need to sign transactions and store private keys". The best news, perhaps, is that the new API can be freely used by others. Chain told CoinDesk that the solution is "totally open source" and that developers can....
Some day, bitcoin ATMs are likely to be ubiquitous. Until then, we're having fund counting firsts, and today, we're learning that there's now a bitcoin ATM in Belgium. Located in the Flemish region of the country in the city of Ghent, the ATM is installed at the Gameswap HQ store - and if you haven't already guessed by the name, the store sells video games. Filip Roose of Orillia - a bitcoin services company in the country - says the idea behind the ATM is to bring bitcoin out from obscurity. To bring it out of the obscure world, we're trying something here with a machine so you can....
Bitcoin security has been a focus as of late, with BitStamp losing five million dollars of Bitcoin after being hacked. As a result, many Bitcoiners suggest not using exchanges to store Bitcoin. Instead, offline options, which have never touched the internet, are considered the most secure options for storing Bitcoin. Cold storage, storing your Bitcoin offline, is usually considered the most secure way to store your coins. However, it can be complicated to set up. One alternative is hardware wallets, which are devices similar to portable hard drives, but store Bitcoin. These wallets also....
Hardbit Bitcoin Wallet. An Offline, Secure, Cold Storage Unit. Hardbit recently started shipping the Hardbit HB01 Bitcoin Hardware Wallet. The HB01 is a low cost offline, secure, cold storage solution for your bitcoins that still allows you to use them when you want. The Trezor wallet is just starting to ship pre-orders and Butterfly Labs has still not shipped their hardware wallet (or anything at all for that matter). This has left a huge gap in the market for a stand-alone solution to offline storage that is not a paper wallet or a complicated DIY method. Hardbit has stepped into that....