Chain's iOS API Provides Fingerprint Authorisation for Bitcoin Apps
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....
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