Blockchain Returns to Apple iOS with New Bitcoin Wallet
Users have reported a bug in the denomination functionality on Blockchain's iOS app whereby orders are being billed in 'bits' - also known as 'uBTC' - rather than 'BTC'. For example, a user buying an item would click the 'Pay with Bitcoin' link, but their wallet (configured to display in 'bits') would send .0843 bits instead of .0843 BTC. CEO Nic Cary says a fix will be implemented in the app's next update "imminently". Following Apple's controversial removal of iOS bitcoin apps in January, the first of the big-name wallets relaunches on the App Store today. Blockchain, which already....
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