Mycelium's Bitcoin Wallet Suspended from Google Play Store
Mycelium's bitcoin wallet app has been re-instated into the Google Play store, following the removal of its 'donation button'. Mycelium's bitcoin wallet app has been removed from the Google Play store as of yesterday, the company has confirmed. The wallet provider, which currently has "between 50,000 and 100,000 users" announced the news via a Reddit post. Speaking to CoinDesk, Jan Dreske, a Mycelium developer, said: "We received an email from Google yesterday evening after uploading a new beta version for our testers, and the app was suspended at the same time." Dreske explains that the....
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Digital wallet provider Mycelium has had its popular bitcoin wallet suspended from the Google Play store following a violation of the Google Play content policy. Google informed the app administrators of the reason behind the suspension: "REASON FOR SUSPENSION: Violation of the paid and free provision of the Content Policy and section 3.5 of the Developer Distribution Agreement. Please refer to the Third Party Payments help center article for more information." Section 3.5 of that agreement reads: "If the product is free, you will not be charged a transaction fee. You may not start....
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