Bitcoin-Enabled Chat App Wiper Removed From China's iOS Store

China's App Store has banned Wiper, the mobile messaging service that allows users to delete messages, after it added the ability to send bitcoin. Wiper announced its bitcoin functionality slightly more than a month ago. "We were removed from the iOS online app store in China due to violating that app store's policies." Manlio Carelli, Wiper's CEO, told CCN. "A rep from Apple explained to us by phone that this violation was related to Wiper enabling bitcoin payments." Wiper contacted Apple after receiving a removal notice through its iTunes Connect developer account. "We received a very....

Messaging could be the logical starting point for digital currency adoption, according to the CEO of bitcoin-enabled chat app Wiper. In an interview with CoinDesk, Manlion Carelli praised bitcoin's "amazing" promise but said the currency remains difficult for beginners to use. "Wiper's goal is to make it more accessible to even first time smartphone users, so that its promise can be realised," he added. Launched in 2014, Wiper is part of a new wave of ephemeral messaging services that allow users to erase, or 'wipe' their conversations. The app also offers encrypted messages and phone....

SaruTobi creator Christian Moss has confirmed that the iOS game has been temporarily removed from Apple's App store. Speaking to CoinDesk, Moss said that the tech giant had removed SaruTobi over concerns that users could mistake its in-game bitcoin with real bitcoin. The game, which lets users swing a monkey from a vine in a bid to collect bitcoin tokens, tips users in real bitcoin and allows them to purchase animated coins with no real-world value for use in the app. Moss said that the issue had now been fixed and that the app is currently awaiting Apple's review. Apple and bitcoin. Moss....

The Coinbase iOS app, which enabled users to buy, sell and send bitcoin, has been removed from the Apple App Store less than a month after its launch. It appears it was Apple's decision to remove the app, as Coinbase engineer Craig Hammell revealed on Hacker News that his company was not responsible for taking it down. Another forum member suggested the app was removed for

Wiper is an encrypted mobile messenger with a built-in Bitcoin wallet that allows users to send and receive Bitcoin instantaneously, directly from the mobile application. Using its Bitcoin wallet, Wiper recently launched a new functionality called Wiper Film to help filmmakers and online digital content providers monetize their content and maximize their profit with Bitcoin micropayments. The company had previously raised $2.5 million in seed funding from sole investor and Intermedia and Unison founder Michael Choupak, to develop a unique set of cryptographic functionalities which encrypts....