ShapeShift. IO Bitcoin App Launched on Apple Store
In Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), ShapeShift. IO CEO Erik Voorhes announced that the bitcoin app will now be available for download on the Apple's app store. The app is available as an online exchange and API, allowing users to trade bitcoin with other assets from their iPhone. Unlike other existing apps for bitcoin payments like CoinBase or BitPay, ShapeShift. IO does not require details like an account username, password, or email address. Instead, the bitcoin app simply lets users select the desired digital asset or coin, specify the payout address, and convert the....
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ShapeShift.io founder Erik Voorhees has launched the first iOS cryptocurrency trading app in App Store. With this launch, Apple users can exchange Bitcoin and 34 other virtual currencies with just a tap on their phones. The team at ShapeShift has first created an app for the iOS store because they expected "resistance from Apple's carefully guarded App Store." However, the company will be rolling out an Android version very soon since most of the consumers are still using Android phones. Speaking to Forbes, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange said, "We wanted to do the Apple one....
Apple appears once again to be restricting the use of digital currencies on iOS, with the removal of multi-currency trading app ShapeShift from its mobile App Store. ShapeShift’s Currency Swaps Without Accounts. ShapeShift offers direct swaps between 34 popular cryptocurrencies, without the need for user identification or accounts. While it does trade and transmit those coins, it is not a wallet and does not store users’ private keys. Reddit user ISkiAtAlta posted earlier that ShapeShift had vanished from the iOS App Store in the US. Users in other locations around the world confirmed it....
According to ShapeShift founder and CEO Erik Voorhees, the company's recently launched iOS app "sailed through" the Apple App Store approval process. "We were expecting quite a bit of pushback from Apple because there have been lots of these horror stories about bitcoin apps, you know, never getting past the bar," he told CoinDesk. "And so we submitted it and crossed our fingers." Since its launch - notable for its release on an app platform known for its restrictive policy toward digital currency - the ShapeShift app has been downloaded more than 600 times, says Voorhees. Issues with the....
ShapeShift.io, a well-known digital currency exchange, has just announced that the trading platform is available on the IOS app store, making it the first mobile exchange app ever permitted on the app store. Along with Apple's announcement of iOS 9, users will be able to trade bitcoin with monero, counterparty, dash, and other altcoins from their phones. "Since inception, ShapeShift has changed what is expected of altcoin exchanges," said ShapeShift.io Founder and CEO Erik Voorhees in a press release. "Having a presence on mobile is a crucial step in our roadmap for delivering the....
In this episode, I talk to Erik Voorhees of ShapeShift.io about the new ShapeShift iOS application, available now in the Apple Store. We feature the song "Give me a Sign" by Bitcoin-supporting band 22Hertz out of Ontario. And for the large part of the episode, I interviewed John Light, host of P2P Connects Us and co-founder of the Bitseed project. Please enjoy. If you know of any bands who would like to get some exposure on our podcast, please don't hesitate to reach out. Also if you have any other feedback, I'm happy to hear it, and hopefully implement it into future shows. Specifically,....