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Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Apple Customer's Demand That It Allow For Use Of Their Bitcoin Wallets





Apple Customer's Demand That It Allow For Use Of Their Bitcoin Wallets








"Super excited to see that Apple is now allowing bitcoin wallets in the app store! A small wrong has been righted in the world."  Brian Armstrong, CEO Coinbase

Anti-Apple backlash perhaps hit a tipping point this February, when bitcoin’s fervent reddit community began publicly destroying Apple devices in a video campaign designed to bring awareness to the Apple’s actions.

 Blockchain’s app had been downloaded 120,000 times BEFORE Apple’s action. Earlier this year, that company and Gliph responded with blog posts critical of Apple’s lack of clarity on the issue.








Amid the excitement surrounding Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, there were a few updates made to Apple’s App Store Guidelines – some of which concerned the use of ‘virtual currencies’ in the iOS ecosystem.

 While it is intriguing that additional information regarding the use of virtual currencies was added, it doesn’t necessarily mean acceptance. In fact, it might actually mean more pronounced and detailed rejection.

 Purchasing And Currencies





One new addendum commonly being cited is the rule under “purchasing and currencies”, specifically rule 11.17. It states:

 “Apps may facilitate transmission of approved virtual currencies provided that they do so in compliance with all state and federal laws for the territories in which the app functions.”

 The wording of this means that Apple still has authority to reject bitcoin apps. And bitcoin wallets, by Apple, are generally rejected when they include sending functionality.

 The idea of “approved virtual currencies” suggests that Apple is keeping tabs on such currencies in order to permit specific use.

 Also, the use of the word “compliance”, and the regulatory situation many bitcoin companies operate in, many of them without regulatory approval, affords Apple additional scrutiny.



Yet Some Bitcoin Companies Might Dispute This

Gliph is one such firm, and late last year its messaging app had its bitcoin-sending features abruptly removed. In a blog post regarding the policy updates, Gliph stated:


“Gliph has been on the front line of getting bitcoin sending into the App Store. Our company maintains that it is acting within existing state and federal regulations around the transmission of bitcoin currency.”

Hope For App Developers

The wording of “virtual currencies” in Apple’s guidelines may send some people’s emotions aflutter for bitcoin wallets on iOS.

But Apple might just be laying down the law with this statement, rather than loosening up.

“I think they just put a very specific policy on it. It seems like they updated so that they could be clear to all potential bitcoin companies,” said Lamar Wilson, who owns iPhone wallet app, Pheeva.

Wilson uses a sign-up process that puts users into a private cooperative, thus enabling him to skirt Apple’s rules on actually sending bitcoin funds from within apps.

“We’d love to launch a full app in the store, at some point. But launching the app would not negate our relationship with the cooperative at all,” he said.

Blockchain.info, one of the largest wallet providers, had its bitcoin app removed from the App Store earlier this year. Yet the company is hopeful that there will be positive developments related to the policy updates.

“The language used doesn’t clearly define what requirements Apple sees as ‘approved virtual currencies’ or what they may stipulate as fully compliant. We are fully exploring this opportunity and sincerely hope that Apple will be lenient in their interpretation.”




No Change?

 Gliph, which had bitcoin sending functions on iOS removed at the behest of Apple last year, continues to keep watch over the situation.

 Rob Banagale, the company’s CEO, makes note of another update to the policy that most people are perhaps overlooking.

 Under Use of the In-App Purchase API, in Section 2.2, the Apple policy states that there are restrictions on currencies.

 “You may not enable end-users to purchase Currency of any kind through the In-App Purchase API.”

 This policy includes, “Currency for exchange, gifting, redemption, transfer, trading or use in purchasing or obtaining anything within or outside of Your Application.”

 It goes on to add a definition of currency as follows:

 “’Currency’ means any form of currency, points, credits, resources, content or other items or units recognized by a group of individuals or entities as representing a particular value and that can be transferred or circulated as a medium of exchange.”

 It will be interesting to see how this shakes out. Many developers seem optimistic about the clarification, yet, at the same time, those who have to deal with repeated rejections from Apple seem to think little has actually changed.

 The company is well-known for believing it can curate an experience that users cannot get anywhere else. But users can get one thing elsewhere – a fully functional bitcoin wallet. And the latest announcement may be, at least, some recognition that there is demand for that.





Apple has released an update to its App Store Review Guidelines that potentially opens the doors for a change in its long-restrictive policies against bitcoin and other digital currencies.

 The release follows Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC 2014), an annual meetup of Apple developers that was expected to bring notable announcements for the company’s customers and wider business community.

 The update, made under the document’s ‘purchasing and currencies‘ section, reads:

 “Apps may facilitate transmission of approved virtual currencies provided that they do so in compliance with all state and federal laws for the territories in which the app functions.”

 Anti-Bitcoin Policies

 Apple had garnered the ire of the wider bitcoin community as early as 2012 when it removed wallet apps Blockchain Wallet and BitPak. While Blockchain’s app was later reinstated, Apple returned late last year to abruptly pull major bitcoin wallet apps — such as Coinbase and the newer Blockchain — from its app store.

 Encrypted instant message app Gliph once allowed bitcoins to be attached to messages, but developers were told by Apple it could only remain available if that feature was removed.

 BitPak developer Rob Sama said an Apple representative had given the reason: “Because that bitcoin thing is not legal in all jurisdictions for which BitPak is for sale”. When he questioned what laws anywhere made bitcoin illegal, the rep responded “that is up to you to figure out”.

 Although iOS users who installed the apps before the ban are still able to use them, no ability to update means they’re often stuck with only basic functionality compared to their Android-using brethren. And should they lose or damage their device somehow, the app is gone for good.





Damage To Bitcoin

 The resulting embargo of any apps that allow for the transmission of bitcoins has been widely acknowledged by the bitcoin community as having a negative impact on adoption. Despite rivals’ gains in recent years, Apple’s iOS still accounts for 65% of mobile web traffic in the lucrative North American market.
Creative Solutions

 Of course, in recent months bitcoin entrepreneurs and developers have simply become more covert in their use of Apple’s own policies in order to bring bitcoin-based services to the platform.

 Bity and Cycle of Goodness (CoG) both launched wallets in the wake of Apple’s Blockchain ban to wide enthusiasm in the community, while browser-based alternatives have provided alternative relief.

 Developers at Avalonic also produced a beta version of an entire unofficial bitcoin app store called ‘Bit Store‘, saying their use of Apple’s enterprise protocols was legally sound.

 Most recently, Pheeva was about to offer its bitcoin wallet to iOS users by registering as a cooperative, meaning prospective users must first enroll in the company’s community online before download.

 Uncertainty Lingers

 While the cause of much enthusiasm from the community, ultimately more guidance may be required to determine whether or not bitcoin itself is an “approved” digital currency.

 In addition, Section 22.1 of Apple’s Review Guidelines has always contained this clause, under ‘Legal Requirements’:

 “Apps must comply with all legal requirements in any location where they are made available to users. It is the developer’s obligation to understand and conform to all local laws.”

 As a company, Apple is notoriously tight-lipped about future development, and may have an as-yet-unrevealed product which applies to the policy change.
Monty Henry, Owner































































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