First Bitcoin app on Apple Store
Coinjar is the first bitcoin app to re-emerge on the iTunes App Store after Apple revises its policy regarding the virtual currency.
(Re)-Introducing CoinJar for iPhone in Australia & the UK. https://t.co/MSYAWeRkzI
— Asher Tan (@ashertn) June 3, 2014
Currently, Coinjar’s app is only functional in the UK and Australia.
Raises $6 million
In five hours the company raises over $6 million worth of bitcoins and mastercoins to help create a fully decentralized platform on which application developers can build decentralized applications. in matter of five hours. David Irvine co-founder of Maidsafe explains:
We are providing the infrastructure that enables application developers to build all the applications and services that exist on the Internet today, but doing so in a way that removes the need for servers or data centers of any kind.
Apple may allow Bitcoin apps
Apple releases an update to their App Store Review Guidelines regarding virtual currencies, which may lead to Bitcoin app development and future acceptance of Bitcoin payments through App store:
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.