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Apple Allows the World's Most Popular Bitcoin Wallet Back Into Its Store

• http://www.wired.com, By Klint Finley

Six months after Apple removed Blockchain from its online App Store—effectively preventing people from using the popular bitcoin wallet app on the iPhone and the iPad—the tech giant has now allowed the app back into the store. "This seems to be the first strong and real sign they are ready to accommodate future digital currency development," the makers of Blockchain said a statement, referring to Apple. "It goes a long way to legitimizing bitcoin and now provides hundreds of millions of iOS users access to bitcoin applications."

The news arrived on the heels of Apple approving a newer wallet app called Coinpocket for inclusion in the App Store, and for Blockchain CEO Nicolas Cary, this proves that Coinpocket is no fluke. That's a big deal for the world of bitcoin, a currency that exists only on the internet, independent of governments and free from the control of big banks. The currency entered the consciousness of the general public last year—in a very big way—but has since struggled to significantly expand its reach, due to various setbacks. Maybe the iPhone and the iPad can help restart its engines.


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