Wallet of Satoshi vanishes from Apple and Google’s US app stores
Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning payments app Wallet of Satoshi (WoS) has vanished from Apples App Shop and Googles Play Store in the United States as it surrounds over 1 million deals for November.On Nov. 24, numerous users and crypto community individuals shared on X (Twitter) their efforts to look for the WoS app, which turned up no outcomes or redirected users to completing wallet apps.Wallet of Satoshi banned in the United States? pic.twitter.com/S44qN5UI2U— ck (@ck_SNARKs) November 23, 2023
However, the WoS app still stood for download on the Australian Apple App Store and the Australian and Singapore Google Play Store versions at the time of writing.Apples U.S. App Store does not return outcomes when looking for Wallet of Satoshi. Source: AppleWallet of Satoshi is a popular Lightning payments platform that is on speed to process over 1.1 million Lightning payments in November, according to market author and podcaster Kevin Rooke.Wallet of Satoshi is on rate to procedure over 1.1 million Lightning payments in November.This will be their biggest month of Lightning payments ever. ⚡ pic.twitter.com/oCxIce7kit— Kevin Rooke (@kerooke) November 22, 2023
Rooke added that it would be the companys “biggest month of Lightning payments ever.” Apple and Wallet of Satoshi did not instantly react to a request for more details.Related: Demand for Bitcoin might grow by approximately 10x within 12 months: Michael SaylorApple levies a large 30% tax on in-app payments, which it keeps a tight leash over and has actually been a barrier for crypto platforms desiring an App Store presence.On Nov. 17, a group of unhappy PayPal Venmo and Block Cash App users filed a class-action claim versus Apple, declaring the company had actually gotten in into anti-competitive arrangements with PayPal and Block to restrict making use of crypto innovation and payments on iOS.Apple has a history of eliminating crypto apps, with the firm delisting the Nostr-based Damus app over a Bitcoin tip function in June. It also quickly pulled the MetaMask wallet app from its App Store in October.Magazine: Blockchain investigators– Mt. Gox collapse saw birth of Chainalysis