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Topic: Easy android bitcoin client. (Read 2177 times)

zby
legendary
Activity: 1594
Merit: 1001
July 06, 2011, 05:32:14 AM
#3
nice hack.

I'd still like to see a free java android app though - that would result in an explosive uptake when everyone can get bitcoin in their pocket without jumping through configuration hoops.

Apparently there was one just released: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2732708
newbie
Activity: 25
Merit: 0
February 22, 2011, 02:39:57 AM
#2
nice hack.

I'd still like to see a free java android app though - that would result in an explosive uptake when everyone can get bitcoin in their pocket without jumping through configuration hoops.
newbie
Activity: 35
Merit: 0
February 22, 2011, 01:08:21 AM
#1
Now, we know we can easily use a small chroot to get native linux applications running on android(Such as the bitcoin client). So I can use the bitcoin client using a debian chroot no sweat.

Now if we have a minimal chroot with bitcoin without a gui but accepts json rpc, if we have all of the json methods we could make a native android client for the json server running in the small chroot in the background.

tl;dr We can run bitcoin, albeit dirty on android but we can make it much cleaner without making a native java client.
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