Seems Apple is planning to release a currency of their own.

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Quote from: Taborresen on June 07, 2013, 12:22:37 PM

Read this: http://www.coindesk.com/apple-to-create-virtual-currency-imoney/

What do you think?? I think they should thread really carefully with this. They block bitcoin related apps in App Store and then they go and do this.

I am an Apple fan and have some apple products but this..... Well. Not sure...

What do you think?

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why does apple need a patent for just another "gift card"? this has to be something big.

some people here are underestimating apple's plans and overestimating bitcoin's invulnerability.

do not forget, apple has been hoarding cash and has over 100 billion usd in its war chest.

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why do you need apple bitcoin wallet, better off with some online wallets.

Imagine having to download blockchain over 3g

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Please somebody launch a new trash-fork alt currency AppleCoin Grin

Gabi

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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat

Their coin is a threat to bitcoin exactly like iOS is a threat to Android: Android is kickassing iOS Wink

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This could explain the price drop of Bitcoin yesterday.
Apple releasing an eCurrency does sound like a possible threat.

However; if it turns out to be just another digital 'gift-card', then it might even be good news for Bitcoin in the end, because of the expected increase in media attention for eCurrencies.

Of course it's just another 'gift card', or are you telling me that Apple will somehow allow you to get their coins, wait for the price to go up, then come back to buy their products at 1/3 the price?

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At a higher abstraction level, everyone with some valueable asset could issue some money that is backed by that asset

The problem is that no one oversee how much money they issue, and no one knows if those assets are kept intact. Besides, those money could only be used to redeem their asset, thus do not have the universal equivalence property

And forget about apple, Iphone5 has proved that after Jobs left, no one can create something that has Apple's spirit, and this market is already very saturated

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Help the BTC cause by signing this petition : https://www.change.org/petitions/apple-allow-bitcoin-wallets-on-the-iphone

Maybe small chance to succeed, but it worth the seconds needed to sign !

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Not a threat at all, for one thing people would not be able to trade imoney, it has to be pegged to USD, so it will go up and fall with it. And no merchant will accept something Apple can basically just "print".

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Soon bitcoins will violate some patents and government will use it to shut it down but can't.

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The way of the future...

Leave it to the Patent whores to try and steal the spotlight. I am glad the Bitcoin community is not involved with Apple. Let them spend their millions on creating more terribly restricting products and stolen designs. BTC belongs in the open source community and the two communities are doing well to build each other up. We'll all just point and laugh as the iMoney (or digital monopoly money) falls with the other fiat currencies.

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WTF???

Quote from: BitcoinAshley on June 07, 2013, 03:27:11 PM

Not a threat to bitcoin. Calling it a "currency" is a bit of a stretch. Like "Amazon Coins," it's basically an Apple giftcard.

But wopwop's reaction was just hilarious. Dude you need to take a chill pill if Apple Gift Cards look like the "worst threat to bitcoin this year."

I'm reading down the responses and was amazed it took so long for someone to mention the idiot. lol. wtf....

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Quote from: CtrlAltBernanke420 on June 07, 2013, 01:05:44 PM

Keep holding your precious bitcoins, and whatver you do not spend them, dont tell anyone you own them... Fuckin idiots some of you are if you think bitcoin will win in the face a mega titans like aapl without competing with marketing.

Quote from: wopwop on June 07, 2013, 12:31:34 PM

Holy shit

That's the worse news for Bitcoin this year so far

Welcome to my ignore list. ~~Muppet.~~ Muppets.

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Not a threat to bitcoin. Calling it a "currency" is a bit of a stretch. Like "Amazon Coins," it's basically an Apple giftcard.

But wopwop's reaction was just hilarious. Dude you need to take a chill pill if Apple Gift Cards look like the "worst threat to bitcoin this year."

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Not at all a threat to bitcoin because I'm guessing it won't be able to do many of the things bitcoin can do.

I bet it will be a "virtual currency" that you can only use on Apple apps and maybe iTunes music.
It will probably be pegged to the dollar.
You probably won't be able to trade it back for dollars.
You probably won't be able to give it to other people.

It is actually good news because it might bring more press to Bitcoin.

Apple hasn't done anything innovative since Steve Jobs died and I doubt it will start now.

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Quote from: franky1 on June 07, 2013, 03:15:45 PM

it doesnt have a blockchain.. so its just another world of warcraft gold/facebook credit/amazon coin...

created out of thin air and centralised.. not really a threat to bitcoin just a way to reduce international licence fee's by doing all of their FIAT transactions from one office and use the other international offices for their special coin transactions.

plus only really useful for itunes customers.

so not really a new economy creator either

Basically this. Unless we're trying to say that giftcards are the new Bitcoin killer, there's no point in flipping out.

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it doesnt have a blockchain.. so its just another world of warcraft gold/facebook credit/amazon coin...

created out of thin air and centralised.. not really a threat to bitcoin just a way to reduce international licence fee's by doing all of their FIAT transactions from one office and use the other international offices for their special coin transactions.

plus only really useful for itunes customers.

so not really a new economy creator either

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One thing is for sure. However wants to build a serious digital currency has to make sure that there is no dependency on any institution etc

Who would take a currency for granted that what be gone if the underlying company is gone too? A currency that relies on the fate of a stock price wont be able to succeed.

Decentralisation and therefore trust is requirement for every currency that wants to be taken seriously.

In other words i dont want to own a currency that advances and declines inline with apples stock price.

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In the next 1 year not only apple will try to release a currency of their own.

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Whatever they create will be technically inferior, but instantly 10X more popular than Bitcoin.
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Not if bitcoin starts a high level, professional marketing campaign slamming these new corporate currencies, showing its strong properties.... which are, 1hr transaction times, security weakness, technical.,

WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE corporate currencies.

Keep holding your precious bitcoins, and whatver you do not spend them, dont tell anyone you own them... Fuckin idiots some of you are if you think bitcoin will win in the face a mega titans like aapl without competing with marketing.

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