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Maybe google strikes back at apple pay with a killer google bitcoin wallet.  Google could get tons of merchants on board and bitcoin could be off to the races.

Wouldnt worry about apple pay as competitor to bitcoin they could incorporate bitcoin in the future, they have connections with paypal so looks bright.

Google wallet has been around for years.  These things don't work. They don't do anything.  They are centralized and based upon fiat.  Junk.  Look for Apple Pay failure in a very short time.  Nobody wants that shit.

Doubt it, apple wants profits all to themselves

I bet Google could definitely design the killer app and also could put tons of money into marketing.

Right. I dont think google wants to embrace Apple Pay yet.
Also, Apple pay is not currency. Plus its not decentralized. So, not a threat to btc.

I dont think google is gonna use BTC in any projects honestly.

I agree with fa; it doesnt matter how many sugar on top Google puts; its still a fial payment system. Monitored 100% of the time. No thanks.
I still think BTC is going to need all the help in order to not to be repelled by the big players.

Both have the flaw of centralized reporting
People within their phone systems will consider using it but outside of it people will likely try turning to other ways of trading.

Google accepting Bitcoin is not going to interest me. I think eBay should be the interesting news. Maybe Amazon somewhere down the line. :P :P

Project Prime from GAW Miners will arrive before that. After that, any company Bitcoin adoption will not matter.

ApplePay has to prove itself first, there are large retailers that are not even interested in it.

Let's see how it works out, but I'm sure Bitcoin will get support from Google at some point.

Google should instead focus on data analytics from the blockchain.
I am sure it is a treasure trove of information.  :)

Man if Amazon starting accepting BTC that would really help the market..

It will but mainstream adaption is what always takes the price down they never hold their bitcoins just like Dell.

Apple pay is a non-factor only serving AT MOST the wealthiest 5% of the world (300 million / 7 billion = 5%). Here's why:


https://i.imgur.com/2QJwyMY.jpg

If Google comes into the Bitcoin market then I think all the countries will legalize its use ! Right now trading in Bitcoins is illegal in a lot of countries.

None of the big companies like bitcoin.

I see Google taking the ApplePay route, just doing it slower and later.  Sometimes Google takes the lead on these things, sometimes Apple.  Google started it, but it floundered.  Now Apple is coming out with a knockout.  Google will catch up.  I am sure there is already a big team working on it now saying, "how can we be like Apple?"

In a different note.  Microsoft's Bill Gates has come out saying that he is pro-bitcoin. 

Apple pay seems very hot recently. The amount of users is the key to decide which virtual coin would success eventually.
Know yourself as well as the enemy.

Well said. Google will surely fight back. But will it embrace BTC or yet another crypto coin?

Bitcoin easy.  All of the infrastructure is being built around it.  Other cryptos are way behind.

Bitcoin vs Apple Pay

Pros for Apple Pay = Its made by Apple.

Pros for Bitcoin = Its bitcoin!

Verdict: Its made by Apple.

Is Google bigger than Apple?

They have google checkout and failed to gain market share.

I don't think that google can effectively create a competitor to apple pay. Google only makes the android operating system but not the majority of the phones that run on android.

In order to for google to offer something like apple pay they would need to coordinate specific technology to be put into phones that support/use android, and this would be difficult at best. While apple has been able to test the technology (especially the security of the technology) with their phone prior to making apple pay available, google will not have such a luxury. Android phones are also a lot more vulnerable to attacks as they are not sandboxed and users could (and often do) download applications that are malicious that can do serious damage, and the level of damage would only go up if the phone is being used as a credit card

Apple pay is just a way to make it easier to use a credit card. At the end of the day, you are still getting hit with high credit card fees, this time, apple is getting a piece of the pie. no pun intended..

Is there a AppleCoin  for the Apple pay ?  ???

Unfortunately Google did not do it!

Google must be working secretly on something big which will be launched after observing reviews of applepay.

Google checkout is really not a mobile application, it is more something that users can use in a similar way to using paypal or a credit card without trusting the third party site with your credit card number. It also has similar costs which consumers will not like as they do not like higher prices.

Apple Pay needs to only capture 10% of credit card users to become a wildly successful product.

lol.. Apple is on the other level now. If google releases something, it will just be mediocre.

It is connected with iOS 8.1 on i-phone 6. Apple pay may come on October 18. Let us just  wait and see what happens .

They need to do a lot more then this. They not only need to get people to sign up for apple pay, but also need to get users to actually use their service (as well as get merchants to sign up to accept apple pay payments). If users rarely use their service then it will not make any money, nor will it have any information regarding the spending habits of their users.

Prediction looking good.

https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/google-may-introduce-bitcoin-new-payment-system/

In my opinion only decentralised solution can become global virtual currency. Apple, Google, Microsoft and other big players will maybe make centralised shitcoin solution but they never can compete with Bitcoin and in time everyone will switch to our decentralised revolution.

see this latest news of apple pay

Uncle Sam to accept Apple Pay

The U.S. government will begin accepting Apple Pay later this year, said Apple CEO Tim Cook

He announced the news at the White House's summit on cybersecurity and consumer protection at Stanford University on Friday. Beginning in September, certain government transactions such as admission to national parks will accept Apple's mobile payment system, he said.

Read more at
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102425356

I completely agree on decentralization.  However that is such a big change for mainstream to grasp they will need companies like Google to show them the way.  Google putting their weight behind bitcoin should annihilate Apple Pay.