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Economy => Service Announcements => Topic started by: skubit on January 27, 2015, 07:07:33 AM



Title: Bitcoin AppStore (with IAB)
Post by: skubit on January 27, 2015, 07:07:33 AM
I just released the Skubit AppStore. It caters to bitcoin users and developers. It has options for developers to add bitcoin addresses for donations. It also includes an IAB (in-app billing) feature for developers to sell virtual items in bitcoin.

You can download the current version of Skubit AppStore

   https://skubit.info/main/fdroid/repo/com.skubit.store-5TxuTcGYH6g1Mi4P.apk

Or upload apps at:

   https://catalog.skubit.com



Title: Re: Bitcoin AppStore (with IAB)
Post by: ahmi on January 27, 2015, 10:12:11 AM
Can I download it from Google play store??


Title: Re: Bitcoin AppStore (with IAB)
Post by: skubit on January 27, 2015, 03:11:03 PM
No you can't download it from the Google Play Store. It's against Google's non-compete terms to upload a competing market application to their market. Also none of the applications using Skubit's bitcoin IAB could upload to Google's Play Store since that is also considered competitive to their payment system (their official stance is that having options would confuse the customer).  So to use bitcoin, we really have to create a smaller ecosystem separate from the Play Store. The Skubit AppStore is a shot to finally do that.


Title: Re: Bitcoin AppStore (with IAB)
Post by: virtapayseller666 on January 27, 2015, 05:08:19 PM
No you can't download it from the Google Play Store. It's against Google's non-compete terms to upload a competing market application to their market. Also none of the applications using Skubit's bitcoin IAB could upload to Google's Play Store since that is also considered competitive to their payment system (their official stance is that having options would confuse the customer).  So to use bitcoin, we really have to create a smaller ecosystem separate from the Play Store. The Skubit AppStore is a shot to finally do that.

so is this safe to install in my mobile ? what type of permission you ask to install the app


Title: Re: Bitcoin AppStore (with IAB)
Post by: skubit on January 27, 2015, 07:27:12 PM
so is this safe to install in my mobile ? what type of permission you ask to install the app

Yes, it's safe. All the code is open-source: https://github.com/skubit/fdroid-client/tree/master/F-Droid

It just requires some network permissions: internet, wifi, bluetooth. It also requires permission to write to SD card.