Secure Messaging App Wiper Adds Bitcoin Support, Gets Yanked In Chinahttp://techcrunch.com/2015/03/15/secure-messaging-app-wiper-adds-bitcoin-support-gets-yanked-in-china/Wiper, a chat application designed to provide users with control over their sent and received messages, recently rolled out support for bitcoin transactions between its users. The tool is simple, allowing individuals to send cryptocurrency to others inside the app’s main chat interface.
When the company first rolled out bitcoin integration, I tested it and found it a competent way to share bitcoin.
But CEO Manlio Carrelli told TechCrunch that Wiper was “removed from the iOS App Store in China due to violating that app store’s policies,” and that “Apple [had] explained to [the company] by phone that this violation was related to Wiper enabling bitcoin payments.”
Wiper has seen quick growth in recent months. According to the company’s own metrics, the app has received 8 million downloads in the last 90 days. A download does not a monthly active user make, but the uptake among users makes it ban more interesting. Last summer, Wiper raised $2.5 million.
