Bitcoin News- Company representatives stated they’re filing an appeal.
- A necessity to utilize in-application purchases in compliance with guideline 3.1.1 was incorporated.
Apple has made the decision to formally remove Damus, a decentralized social media application built around the Nostr protocol, in the Application Store because the organization hasn’t introduced the application consistent with its Bitcoin tipping service.
Damus tweeted on Monday that regardless of the application being updated to really make it apparent that users’ tips don’t access digital material. The application continues to be banned from application stores. Company representatives stated they’re filing an appeal simply because they felt the move against them was “misapplied.”
BTC Tipping Feature
The social networking platform enables users to transmit “zaps.” They are Bitcoin transactions through Bitcoin’s layer 2 Lightning Network—to their preferred content providers as tips. This program, which is dependant on the Nostr protocol, functions much like Twitter’s tipping service, that was implemented in 2021 and supported lightning like a tipping mechanism underneath the leadership of Bitcoin advocate Jack Dorsey.
Based on Apple’s statement to Damus, voluntary tips and contributions are OK. As long as they’re unrelated towards the delivery of digital content. A necessity to utilize in-application purchases in compliance with guideline 3.1.1 was pointed out.
Damus, Bitcoiners, along with other prominent figures within the IT industry, including Jack Dorsey, all viewed the denial with suspicion. Dorsey has formerly stated that Nostr is among 3 “truly censorship resistant technologies at scale” alongside Bitcoin.
Damus considered Apple’s action “pretty sus” due to the little notice these were provided to change their tipping service earlier this year. This happened right before their presentation on lightning-based decentralized social systems in the Oslo Freedom Forum.
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