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LegendaryActivity: 1092Merit: 1000 Nice looking new iPhone bitcoin client (bitpak) December 16, 2011, 01:44:07 AM #1



If it gets in, will this be the first actual wallet for non-jailbroken iPhones?



Anyone heard anything about bitpak or know who is behind it? (1st I've seen of them)

Their site says: "BitPak is a project of Ominous Megacorp." http://www.ominousmegacorp.com



hmm.. 'interesting' marketing considering the trust issues that we've had in the bitcoin community in recent months.

I hope that despite the name they'll come out and be a bit more 'open' than just 'ominous'







http://www.bitpak.com/ shows a pretty nice video demo of a Bitcoin client that they say will be in the iOS app store soon.If it gets in, will this be the first actual wallet for non-jailbroken iPhones?Anyone heard anything about bitpak or know who is behind it? (1st I've seen of them)Their site says: "BitPak is a project of Ominous Megacorp." http://www.ominousmegacorp.comhmm.. 'interesting' marketing considering the trust issues that we've had in the bitcoin community in recent months.I hope that despite the name they'll come out and be a bit more 'open' than just 'ominous' @electricwings BM-GtyD5exuDJ2kvEbr41XchkC8x9hPxdFd

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NewbieActivity: 30Merit: 0 Re: Nice looking new iPhone bitcoin client (bitpak) December 16, 2011, 02:17:55 AM #2



I'm Rob Sama, the guy behind BitPak and Ominous Megacorp. The 'Ominous' name is a bit of a joke, as the company is basically just me and some developers. I hope the name isn't too much of a put off.



We just submitted to the app store yesterday. So it will take some time before they approve or I fight with apple over it. I felt it was important to have a native iPhone client, so I went ahead and designed the app and recruited some developers to build it. As built, the app certainly isn't perfect. It takes forever to download the blocks, though it's speedy once they're downloaded. We're workiing on using an online database instead of downloading blocks for version 2.



I'm surprised this was discovered so quickly. Hopefully people will appreciate what went into making this. In the meantime, please visit my other website,



Thanks,



-Rob Hi.I'm Rob Sama, the guy behind BitPak and Ominous Megacorp. The 'Ominous' name is a bit of a joke, as the company is basically just me and some developers. I hope the name isn't too much of a put off.We just submitted to the app store yesterday. So it will take some time before they approve or I fight with apple over it. I felt it was important to have a native iPhone client, so I went ahead and designed the app and recruited some developers to build it. As built, the app certainly isn't perfect. It takes forever to download the blocks, though it's speedy once they're downloaded. We're workiing on using an online database instead of downloading blocks for version 2.I'm surprised this was discovered so quickly. Hopefully people will appreciate what went into making this. In the meantime, please visit my other website, www.bitcoindecals.com and get yourself a bitcoin bumper sticker ;-)Thanks,-Rob

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Last edit: December 16, 2011, 03:33:37 AM by gnar1ta$ #4



EDIT: I see, server handles block chain, like BitcoinSpinner - good thing I don't program, I'd screw everything up. Looks promising, but what makes this different than the other apps that have been denied? Why don't you include a partially downloaded block chain in the app instead of having the users download the whole thing? I don't think you have to download the whole block chain anyway, the multibit guys have a very fast way of handling it, something about headers and only looking for the keys you have, it's a bit over my head but might be worth looking into https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43616.0 EDIT: I see, server handles block chain, like BitcoinSpinner - good thing I don't program, I'd screw everything up. Losing hundreds of Bitcoins with the best scammers in the business - BFL, Avalon, KNC, HashFast.

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NewbieActivity: 28Merit: 0 Re: Nice looking new iPhone bitcoin client (bitpak) December 16, 2011, 03:11:24 AM #5 Quote from: samablog on December 16, 2011, 02:17:55 AM



I'm Rob Sama, the guy behind BitPak and Ominous Megacorp. The 'Ominous' name is a bit of a joke, as the company is basically just me and some developers. I hope the name isn't too much of a put off.



We just submitted to the app store yesterday. So it will take some time before they approve or I fight with apple over it. I felt it was important to have a native iPhone client, so I went ahead and designed the app and recruited some developers to build it. As built, the app certainly isn't perfect. It takes forever to download the blocks, though it's speedy once they're downloaded. We're workiing on using an online database instead of downloading blocks for version 2.



I'm surprised this was discovered so quickly. Hopefully people will appreciate what went into making this. In the meantime, please visit my other website,



Thanks,



-Rob

Hi.I'm Rob Sama, the guy behind BitPak and Ominous Megacorp. The 'Ominous' name is a bit of a joke, as the company is basically just me and some developers. I hope the name isn't too much of a put off.We just submitted to the app store yesterday. So it will take some time before they approve or I fight with apple over it. I felt it was important to have a native iPhone client, so I went ahead and designed the app and recruited some developers to build it. As built, the app certainly isn't perfect. It takes forever to download the blocks, though it's speedy once they're downloaded. We're workiing on using an online database instead of downloading blocks for version 2.I'm surprised this was discovered so quickly. Hopefully people will appreciate what went into making this. In the meantime, please visit my other website, www.bitcoindecals.com and get yourself a bitcoin bumper sticker ;-)Thanks,-Rob

Best of luck on getting it approved. Apple and their walled garden has been pretty hard on the bitcoin crowd. A bitcoin client on the Apple app store would be huge. Best of luck on getting it approved. Apple and their walled garden has been pretty hard on the bitcoin crowd. A bitcoin client on the Apple app store would be huge.

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LegendaryActivity: 2058Merit: 1219 Re: Nice looking new iPhone bitcoin client (bitpak) December 16, 2011, 03:40:01 AM #6



in either case, here are a few suggestions

when entering numbers, the keyboard layout should be numerical, for easier typing

each field needs to be bigger for easier reading and selecting

less dependence on mtgox. there are other exchanges you know...

instead of a popup with "ok", replace "payment sent" with a popup that automatically closes (like the installous ones)

a button to paste address, or better yet, integration with ios, so you can select and send from anywhere (not sure if possible though)

notification center alerts for received coins, instead of "ok" popups Is it a full client, or just an api interface? It looks more like a mtgox client than anything elsein either case, here are a few suggestions It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.



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