Seriously guys?

What we know is Apple does not want these apps in their store.

What we do not know is why.

I'm sorry to report that there are indeed legitimate reasons why someone may not wish to distribute a thing to customers, and those reasons may have you feeling like a caveman once known. Maybe their lawyers won't let them, maybe laws have something to do with it, maybe the code is flawed, maybe the owners are about to be Shrem'd, maybe Steve Jobs was Satoshi. Who knows wtf?

Maybe I'm wrong though. Best to keep smashing your phones, just in case.

The second motive Allaire suggests is that Apple wishes to cordon off and gain a position of advantage in the digital payments space. He said:

“Apple’s iBeacon and Bluetooth protocols are very clearly designed for payments. Those two things are proprietary – no one can use them, and I think it’s very clear that Apple is planning to introduce its own digital wallet.” ... it will maintain an advantage in digital payments by blocking bitcoin apps that can be used for sending and receiving funds.

“When the iPhone came out and Google wanted to launch Google Voice as an app on iOS, Apple banned it and wouldn’t approve any voice apps. The FCC then took action.”