Bitcoin mobile.

Will it be possible to get bitcoin working on a mobile phone?As the computing power of mobiles increases at what point will it be practicable?It would be nice to carry a portable version of my bitcoin wallet around with me.Is there an app for that?

You can of course use services like vekja.net or mybitcoin.com on a mobile browser, depositing money there to the extent you trust them. But maybe a mobile wallet would be better in a sense.

What do you imagine the iPhone app doing? Just looking for some ideas on how it should look and what it should do..

I think this idea deserves more recognition.

A phone is much more accessible and widely available than a computer. There are many, many people for whom they only got a phone.

Even some kind of SMS / gateway / key exchange would be something… being able to *send *a payment by sms to a gateway server with an unsupported phone to a supported phone, for example, or to a *trusted *third party who can handle the transaction for us. By rolling passcode perhaps.

That would fantastic, and possibly not too much of a major overhaul needed?

Inspired?

You can of course use services like vekja.net or mybitcoin.com on a mobile browser, depositing money there to the extent you trust them.

I think that’s the best option right now.  Like cash, you don’t keep your entire net worth in your pocket, just walking around money for incidental expenses.

They could make a smaller version of the site optimized for mobile.  If there was an app, it could be a front end to one of those, with the main feature being QR-code reader, or maybe there’s already a universal QR-code reading app that web sites can be designed to accept scans from.

If there was an iPhone app that was just a front end for vekja or mybitcoin, not a big involved P2P, would apple approve it and if not, on what basis?  It could always be an Android app instead.  An app is not really necessary though, just a mobile sized website.

A web interface to your own Bitcoin server at home wouldn’t be a solution for everyone.  Most users don’t have a static IP, and it’s too much trouble to set up port forwarding.

Apple would approve it. It’s only a simple front-end for a website. Unless it was horribly buggy, they will accept it.

Quote from: Laszlo Hanyecz on June 10, 2010, 11:47:45 AM UTC

I’m working on something like that, for iPhone, but not really for generating, more for spending.. the problem is it’s really hard to type in a bitcoin address on that little thing.

QR codes have been proposed as a solution here.

This was my first though too, it would be nice if someone was able to do this for the android as well, especially when it should be very easy for the QR integration with the zxing library.

I dislike the idea of using a third party site myself, at least at the moment. I would much rather carry around a wallet on my mobile device.

A mobile client would really be a great bump to bitcoin overall, been able to go to large group events (LUG event, Con’s etc) where there may be opportunity to make real world transactions in front of people who might otherwise be unaware of bitcoin, especially if they could download a app there and then and get involved.

I think this idea deserves more recognition.

A phone is much more accessible and widely available than a computer. There are many, many people for whom they only got a phone.

Even some kind of SMS / gateway / key exchange would be something… being able to send a payment by sms to a gateway server with an unsupported phone to a supported phone, for example, or to a trusted third party who can handle the transaction for us. By rolling passcode perhaps.

That would fantastic, and possibly not too much of a major overhaul needed?

Inspired?

I am working on an open source SMS project that may be capable of providing this capability. However, I am not so familiar with how payment would be handled by text messages.