Apple Officially Banned Bitcoin / CryptoCurrency Mining

Apple finally officially banned the activities of cryptocurrency mining on its devices, which they include in the Review Guidelines in the App Store, which extend to all Apple platforms.

In March, Apple removed the Calendar 2 app from the Mac App Store after it was caught cryptocurrency as "paid" for its premium features. This is Apple's decisive step towards applications that perform cryptomining activities.

Developer Calendar 2 claims Apple is removing their application for violating application procedures in the App Store, ie the application should not suck the battery quickly, generate excessive heat, or take unnecessary device resources.

Apple now has a new section specifically about "Cryptocurrency" in its application procedure, which applies to iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS apps. There are five main rules in the ordinance. That is :

• 1). Apple allows the application of virtual currency wallets as long as they are made by the official developers of the organization.

• 2). The only "Cryptomining" application that is allowed is an application that mines outside the device, such as cloud-based mining.

• 3). Applications may help users to make payments, exchange or receive "Cryptocurrency" in an approved exchange, but the application must also come from the exchange.

• 4). Applications involved in the initial offering of coins, bitcoin trade, or other "Cryptocurrency" trades shall come from banks, companies or other licensed financial institutions. And they must also be legal entities.

• 5). "Cryptocurrency" apps may not provide "Virtual Coin" rewards on the grounds of performing a task such as downloading other apps, inviting other users to download the app, or engaging in social media activities.