The Mutiny Wallet project team recently stated that their app will use it Progressive web app (PWA or Progressive Web App), a software that works across desktop and mobile browsers. The open-source wallet focuses on Bitcoin (BTC) self-storage and private transfers over the Lightning Network.
In response to the actions Apple took against two companies that allow bitcoin transfers over the Lightning network, the developers of Mutiny argued that a PWA application can be used on the start screens of almost all internet browsers. “Cannot be censored by Apple or Google, no download required”condemned them.
A progressive web app is comparable to a website that can be installed on mobile phones, tablets, PCs or Macs and allows working offline. It uses common programming languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The most interesting thing about this type of apps is the following Developers and users are not dependent on distribution systems such as the Apple App Store or Google Play.
These types of tools are currently relevant because earlier in the week the Apple App Store review team sent an alert to the Damus project, a decentralized social network based on the Nostr protocol. As CriptoNoticias reported, Damus would be banned from the platform for tapping his users’ posts.
According to Apple, this method of receiving tips over the Bitcoin Lightning network is considered “selling digital content” and apps that use it are not allowed to be distributed on the App Store. Eventually, both parties agreed and Damus had to remove the Zaps button from the platform’s posts.
A similar fate befell Zeus Wallet, an open-source mobile phone wallet focused on payments over Bitcoin’s Lightning network. after a publication from Evan Kaloudis, lead developer of the wallet: “Zeus v0.7.6 has been rejected by Apple.”
A day after receiving the notification, the developer announced Indian that the app has been “approved” and is now available. Thanks in part to the support it has received from users and people in the bitcoin community. Kaloudis too divided A similar experience happened two years earlier when the China App Store removed its app from the platform.
What role does the WPA play in Mutiny?
While the protocol used by the App Store and Google Play is designed to prevent malicious actors from harming users, Some of these actions may be viewed as censorship.
The goal of Progressive Web Apps is to overcome these obstacles and somehow decentralize the distribution of apps, This eliminates the need for users to download software or rely on third-party approval. An example of this is what we can see on the website TimeChainStatswhich provides statistics about Bitcoin and offers a PWA that can be added to the home screen with just one click.
Mutiny, a wallet that is and may be in beta proven by anyone in the Signature of Bitcoin (a testnet). developed to overcome the limitations of centralized app distribution.
With the development of the application by WPA software, Mutiny has two valuable properties: takes up less space on your device and is less subject to surveillance by Apple or Google or an affiliated company.
mixed opinions
Level39, a Bitcoin, technology and history researcher writing for Bitcoin Magazine, argued that native applications, i.e. those downloaded from the App Store or Google Play, have better access to devices and You can perform app updates without warning, This would represent a vector of potential attacks against a user for using WebView. Of course, this function can be easily revoked from any device, even if WebViews are part of the Android operating system, for example.
Nevertheless, there are divided opinions. Another Twitter user argued that if an app has been banned from the App Store, it is not recommended to replace it with a PWA, even if you trust its creator. Peter Todd, developer of Bitcoin Core, says: “PWAs are not a viable replacement for native apps.”
Definitely several people fit that “the only secure PWA is the one you host on your own server.” In this sense, “static PWAs are much easier to install and host yourself than native apps”. Explain Level39, who espouses the idea that bitcoin payment apps like Mutiny have a great advantage when built as PWAs.