Mutinys’ New Browser-Based Bitcoin Wallet on Lightning Avoids Apple App Store Restrictions $AAPL

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Mutiny, a bitcoin wallet startup, on Thursday released a beta version of what it says is the first self-custodial Lightning wallet that works on the web.

The wallet is browser-based, which avoids the restrictions that might be imposed on wallets distributed through app stores operated by Apple or Google.

Apple has reportedly censored bitcoin-focused products like the decentralized social media app Damus. This app developer was forced to remove a bitcoin tipping feature that Apple eventually deemed a prohibited form of payment for digital content. Two of Mutinys’ founders then released a workaround for the Damus feature, known as Zapple Pay, which relies on emojis to trigger tricks.

Mutiny CEO Tony Giorgio said the creation of an online wallet allows for unrestricted innovation and is the key quality that sets the product apart from competitors.

Our main difference from other Lightning wallets like Phoenix and Muun is that our wallet is a Progressive Web Application (PWA), Giorgio told CoinDesk. Thus, we can ship and distribute updates that are not limited to the limitations of Apple or Google Store platforms.

An example of this innovation is what Mutiny calls just-in-time channels, which is a feature that eases the burden of channel liquidity management the ability to send and receive funds over Lightning, the second layer payment Bitcoins for cheaper and faster transactions.

Many experts agree that cash management is Lightning’s Achilles’ heel. Last month, Bitcoin developer and researcher Burak Keceli told CoinDesk that Lightning was having a lot of issues. But number one for me is the issue of incoming cash.

Another notable feature is Mutinys’ social failover capability through the Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC) protocol. This allows the wallet to easily integrate with Nostr apps such as Damus to enable cheats, also known as zaps. The functionality can be extended beyond tips to facilitate payment for subscription products and services. Nostr is an acronym for notes and other relayed items.

Last week’s Zapple Pay launch by Mutiny CTO Ben Carman and Chief Product Officer Paul Miller relied on a clever way to activate zaps via emojis.

The launch came after Apple threatened to remove Damus from its App Store for allowing users to spill over content posted in the app, a prohibited practice the tech giant allegedly considers equivalent to selling digital media.

Since Zapple Pay allows zaps via emojis and emojis are allowed on posts, Damus users can still tip on posts, despite Apple’s restrictions.

Miller says Zapple Pay runs on NWC and served as a testing ground for the new wallets social toggle feature.

We have a lot of NWC stuff built in, Miller explained. Ben and I thought Zapple Pay would be a fun way to test it out.

The company pointed out that Mutiny is still in beta mode, which means there may still be bugs to fix.

Some lesser-known bugs do exist, but we generally want to exercise caution when using this wallet for now, the company states on its blog. Test the wallet, let us know how it turns out, and I promise we’ll surprise you with how quickly we fix your bugs and ship new features.

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