By Gianluca Minoprio (@glminoprio) and Hugo Montenegro (@uwwgo)
Apple Cash has amazing UX but it's gated to ONLY iPhone users ONLY in US. We make it for everyone using crypto.
Apple Cash[1] has amazing UX but its ONLY iPhone users ONLY in US AND subject to Apples tyrannical rules and fees. It's centralized crap. It's not interoperable. Argentinians 🇦🇷 can't use it. And even if they could, they'd have to pay almighty Apple rent-seeking fees and make Tim Cook's pockets even fatter.
Me and Gianluka both work in payments and are obsessed about UX. In one of our countless conversations here in Aleph we said - Apple Cash UX is so good. Can we do this with crypto and put apple cash directly in your keyboard?
Turns out you can. Now you can directly pay from:
(yes even iMessage xd)
- ...and more!
We make it for everyone using crypto. You DON'T need to KYC. You DON'T need to worry about the other person having an overpriced iPhone. You just pay. Directly in channel.
We have built and packaged releases for Arbitrum, zkSync, Avalanche, Polygon and Solana.
In our opinion, every wallet should offer this to their users. If Argentinian people can just pay directly where they already are, without having to move to third party apps, then we can bootstrap the crypto economy and drive viral crypto adoption - every payment becomes a new user.
We care a lot about UX and think we've done something really cool here. We just copied apple cash but turns out, we've built a better product!
The project is organized into separate releases for different blockchain networks:
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├── Release_Arbitrum
├── Release_zkSync
├── Release_Avalanche
├── Release_Polygon
└── Release_Solana
To run this project:
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/your-username/apple-cash-crypto.git cd apple-cash-crypto -
Choose the desired network release folder (e.g.,
Release_Arbitrum). -
Use Xcode to open the project and run it on your device.
Soon: release on Apple Testflight and install it!
[1] Apple Cash: A digital card in Apple Wallet that allows users to send, receive, and spend money. It's integrated with Apple Pay for use in stores, apps, and online purchases. However, it's limited to U.S. residents and requires an Apple device.