According to foreign media reports, Apple updated its developer code of conduct on Monday, explicitly forbidding 'excavating' digital cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
The new rules will limit applications that consume battery light, generate excessive heat, or cause unnecessary stress on equipment resources. All of these are occurring in the process of mining digital cryptocurrencies. Apple stated in its official blog post: 'Applications and Inclusions' Applications that display any third-party advertisements internally may not be able to run non-related background processes, such as the mining of digital cryptocurrencies.
Because of the huge computing power and power required, it is very difficult to successfully “dig” Bitcoins with an iPhone or iPad. However, Apple’s move may preemptively prevent future digital energy sources with lower energy intensity from being used on these devices. Mining, or preventing the mining of multiple units through 'pooling'.
Apple wrote in its developer code of conduct section 2.4.2: 'The application design should pay attention to energy saving. The application should not quickly run out of battery power, generate excessive heat, or bring unnecessary pressure on equipment resources. Applications and Inclusions Applications that display any third-party advertisements internally may not be able to run non-related background processes, such as the mining of digital cryptocurrencies.
According to Apple Insider, a technology blog, Apple had established a code of conduct related to the mining of digital cryptocurrency as early as 2014. Prior to this, the Apple App Store had offloaded Coinbase and other digital cryptocurrency applications, saying they existed. Unsolvable problem'. However, the report did not explain when Apple updated this policy.
'Mining' digital cryptocurrencies are essentially mathematical operations performed by high-performance computers. To trade Bitcoins, transactions need to be validated by complex mathematical equations and then added to the so-called 'distributed ledger'. To Bitcoin as a solution to solving the equation.
Coinmint, a bitcoin mining company, said that the miner will generate 1,400 watts of energy during the mining of bitcoins, which is equivalent to a hair dryer. Last year, bitcoin mining used roughly the same amount of electricity as domestic electricity in Ireland, and was about 20,000 gigabits. Watts hour.
Currently, there are many applications in the iOS App Store boasting that users can use personal devices to 'mine', such as 'Crypto Coin Miner' and 'Cryptocurrency Cloud Mining', etc. The latter even said, 'No need for users to make significant hardware or software progress. By investing, you can make money and get digital cryptocurrencies.
The system of Coinrail, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, was affected by the 'Internet invasion' and Bitcoin's currency value continued to plummet over the weekend. According to data provided by CoinDesk, Bitcoin's trading price on Monday was approximately USD 6726.