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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Apple threatens to remove Web3 social network Damus from App Store if it doesn’t end Bitcoin tipping

Apple CEO Tim Cook. (Credit: Justin Sullivan—Getty Images)

The Web3 social network Damus has two weeks to remove Bitcoin tipping functionality from its app or it will be banished from the App Store, the company said in a Tuesday tweet.

Screenshots of a message sent to Damus by Apple show that the latter raised an objection over tips in the app called “zaps,” where users can send cryptocurrency directly to creators using the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Apple said in the message posted by Damus that the tips must use Apple’s in-app purchase mechanism, which takes a 30% cut of each transaction.

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