Re:Bitcoin iOS app open sourced
by Xuzz on Sunday May 08, 2011 @01:34PM
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Which is about 10% of all iDevices, so not particularly useless. (And, as others gave said, that doesn't even include the developers who can sign and install it for themselves, as well.)
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For those interested in Bitcoin right now (mostly geeks) i'd say the % of jailbroken iDevices is much higher, i'd throw 80% out as a guess.
Re:Bitcoin iOS app open sourced
by RyanKearney on Sunday May 08, 2011 @05:53PM
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80% is a gross overestimation.
Re:Bitcoin iOS app open sourced
by kristofferR on Sunday May 08, 2011 @06:11PM
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Most people interested in Bitcoins right now are geeks and the majority of geeks should have jailbroken their iPhones.
80% of the whole iPhone user mass is a gross overestimation, but I don't think that it's an overestimation to say that 80% of huge geeks have jailbroken their iPhones.
Re:Bitcoin iOS app open sourced
by olivercameron on Sunday May 08, 2011 @06:22PM
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A lot of my friends are "geeks", and none of them have a jailbroken iPhone. In fact, the only person I know who has a jailbroken iPhone is a regular teenager, and that's because he refuses to pay for apps.
How many of your friends use Bitcoins?
Re:Bitcoin iOS app open sourced
by olivercameron on Monday May 09, 2011 @12:08AM
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Zero.
Right, so your data point is not really relevant to the conversation. The implication was that anyone interested in bitcoin would probably have a jailbroken phone, and since none of your friends are interested in bitcoin, whether or not they have a jailbroken iphone is not particularly relevant. The original context was:
For those interested in Bitcoin right now (mostly geeks) I'd say the percentage of jailbroken iDevices is much higher, i'd throw 80% out as a guess.
I think we can all agree that this is reasonable.
Re:Bitcoin iOS app open sourced
by RyanKearney on Monday May 09, 2011 @02:49PM
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I use bitcoin and I don't jailbreak my iPhone.
Re:Bitcoin iOS app open sourced
by greengarstudios on Thursday May 19, 2011 @10:45AM
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I use bitcoin and I jailbreak my iPhone.