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With these apps, whether it be commuting to work on the train, during lunch break, or waiting for a table at a restaurant, as long as I've got my trusty smartphone I can always be productive and keep up-to-date on my portfolio or recent market news. I'm an iPhone user so will be talking about the iOS versions of these apps, but most of them are available for Android as well.
At first your instant buy limit will be small, but it goes up with time. If you don't have any other Bitcoin wallet, you can store Bitcoin in your Coinbase account and make purchases directly from the app. I don't use it that way though; I tend to treat Coinbase as a gateway for remitting money from Japan where I live to the US to pay my US credit card bills.
By doing so, I completely avoid the outrageous fees charged by banks for international money transfers exactly how to do this will be the subject of a future blog post.
I recommend setting up your account through the Coinbase web page on a desktop PC, and then getting the mobile app. This handy little app is a Swiss Army knife of Ethereum information. It's like having a summary of all things Ethereum at your fingertips. From the main screen you can see network stats such as the current block, block time, hash rate, etc. And I love the blog page where you can see the latest Ethereum news straight from the developers. My most frequently used crypto app.
Basically it shows you the current market price of Bitcoin, along with a price chart and news reader that aggregates Bitcoin news from several sources. I check this several times a day to keep track of which way the price is trending. If you only get one of the 10 apps I'm highlighting today, get this one!
This app shows you the current prices of most major cryptocurrencies and can be configured to show values in a number of different fiat currencies.
I like looking at prices in terms of Bitcoin since that's my base currency when trading, although seeing the USD equivalent is useful from time to time. If you've got an Apple Watch, then Crypto Pro is a must-have. You can add it to your watch face display, and tap it to scroll through the complete list of currencies. Be sure to always leave it running in the background on your phone so that the watch auto-refresh will work to keep data up-to-date.
Alright, calling this a crypto-related app is a bit of a stretch, but bear with me: Whenever I'm not sure if my meaning is clear in a post, looking up words in my handy dictionary provides that much needed bit of reassurance. It also has a thesaurus so you can spice up your language with a bit of variety instead of repeating the same words all the time. So this helps with my Steemit writing, which helps me earn Steem, which is a cryptocurrency hah, see what I did there indirectly linking it back to crypto.
There is a paid version of this app, but if you can put up with the ads, the free version is more than adequate and I don't find myself missing the added features of the paid version at all.
But if you do shell out for the upgrade, you'll get extra goodies like example sentences, phrases, idioms, and more.
When it comes to Steemit, even better than my dictionary is the mobile Steemit app itself! This wonderful gem gives you access to the essentials of the Steemit experience, including browsing posts, commenting, voting, and checking your account details.
It has some nice features that the web site doesn't support yet, such as a built-in favorites list, indicator of your current voting power, notifications, and profile pics! I found out about this app from good-karma who maintains it and provides regular progress reports to the community. He's pretty responsive to feedback and each new version released has been a giant leap upwards in terms of features and usability. His latest update post is worth a read.
A mobile wallet for Ethereum. I only got it recently so haven't made much use of it yet, but it worked well in my early tests. The big advantage of a lightweight mobile wallet like this is you don't have to wait forever to sync with the blockchain every time you use it. And Jaxx gives you full control of your private keys, stored locally on the device, so you don't have to trust a central authority as you do with Coinbase.
One awesome feature that sets Jaxx apart from other mobile wallets is the built-in support for using the ShapeShift service to do currency conversions directly in the app. Just hit Send, and select the fox icon under the amount bar. This worked quite well when I tried it out with a small test amount. However it did take about 30 minutes for the transaction to complete, which made me a bit nervous. I'd keep conversions small until you're confident everything is working as expected.
One important note - your wallet address will change after each transaction for security purposes, but don't let this put you off: If Jaxx is too feature rich for you, and all you really want is a plain no-frills Bitcoin wallet, then look no further than Bread wallet. This app only has 2 main screens: Also note that Bread wallet is required if you want to hunt for Bitcoin using the Takara app my choice for 10 discussed below.
If you don't use 2 factor authentication 2FA to protect all your cryptocurrency web accounts, then stop what you are doing and go enable it right now for every service you use. It only takes a minute and greatly strengthens the security of your account by requiring you to enter a time-based numeric code in addition to your regular account password.
With all the attempted hacks in the crypto world you just can't be too careful. So where does the 2FA code come from? All you have to do is check the app and then type in your code.
But you better type fast: You've heard of geocaching right? You know, it's that treasure hunting sport where you go around trying to find hidden "caches" that fellow geocachers have left lying around waiting to be discovered.
Well, Takara combines Bitcoin with geocaching. Just don't expect to find any within walking distance of your home. The caches are few and far between, not to mention fairly small in value, typically worth only a few dollars.
So you won't get rich collecting them. Note that you will need Bread wallet installed in order to pick up a cache. Also, there's no physical treasure. You simply go to the location marked on the map, hit the "pick up" button, and answer a location-based riddle to receive the Bitcoin directly into your Bread wallet. I'd like to give a big thanks to kafkanarchy84 and his wonderful post highlighting Takara , without which I never would have discovered this cool little app!
I'd love to hear from you in the comments below! I'm always on the look-out for new and interesting crypto apps, so curious to know which ones you use and recommend. The code is copyable in computer, ideal for a person to read and will not be be mistaken for a private key qr code. That's kind of cool. I like how the web site can turn text into images. And Dogecoin was the very first cryptocurrency I ever bought, so I always get a warm fuzzy feeling whenever somebody mentions it.
Thanks for the suggestions. Could you write a post about the pros and cons of various cryptocurrencies as well? Thanks for review, And glad that eSteem is helpful. Working on some improvements for latest user feedback, I can say from my testings that performance is improved a lot and it should be more stable in next version 1. Thanks again and let me know if there is anything you would like to add Looking forward to stability improvements in the next version!
I'll let you know if I think of anything feature wise, but I'm already pretty happy with the feature set. Stability is the main thing to focus on now, it still crashes randomly a bit too often.
And how do you reply to an individual comment as opposed to the post itself? Haven't quite figured that out yet. The reply button seems to be only for the post itself, unless I'm misunderstanding how to use it. Thanks, yes I do realize that a lot people still didn't discover all available features ;- but with time I think, also it gives me time to improve stability. To reply on comment, try swipe left comment you can see voting and reply icons there.
Also to open sub comments you can tap on any comment that has any replies and it well open sub comments. Profile pictures on comments and posts great idea and on to do list Ah, okay, I see how it works now! The swipe action feels pretty natural now that I know about it and is a good way to hide UI clutter.
I loved these all apps for crypto enthusiasts. I am also looking forward to crypto trading so I am reading a lot here and there, I found a few lists including this one https: I am going to try out all these apps to get in deep of crypto.
Cryptonaut helps you to track all your cryptocurrencies. BTCnews for iOS - news from dozens of major news sources, ticker, charts, podcasts, learning center, and more. I am the author. But it is free You should check out Cointracking Portfolio Manager. For details of how to use these features checkout this post. Check out Bitsnapp, a new Android app that automatically sync your exchanges balances using read only API keys and track your wallet addresses I am the developer.
I would love to hear your feedback cryptomancer! Here's the Play Store link: I like managing my cryptocurrency investments on the go, so in this post I'm going to share 10 of my favorite crypto related mobile apps, in no particular order. Okay then, let's get straight to it: Simplest way to buy Bitcoin with USD.