{"id":87475,"date":"2023-11-24T14:03:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=87475"},"modified":"2025-09-13T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T09:03:14","slug":"wallet-of-satoshi-ceases-us-customer-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wallet-of-satoshi-ceases-us-customer-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallet of Satoshi ceases US customer support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind the custodial Lightning wallet for mobile devices Wallet of Satoshi announced the removal of the app from the App Store and Google Play in the United States, and a decision to discontinue serving US customers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To our valued Wallet of Satoshi community in the United States of America,<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve dedicated ourselves to providing the best Bitcoin experience with Wallet of Satoshi, being at the forefront of Lightning usability and adoption. However, we&#8217;ve made the difficult decision to remove\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wallet of Satoshi (@walletofsatoshi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/walletofsatoshi\/status\/1727937085741678679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This decision was not easy. Our commitment to providing a safe, convenient and globally compatible platform remains unwavering. Our top priority is the safety, the interests of customers and the company,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reasons for the decision were not disclosed. US users have the option to withdraw or transfer funds to another wallet.<\/p>\n<p>The developers did not rule out that they might resume operations in the United States in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The official statement from the team appeared after messages circulated on social media about the removal of Wallet of Satoshi from the App Store and Google Play Store in the United States.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wallet of Satoshi banned in the US? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S44qN5UI2U\">pic.twitter.com\/S44qN5UI2U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ck (@ck_SNARKs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ck_SNARKs\/status\/1727824635486515354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As of writing, the app remained available for download in the Russian App Store. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/wallet-of-satoshi-vanishes-apple-google-us-app-stores\">Cointelegraph<\/a>, it can also be downloaded by users in Australia and Singapore.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-11-24-v-13.13.17.webp\" alt=\"Snimok-ekrana-2023-11-24-v-13.13.17\" class=\"wp-image-220799\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: App Store.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Podcaster Kevin Rooke noted the popularity of the Lightning wallet. According to him, in November the platform will process more than 1.1 million payments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wallet of Satoshi is on pace to process over 1.1 million Lightning payments in November.<\/p>\n<p>This will be their largest month of Lightning payments ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u26a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oCxIce7kit\">pic.twitter.com\/oCxIce7kit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Rooke (@kerooke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerooke\/status\/1727365023981240550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In June, Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/apple-rejects-update-to-zeus-non-custodial-bitcoin-wallet-in-the-app-store\">rejected<\/a> a new version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-custodial-and-non-custodial-crypto-wallets\">non-custodial wallet<\/a> Zeus for the Lightning Network.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/apple-threatens-to-remove-the-damus-app-from-the-app-store-over-content-monetisation-feature\">threatened<\/a> to remove the Damus app, the decentralized social network. The project&#8217;s developer, William Kasarin, did not rule out abandoning the monetization of content in satoshis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind the custodial Lightning wallet Wallet of Satoshi announced the removal of the app from the App Store and Google Play in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1112,325,26,57],"class_list":["post-87475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-apple","tag-lightning-network","tag-usa","tag-wallets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"44","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87477,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87475\/revisions\/87477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}