Alien Invasion iOS Game Lets Users Earn Bitcoin for App Referrals

A new iOS app allows users to help save mankind from a ‘reptilian alien invasion’ and earn bitcoins in the process.
Tigara Games released its first title, Uranus Attacks!, for iOS users on 1st March. Built using the Coinbase API, users are rewarded with bitcoin dispensed in Coinbase wallets, about $0.05 according to developers, for encouraging others to enroll in the apocalyptic resistance effort.
The brainchild of developer Amer Qureshi, the release is the product of six months of development during which he sought to tie bitcoin into an iOS gaming experience.
Qureshi told CoinDesk:
“I don’t know what the latest stats are, but there are only 2 million people with bitcoin out there, but think of how many people have games. With all of these people from the gaming side starting to get bitcoin for free, knowledge of bitcoin could grow beyond what it is today and that’s good for everyone.”

This post was published at Coin Desk on March 2, 2015.