ARK WALLET UPDATES

The ARK desktop and mobile wallets are highly secure. The desktop wallet even integrates with the Ledger Nano hardware wallet devices. They are extremely easy to use and launch instantly with no need to sync. Plus, with the ARK Public Network having eight second block times, you can even see your transactions occur in real-time. Whether you’re checking your balance, sending and receiving funds or voting for your preferred delegate — ARK wallets make it as easy as possible.

DESKTOP WALLET

ARK Releases Desktop Wallet v2.9.0 with Major Speed and Performance Improvements. This release focused on performance improvements and a major overhaul of the underlying system that takes care of reading, requesting and saving data (from the inside and outside of the wallet). One of the initial things you will notice is much quicker loading times when opening the wallet. On one of our slowest testing machines that had a lot of profiles, networks, wallets and installed plugins it went from 40 seconds to 12 seconds for the initial load. This is due to how we reengineered and optimized underlying processes. Once opened you will see that switching between wallets, tabs, charts and while retrieving data, the experience is much smoother than with the previous release.

What’s New At-A-Glance

Plugin images and slider. We have now implemented a way for plugin developers to also include screenshot previews of the actual plugin. Images can also be clicked to expand.

We have now implemented a way for plugin developers to also include screenshot previews of the actual plugin. Images can also be clicked to expand. Add links to multipayment list on show transaction screen. The recipients of multipayment transactions are now linked to from the ‘show transaction’ screen.

The recipients of multipayment transactions are now linked to from the ‘show transaction’ screen. Improved Ledger Hardware Wallet UX. Major user experience improvements to the Ledger hardware wallet device interactions going from caching, updating in the background and fixing some reported bugs (eg. disconnect Ledger when rejecting a transaction).

This is a shortened list of improvements for ARK Desktop Wallet v2.9.0. For a full list of improvements, check article here.

ARK Releases Desktop Wallet v2.9.1 Featuring Expanded Plugin Usability. With this release, we expanded the Plugin Manager’s usability by exposing more internals to developers, adding a new language plugin section and much more!

What’s New At-A-Glance

ARK Grants indication in plugin entry. Users will know which plugins are funded by the new ARK Grants Program, awarding ARK to developers for their ideas.

Users will know which plugins are funded by the new ARK Grants Program, awarding ARK to developers for their ideas. Allow plugins to add languages . Adds the LANGUAGES permission, which allows plugins to add new languages.

. Adds the permission, which allows plugins to add new languages. Allow setting up default fee type. Adds a new option to the profile edition page which allows the user to specify the default transaction fee type used, either LAST or AVERAGE .

This is a shortened list of improvements for ARK Desktop Wallet v2.9.1. For a full list of improvements, check article here.

NOTE: A new Transaction Export plugin is available within the ARK Desktop Wallet, developed by Delegate Dated and funded by ARK Grants. More information is available in the ARK Grants section of this monthly update.

MOBILE WALLET

ARK Releases Mobile Wallet v1.8.0 Featuring Enhanced Developer Support. This version focused on improving user experience with new input fields and making development easier with updated dependencies, better test coverage and new features (developer mode, Angular Storybook and more).

What’s New At-A-Glance

Unified input fields. Users will have a shared and identical experience across different ARK products. Now, the user experience is more uniform between wallet types.

Users will have a shared and identical experience across different ARK products. Now, the user experience is more uniform between wallet types. Added ‘developer mode’. This mode unlocks features that will help us (and developers) debug errors found by users.

This mode unlocks features that will help us (and developers) debug errors found by users. Implemented Angular Storybook. Storybook is like a web-editor where you can construct components and their interactions in isolation and see visually how they work.