This newest ARK Desktop Wallet update v2.3 brings new features, enhancements and bug fixes. A lot has also been done on the back-end to improve performance and loading times.

It has been a bit over a month since our last Desktop Wallet update and we have a lot of great progress to report! The ARK Team, along with our ever dedicated community developers, have done an amazing job squashing bugs, patching holes, and implementing new features. We are really excited to share a wide range of improvements to the wallet in v2.3.

The new wallet is available for download at: https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/desktop-wallet/releases

This is going to be the last major update before a big turning point in the ARK Desktop Wallet v2 lifecycle (minor updates may accompany this release eg: version 2.3.x). The next bigger iteration (v2.4) will bring plugin support.

We feel this is going to be something unique and will open many new use cases for developers, delegates, Bridgechains and others who would like to develop custom solutions without the need to modify the core files of the wallet.

We are going to be developing some initial plugins to showcase the power of the new system and give developers a starting point on how to implement their plugins.

The initial release containing the debut of the plugin system is currently anticipated to be done in the first half of the May.

Hashes for 2.3.0 of Desktop Wallets (SHA256)

Linux (ark-desktop-wallet-linux-x64–2.3.0.tar.gz)

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128b771842fef98dbecbb56cd9e2c756287b1cfa9b417e6d5766dd61c5320b0d MacOS (ark-desktop-wallet-mac-2.3.0.dmg)

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37f88055fc428e7c3adc98b4e66b9fe08fdab068b82fd4f13bf9e161dd7883d0 Ubuntu (ark-desktop-wallet-linux-amd64–2.3.0.deb)

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b7a0d3e1d0b7b479f392e354325ee888a61271aa74afef3e6aeb7f2c4556a079 Windows X86 (ark-desktop-wallet-win-x86–2.3.0.exe)

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b47215e357b825e82912d9a61cbb70fc20cb3c3ceefc796140f86d97706cb907 Windows X64 (ark-desktop-wallet-win-x64–2.3.0.exe)

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9493cb7321f46123f176ddfb57139600d4c4080afcc219659cb791fdf5c26585 Linux-AppImage (ark-desktop-wallet-linux-x86_64–2.3.0.AppImage)

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Changes In Numbers

Since the previous release:

9 different developers contributing to the ARK Desktop Wallet.

contributing to the ARK Desktop Wallet. 93 new commits to the ARK Desktop Wallet.

to the ARK Desktop Wallet. 266 files changed in the ARK Desktop Wallet.

in the ARK Desktop Wallet. 13,337 lines of code added to the ARK Desktop Wallet.

to the ARK Desktop Wallet. 3,597 lines of code deleted from the ARK Desktop Wallet.

Now lets go over the changes in current newest release.

What’s New?