The new ARK Desktop Wallet has been released with bug fixes and requests recently reported by the community. Updating is not mandatory, however it will improve your experience.

You can download the latest release from:

https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/desktop-wallet/releases

or click on “New Version Available” inside the ARK Desktop Wallet.

What was fixed / improved?

Do not load the Changelly widget unless the user confirms it — as requested by the community we have modified how integration with Changelly works. In prior versions, Changelly integration loaded third-party resources that their widget required to operate. Opening the wallet automatically loaded these resources. Now it only loads them if you agree to their terms of use and privacy policy services in the “Purchase ARK” tab.

Warn about NEO addresses only when they have transactions — API calls for NEO check are changed. In the previous version you received a message when trying to send ARK even if it was a valid ARK address (this has now been corrected to only show if a NEO equivalent of address has had any transactions):

This message will now only show when if NEO address has some balance in, meaning it’s highly likely you inputted NEO address instead of ARKs one.

Replace Tycho with NTP — use the standard clock synchronization network to avoid minor problems and increase the reliability of sending transactions to the ARK network.

use the standard clock synchronization network to avoid minor problems and increase the reliability of sending transactions to the ARK network. Fix webcam loop — access to the webcam for scanning QR code was tried more times than necessary, slowing down the app, this has now been fixed.

— access to the webcam for scanning QR code was tried more times than necessary, slowing down the app, this has now been fixed. Fix the signing of transactions using the Ledger — in some edge cases users reported they had troubles getting transactions signed when using Ledger, this should now be resolved.

Thanks to our community for spotting and reporting bugs, issues and to all the community devs who lend a helping hand in resolving them.

Hashes for 1.6.1 of Desktop Wallets (SHA256)

Linux: 72d08a0827fe30e7317b392683c28b62cb5f43687d8ec368b2d11211f2c5a5ea

72d08a0827fe30e7317b392683c28b62cb5f43687d8ec368b2d11211f2c5a5ea MacOS:

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b4a6ac066981c05cf6ebec389bea8b2d0610ea4e283870b6b469a67f95b76e37 Ubuntu:

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c42f5ad0a78cbe2153bec94601a7afa8742d03f7b241b07e8add2023089a5b4d Windows 32-bit:

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5dee254a6d991f840edd25c81877beeb081ff7e72b2913df14dfccdbe7477cc8 Windows 64-bit:

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Want to get involved with development and earn some ARK bounties?

Check our Github Bounty Program :

https://blog.ark.io/ark-github-development-bounty-113806ae9ffe

Found a bug or have an idea for improvement?

Be sure to open a ‘Github Issue’ so we can keep track:

https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/ark-desktop/issues

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