Thanks for joining me! Could you introduce yourself to the readers and give some background on how you become involved with Nano?

Hi from Irvine, California! My name is Ben Kray, and I’m the developer for Nano Blocks, a Nano light wallet for iOS. I’ve been programming things (mostly iOS apps) for about five years now, and currently, work on the Acorns iOS app. I didn’t really pay attention to the crypto scene until early 2017 — and later that year, one of my friends sent me Nano’s whitepaper (then Raiblocks), and I was instantly intrigued by the fact that it’s feeless as well as its significant improvements on blockchain technology, specifically with speed and scalability.

What led you to develop Nano Blocks?

My initial ambition wasn’t really to make a fully-functional light wallet, it kind of just snowballed into that. I started out writing a Nano address generator as a small weekend project, and the next weekend, took a stab at local block signing — the rest is history. My older brother, Tim, happens to be a super talented designer, and after broadcasting my first locally signed block to the Nano network, we set out to make an easy-to-use, sleek, and secure light wallet. Nano Blocks is an open-source project, so anyone is free to contribute. Its primary focus is securely sending and receiving Nano, and everything in between that supports those actions. The app runs on Canoe’s back end which handles key requests such as proof-of-work generation and block processing — huge shout out to Göran from Canoe for allowing Nano Blocks to integrate their service.

What are the features of Nano Blocks that you are most proud of?

Here are a few things you can do: * Send and receive Nano securely — I’d say this is my favorite feature :) * Sleep well knowing your seed/signing keys are local to your phone only and stored in encrypted storage * Manage multiple Nano accounts off of a single seed * Remain data analytics-free in the spirit of keeping things as anonymous as possible * Save account addresses of family and friends in a locally stored address book * Scan and generate QR codes * Authenticate with TouchID and FaceID

What can we expect from Nano Blocks in the future? Are there any new features you are working towards?

In the very near future, I’ll be utilizing My Nano Ninja’s API more by adding a representative picker which should make it a lot easier to switch representatives on the fly. I think there’s a lot of room for improvement throughout the app regarding UI/UX, so we’ll be making changes to accommodate that. I get a lot of requests to make an Android version of the app, and as much as I’d love to see it on Android, I don’t have the resources at the moment to make it happen, however, if anyone wishes to get started on developing it, I’d love to help out.

Thanks again to Ben for taking the time to talk about his project. For more information on the Nano Blocks iOS light wallet, visit their discord server!