As we enter the last week in August, the countdown to Datum’s new app release has officially begun. Long time supporters will recall that the original Datum app goes all the way back to the Datum pre-sale last year. When the app was first created, it was designed as a proof of concept both from a technical and business model perspective. Having attracted over 60,000 users, we feel we have accomplished both objectives with the legacy version of the app.

Why have we chosen to rebuild the app?

As we move towards fully decentralized data storage and transactions on the Datum network while seeking to support millions of users in the future, we thought it best to refactor the entire mobile app experience with an eye towards decentralization, accessibility, extensibility and supporting a rapid product release cycle.

What can you expect?

New users to the app will immediately notice an entirely revamped UI reflecting Datum’s new branding and providing some much needed clean up and organization of key screens including identity, wallet and dApps. Users should find the UI to be much more responsive.

On the frontend, the app has been rebuilt in React Native which offers notable performance improvements and allows the product team greater flexibility in rolling out future releases. The app now interacts directly with the Datum network in storage operations such as saving and accessing user data.

Datum ID

The new version of the app introduces “Sign in with Datum” as a way for users to interact with dApps using the data stored within their Datum ID. Developers may interact with a user’s Datum ID to personalize content or deploy communications to a Datum ID.

Datum ID — Sign In with Datum

The app will roll out to Android users first, with iOS to follow pending Apple’s approval. The app has already been submitted to the Apple App Store and the team is working with Apple to achieve compliance with the App Store crypto guidelines. We will also make the app available in different languages in a near future.

In summary, the new version of the app is faster, completely redesigned for scale and extensibility and proudly operating 100% on the Datum Decentralized Storage Network.

Thanks, and we hope you enjoy the new version of the app very soon!

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