Under the hood 16/8/19

Your weekly update from the Sylo product department.

Sylo Co-Founder/Product Director Ben Jordan and Frontend Developer Jerry Shikongo share what the team’s been up to lately.

As more and more users join the community on Sylo Beta, the team is working to consistently refine the features already on offer plus add a few new ones!

Here are two new inclusions that you’ll be seeing live on Sylo in the near future :)

THERE’LL SOON BE A FRIENDLY NEW FACE

In short, we’ve made a new addition to our user on-boarding process. We noticed users who were invited to Sylo didn’t really know what they were getting in to. Now they have a friendly face to tell them.

“Basically,” said Jerry, “It’s a first contact for every new user. It’ll give them a bit of information about how things work on Sylo, including the smart wallet.”

We’d like to give this contact a name (for example, Oliver), so to throw your suggestion in the mix, share it with us in the comments below!

GET YOUR TEST ON… WITH TOKENS!

“The new connection we’re adding will also send you test tokens,” said Jerry.

“This is so that new users can get the hang of sending and receiving digital assets, and storing them in their wallet. The connection will also create a platform for potential help tools and feedback in future.”

“We’re taking the opportunity to give an ‘on-ramp’ into crypto,” said Ben. “Getting into the space is scary and full of uncertainty — users have to navigate the unknown to figure out how crypto works AND they have to do it with their hard earned money.”

“Well now they don’t — Sylo will gift users test tokens when they sign up; tokens that behave like the real thing and give users a chance to learn how to use digital assets.”

“They can then see how easy it is to store, spend and send these tokens among their contacts, and when they are ready, they can then put real value in their wallets. Easy.”

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More updates coming soon…

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