Lifting off on Ropsten

As our Community is aware, we have been putting a lot of resource into ensuring that our Contract Wallet is robust — putting it through rigorous testing internally and with auditors before shipping. Toward the end of December, we pushed it from our own internal network to the Ropsten testnet!

In a nutshell, this is an incredibly exciting milestone for the team as it allows us to get a feel of how the wallet operates in a live environment. For example, where our own internal network used “Proof of Authority”, Ropsten is secured by “Proof of Work” just like mainnet Ethereum. Moreover, moving to Ropsten will put our app under more stress — it is more erratic and vulnerable to attacks — so will be a real proving ground ahead of our move to mainnet.

For users, this importantly means that you can now interact with your wallet on Ropsten using tools such as Etherscan, where you’ll also be able to see the contract source code. We really recommend that you check out Mischa’s description of the Contract Wallet on Gist for the nitty gritty. Mischa will be putting more information on the contracts out there in the near future — including the full repository and details on a bug bounty.