19 Aug Symbol blockchain news update – 19/08/22
Hi everyone! It’s nearly the weekend and I realise that it’s been too long since I last posted anything so I am stealing an hour from work to write a quick update. Bear with me, I will be posting far more regularly soon, it’s been a difficult time recently on several different fronts so unfortunately, the blog has taken a bit of a back seat temporarily. I will be back bigger and better in September so stay tuned! 😊
New Symbol wallet release!
After a minor hiccup yesterday, release 1.0.11 of the Symbol desktop wallet is now available to download!
There are several changes but importantly additional protection from the aggregate bonded scam has been implemented 🥳. I really hope that this helps protect unsuspecting new users, it has been a painful experience for many that fell foul to the scammer. Anyway, the changelog is below so check out what’s new and make sure that you download and update!
Milestone: Bug fixes and security protection improvements
Added
Added the blacklist/whitelist support for address book. Improved the multisig transaction co-signature form #1739.
Added the scam alert link to the docs in the harvesting view #1860.
Added nyc integration and enabled ci coverage check #1869.
Added unit tests #1871.
Added new multisig tree presentation and improved graph construction #1881.
Added property to the advanced settings to allow/disallow signing multisig transactions from unknown accounts #1880.
Added a signer public key field to the transaction details view #1840.
Added link to explorer for addresses in the transaction details view #1843.
Added option to block new contact #1826.
Changed
Removed dashes from addresses #1841.
Fixed
Improved localization in Japanese #1819.
Fixed the metadata non-ascii text update failure and the view refresh issue #1837.
Fixed the multisig graph sorting issue #1890.
Fixed an issue with editing the contact address in address book #1834.
Fixed an issue with address book import #1827.
Fixed the wrong contact names presented in the transaction list #1831.
Fixed the transaction detail "From" field is not replaced with a contact name #1842.
Fixed the signer from multilevel multisig tree presented as an unknown account in the multisig transaction co-signature form #1848.
Migrated to Jenkins and fixed failing unit tests #1868.
Symbol DEX under development
Faunsu has really shaken up the community in recent months and is spearheading a variety of different projects including a community-written Symbol website, a Japanese forum and now a decentralised exchange built on Symbol. Wow! There is a dedicated Discord channel for Direct-DEX discussions so go check it out and get involved!
Harvesting rewards decrease
It’s that time again. Unfortunately, your harvests will be worth less than they were last week 😭 It’s still free money though! 🥳
You will now receive 103.32 XYM for each block harvested and if you are running a node you will receive an additional 36.9 XYM should you or one of your delegates harvest a block.
Welcome pirates!
OK, so Oleg and HODL Dogs have crew members for quite some time now but they now have some fancy new avatars and they are amazing! 🤩 You wouldn’t want to meet HODL Dogs in a dark alley or mess with space pirate Oleg 😁
I should probably stay out of the Design channel on Discord as I guess I might ruin the surprise. To say that I am very excited about getting an official would be an understatement, the design team are incredibly talented, can’t wait to see what they come up with! I am planning a rebrand soon I have a new pseudonym ready, just need the avatar 😁
Share the love
It always brings a smile to my face seeing that community members care about each other. It looks like Mikun sent some Japanese treats to Angel and apparently they were delicious. Japanese sweets always fascinate me, you never quite know what you are going to get 😁 Maybe I will send some English delicacies to some Symbol buddies in the future. Wonder what I would include 🤔
Coming to a supermarket near you..
Haha! 😂 Looks like NEMspecial has been busy designing some new ice cream flavours! I wonder what they would taste like? I feel like Symbol would be blueberry flavour. NEM I am not so sure about – some weird take on a Neopolitan maybe – mint, orange and bubblegum? 😬
Symbol power! 🦾
This is definitely what I need in my life right now! 😴 Hatchet we need a line of Symbol branded energy drinks, I’m sure it will increase productivity! ⚡️😵💫
Thanks!
Thanks for reading and for your patience! I will try to post again soon but if I can’t then I will be back in September! 🦾
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