The new ARK Desktop Wallet has been released with bug fixes and requests recently reported by the community. Updating is not mandatory, however it will improve your experience.
You can download the latest release from:
https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/desktop-wallet/releases
or click on “New Version Available” inside the ARK Desktop Wallet.
What was fixed / improved?
- Do not load the Changelly widget unless the user confirms it — as requested by the community we have modified how integration with Changelly works. In prior versions, Changelly integration loaded third-party resources that their widget required to operate. Opening the wallet automatically loaded these resources. Now it only loads them if you agree to their terms of use and privacy policy services in the “Purchase ARK” tab.
Warn about NEO addresses only when they have transactions — API calls for NEO check are changed. In the previous version you received a message when trying to send ARK even if it was a valid ARK address (this has now been corrected to only show if a NEO equivalent of address has had any transactions):
Replace Tycho with NTP — use the standard clock synchronization network to avoid minor problems and increase the reliability of sending transactions to the ARK network.
Fix webcam loop — access to the webcam for scanning QR code was tried more times than necessary, slowing down the app, this has now been fixed.
Fix the signing of transactions using the Ledger — in some edge cases users reported they had troubles getting transactions signed when using Ledger, this should now be resolved.
Thanks to our community for spotting and reporting bugs, issues and to all the community devs who lend a helping hand in resolving them.
Hashes for 1.6.1 of Desktop Wallets (SHA256)
- Linux: 72d08a0827fe30e7317b392683c28b62cb5f43687d8ec368b2d11211f2c5a5ea
- MacOS:
b4a6ac066981c05cf6ebec389bea8b2d0610ea4e283870b6b469a67f95b76e37 - Ubuntu:
c42f5ad0a78cbe2153bec94601a7afa8742d03f7b241b07e8add2023089a5b4d - Windows 32-bit:
5dee254a6d991f840edd25c81877beeb081ff7e72b2913df14dfccdbe7477cc8 - Windows 64-bit:
af89a30fe9ad305e4f2a483055597111f5c3902c90eabfeacaf4443bcf1f3f09
Want to get involved with development and earn some ARK bounties?
Check our Github Bounty Program :
https://blog.ark.io/ark-github-development-bounty-113806ae9ffe
Found a bug or have an idea for improvement?
Be sure to open a ‘Github Issue’ so we can keep track:
https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/ark-desktop/issues
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