Scatter Bridge/Simple UI - v1.0.6

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Scatter Bridge/Simple UI - v1.0.5

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Scatter Bridge/Simple UI - v1.0.4

Welcome to the first release of Scatter Bridge, better known as Scatter Simple.

With this release we've introduced a complete overhaul of the user-interface (UI) which provides a better user-experience for those who are less familiar with blockchains. There's a few other big additions as well.

Mnemonic phrases (HD Wallets)

When you create a new Scatter, you will now be given a mnemonic phrase. Your Scatter will then be initialized with a key for each blockchain attached to that phrase. You can still import and generate "loose" keys from the Settings -> Accounts section, but they will not be recoverable using your phrase.

One account at a time

Unlike previous versions of Scatter where it knew about all accounts associated with public keys, Bridge only uses one user-selected account at a time. This makes the internal UI and external integration much simpler. Instead of having to select which account to login with when interacting with third party applications, it can simply give back the pre-selected one. This also solves some issues where some users had hundreds of accounts loaded which caused nodes to fall down as token balances were fetched.

To manage your accounts and networks you can go to Settings -> Accounts, where you will be able to manage your keys, networks, and which accounts you want to use as your primary ones (one for each network).

FIO!

FIO is a way for wallets to interact with eachother without the need for long addresses (on blockchains like Bitcoin, Tron, and Ethereum). You can now set up a FIO account with something like you@scatter and then link that to blockchain accounts. Then anyone can send you tokens to you@scatter. If you pre-registered for RIDL, you already have an account linked to the public key you registered with!

FIO also allows you to request tokens from other people, and view a list of your pending requests.

Buy tokens with credit cards

Thanks to Moonpay, there's a limited set of tokens (mostly stable coins and system tokens like EOS, ETH, TRX, and BTC) which you can buy directly from within Scatter.

Easy account creation

Now that we have Moonpay integrated, you can set up EOS Mainnet accounts directly from your wallet with credit cards. There is a $20 minimum on Moonpay though, so a new account purchased with Moonpay will be credited the difference between the cost of the account creation, and the amount of EOS tokens purchased.

Savings instead of staking

We've removed the concept of "Staking for resources" from this UI and replaced it with the concept of Savings.
In the future your staked tokens will be put directly into APR generating mechanisms like REX, but for now they are simply staked for resources. However, the process of doing so is highly simplified.

EOS Mainnet CPU coverage

The account freeresource on the EOS Mainnet will now dual sign token transfers that happen inside of your Scatter and handle CPU and NET. This only occurs for transfers within Scatter, and only for transfers to accounts which do not have contracts on them.

Dark mode and themes

You've all been asking for it for a long time, and now it's here. You can access themes from Settings -> General

Shared secrets

A new API method was exposed which allows supporting blockchains (Currently only EOSIO and FIO) to create shared secrets (your private key, someone else's public key) which are used to encrypt communications between two parties safely. This can be used for messaging applications, data storage, and more.

Third party applications can access this new API using ScatterJS.createSharedSecret(scatterPublicKey, otherPublicKey);

Reputation & Identity Layer (RIDL)

RIDL has been integrated directly into this new UI, and the smart contracts have been revamped. They now are able to be put onto any chain, and users do not need EOSIO accounts to interact with them (only keypairs). We will begin soft launching this service soon.

Automatic updater with signed releases

We've custom-made an automatic update for Scatter which checks and downloads signed releases directly from GitHub. For those of you who have GitHub restricted in your country, our new updater will also notice that it can't make a connection there, and will ask if you want to update manually by dropping in a signed zip file.

If a "Scatter Update" zip file isn't signed with a key we control, Scatter Desktop will reject it, keeping you safe from maliciously crafted updated.