I started exploring the world of wallets again at the end of September, 2021. Shortly after that, a few people offered there help and we have been working on a new kind of wallet stack. We have shipped a prototype, attracted hundreds of active testers, and built a strong community of core contributors.
What is JankyMask? 🦊
Within a week of Tweeting the idea for a Safari iOS browser extension, Dimitar Nestorov shipped a quick prototype called JankyMask, which used MetaMask as a base. You can download it here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/ORBbu7oy
What is SafariWallet.org? 🕊
In that same week, nathan.eth stepped up as a steward of the Safari Wallet project. He built the first web views, registered all of the relevant names, and built SafariWallet.org
Our goal with Safari Wallet is create a project similar to Linux. A simple, extendable base for iOS wallet technology that is truly open source.
Ronald Mannak has stepped up to lead the Swift engineering. You can follow the progress here: https://github.com/Safari-Wallet/core
What is a distribution? 🍴
The Linux community has this concept of distributions. You have Debian Linux, Red Hat Linux, and many others. These distributions run the planet. Amazon Web services runs on Linux. You can see this incredible process taking place here:
If you are curious to learn more about how this happened, I recommend watching this 90-minute documentary called Revolution OS:
What is Balance? ⚖️
Balance is a distribution of Safari Wallet. It will be known as Balance. But technically it will be the Balance Safari Wallet. It will take many months to design, test, audit and release. It is a huge undertaking and a totally fresh approach to iOS wallets:
What is Freedom? 🕊
Freedom is the minimum viable distribution of Safari Wallet. The Freedom Safari Wallet will be available very soon via TestFlight. It will use stock iOS UI:
Why are we working on this? 👁
We all feel Ethereum is not functioning well on our phones. Put simply, we want to:
Make Web3 Mobile
If we can make affordable and scalable Ethereum protocols available to billions of people through open source design and engineering, we will have succeeded.
Want to meet us? 🫂
We are gathering digitally on Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/wSpHS2qjHv
We are a global community but we are setting up a space for contributors in San Francisco which opens January 1 2022.
Many of us will be going to ETHDenver to present our progress in February.
Want to make a contribution? 💞
We need lots of kinds of help:
🪄 Engineering: Swift app, Javascript Extension, Ethereum Transaction Data
🔐 Securing: Extension communication, seed phrase backup innovation
✍️ Designing: iOS prototyping, mobile dapp concepts, Safari Extension innovation
🧾 Operating: DAO fund controls, expense management, travel administration
✈️ Testing: Use JankyMask on lots of dapps! https://testflight.apple.com/join/ORBbu7oy
🚀 Growing: SMS distribution mechanisms, TikTok videos, long-form written content
You should join our Discord via this ∞ Invite Link: https://discord.gg/GsZ9ymnjWh
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