Loki Messenger

Weekly Dev Update #67

Hey Y’all,  Last week we released a new LIP discussing ‘Pulse’: a proposed proof of stake protocol for Loki. You can read that here: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-improvement-proposals/blob/master/LIPS/LIP-5.md. We also continued to move towards the 5.0.0 release for Loki Core, which adds checkpointing and a number of other features. Keep your ear to the ground for the testnet …

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Weekly Dev Update #65

Hey Y’all,  This week was primarily focused on Loki Messenger user interface improvements, adding features like message replies in public chats and fixing up link previews. We also published the new Lokinet release, which is almost ready, pending a couple of minor UX improvements for first time users.  Loki Core Update soft forking rules to …

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Loki Messenger Update: Public Chat Release

We’re excited to announce the new Loki Messenger update! Here are some of the exciting new features: Public Chat We’ve built a public chat feature into Loki Messenger allowing for large-scale moderated community conversations. Public chats are a bit different to group chats, and it’s important to understand the difference.  Loki Public Chat will be …

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Weekly Dev Update #64

Hey Y’all,  This week we worked hard developing features for a number of upcoming releases, including finally nailing down some issues which have drastically increased the stability of Lokinet, adding lots of new UX features to Loki Messenger, and the continued testing of Service Node checkpointing for Loki core. If you like releases, September is …

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Loki Developer Update #63

Weekly Dev Update #63

Hey Y’all,  This week we focused on new features for Loki Messenger, such as allowing moderators and users to delete messages. We also worked on adding QR codes to Loki Messenger and shortening seed words. Last week Lokinet also investigated per path buffers and reverted to a custom wire protocol to alleviate some performance issues. …

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Weekly Dev Update #62

Hey Y’all,  A small update this week as many of the Loki devs are attending conferences (I’m at Blockchain Week Berlin) or on holiday. Most of our work went into Loki Core and Lokinet releases, where we are successfully improving stability on both fronts.  Loki Core Fix uptime proof submission after recommison transactions: https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/805 Fix …

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