🛡️ Emergency Hard Fork (HF6)
Beam completed an emergency hard fork to patch a subtle Bulletproofs rangeproof vulnerability that eluded multiple professional audits and AI reviews. Read the technical breakdown, our risk assessment, and the proposed lustration process for verifying supply integrity.
Full disclosure: https://beam.mw/blog/news/hardfork-six
Beam Wallet Release Notes
This release focuses on Explorer enhancements, improved compatibility with modern toolchains, dependency updates, bug fixes, and overall stability improvements.
Highlights
- Dark Mode for Explorer
- Block & Kernel Search
- Multi-network Explorer Support
- Asset Distribution Statistics
- Atomic Swap Explorer View
- Boost 1.90 Upgrade
- GCC 15 Compatibility
Explorer Improvements
- Added block and kernel search functionality.
- Added a dedicated Peers page for network monitoring.
- Introduced support for multiple networks and explorer nodes.
- Added Dark Mode with colors matching the Beam Wallet theme.
- Added an About section.
- Improved display of multiple contract calls.
- Added node-specific options across Explorer tables.
- Added block header graphs and visualization improvements.
- Added asset distribution statistics and atomic swap transaction views.
- Various UI, usability, and code quality improvements.
Wallet & Core Improvements
- Updated Boost dependency to 1.90.
- Improved build compatibility, including GCC 15 support.
- Updated submodules and build macros.
- Fixed chat message duplication.
- Various stability improvements and bug fixes.
Developer & Documentation Updates
- Updated developer documentation and reference materials.
- Improved wallet database documentation.
- Updated CodeQL workflows.
- Fixed documentation inconsistencies and typos.
New Contributors
Special thanks to our new contributors: