v0.6.1

Common

• Fixed a bug regarding the fee calculation causing the max limit to be 10 satoshi
• Fixed a bug where Multi-Path Payments would still be enabled even if the setting is disabled
• All wallets, including already created ones, now default to Multi-Path Payments being enabled by default
• Added the ability to force-close a channel that is stuck in "Waiting for close" state

macOS

• Fixed a bug where deeplinks would not work if the app is not already started

Contributors

• Hampus Sjöberg
• Kevin Cai
• Nitesh

SHA256 hashes

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v0.6.0

   

 

Blixt Wallet is back and we have a lot of exciting news!

Here are the highlights:

Translations - 9 new languages

Blixt Wallet now supports other languages than English and we're starting with these 9 new languages:
Dutch, French, German, Klingon, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Vietnamese.

You can change language in Blixt Wallet by going to Settings -> Language.

Do you want contribute to a language or help translate a new one?
Head over to our Transifex project: https://transifex.com/blixt-wallet.

macOS port

Blixt Wallet is now available for macOS!

Blixt Wallet joins as one of the few Lightning wallets for the desktop.
First out is macOS and we plan to develop Windows and Linux builds too.

How to install:

Use the normal Blixt Wallet TestFlight link, but on your Mac.
Make sure you have the TestFlight app installed.

FAQ, Guides and Feature page on the website

We have a lot of new content over at the Blixt Wallet website that covers Frequently Asked Questions as well as guides for common concerns and use-cases.

Head over to https://blixtwallet.github.io to see them!

Taproot support

You can now receive and send to Taproot addresses.
To receive to a Taproot address, enable Settings -> Enable receiving on-chain via Taproot (P2TR). Sending to a Taproot address will always be possible to do.
Blixt will also automatically use Taproot addresses for all change when sending on-chain and when a channel is closed.

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Full changelog:

• Updated to lnd 0.15.4. This includes an important sync fix.
• Added translations for 9 new languages! Dutch, French, German, Klingon, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Vietnamese.
• Blixt is now available for macOS! Make sure you have TestFlight installed on your Mac, then head over to the TestFlight link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/EXvGhRzS
• Added sats as a Bitcoin unit. Newly created wallets will use the sats unit by default
• Added support to receive by Taproot (P2TR)
• It's now possible to connect to Bitcoin nodes running under Tor onion v3 services 
• Maximum lightning payment fee is now 2% of total invoice amount or 10 sats, whichever is higher. This will be user configurable in the future
• Added the ability to change Bitcoin sync node before creating/restoring wallet
• Fixed a bug where exporting channel backup would crash on iPads
• Fixed a bug where long LNURL codes (greater than 1024 characters) would fail to be decoded
• Fixed a bug where BIP21 lightning param would not work if it's the first parameter of many
• Fixed a bug where verifying a channel backup on iOS would not work
• Fixed a bug where restoring/verifying channel backup would not work if the path contains a whitespace
• Fixed a bug where white space in the beginning or end of the seed box would cause a wallet restoration to fail
• Added the ability to go back from the backup screen
• Clipboard invoice checking is not disabled by default for iOS
• Added support for channel "alias scid" feature enabling more private channels. These channels are tagged by an "alias scid" text in the channel list
• Added FAQ button to Help modal
• Disabled autocomplete for seed box when restoring a wallet
• Added "Get node info" and "Get channel info" debug functions to the Debug section in Settings
• Removed a constraints on how large invoices can be

Contributors

• Hampus Sjöberg
• Julian Angel
• Darthcoin
• Eternalkr
• Nitesh
• wae_38
• Bitcoin_Gamer_21
• softsimon
• Future Travel
• Brandon Holm
• Kote
• Osito
• bitcoinclub
• Bliquidated
• Einzie
• Noé López
• bitpaint

SHA256 hashes

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v0.5.2 hotfix release

This is an important hotfix release.

• Updated lnd to v0.15.2-beta in order to fix a bug where Blixt Wallet would not successfully sync the chain under certain conditions.

v0.5.1

Common

• Fixed a bug where app would fail to start because of an lnd configuration error
• Added a status indicator to the Drawer
  Red: Wallet is starting up
  Orange: Waiting for channels to come online
  Green: Wallet is ready
• Updated lnd to v0.14.2-beta
• Fixed a bug where LNURL-withdraw would permanently freeze

iOS

• Added the ability to enable Tor before creating/restoring a wallet

v0.5.0

Common

• Added the ability to do a wallet rescan
• Dunder LSP now works with LNURL-withdraw
• Added support for blixtwallet: deeplinking
• Fixed a bug where some payments would fail if a name was set in settings
• Fixed a bug where Keysend Experiment would say that a payment succeeded when it actually failed
• Fixed a bug where LNURL-withdraw would fail because comma was used for decimal separation instead of period

Android

• Exporting channel backup now lets you choose where to put the file

iOS

• Removed non-functioning option to restart app for the Tor startup failure dialog

v0.4.1

Common

• Added the ability to set invoice expiry, this is an app-wide setting

Android

• Fixed a bug where the app would not start on devices running Android 12

v0.4.0

Happy New Year!
This marks the first Blixt Wallet release of 2022.

Common

• Updated lnd to 0.14.1-beta
• When restoring a wallet, recovery info is now displayed on the Chain sync modal
• Once a wallet restore is completed, this is displayed on the Overview screen
• Available on-chain balance is now displayed on Withdrawal and Open Channel screens
• Total capacity is now shown for a channel in the channel list
• A notice has been added to the Overview screen when a channel is being opened

Android

• App now targets Android SDK 31
• Exporting lnd log now lets you choose where to put the file

iOS

• Added the ability to export lnd log

v0.3.11

Common

• Updated lnd to v0.14.0-beta.rc2
  This version contains an important fix for the Neutrino client in preparation for the Taproot activation
• Added the ability to get node information by node id (find it in Settings)

Android

• Fixed a bug where an error returned on the Keysend experiment would crash the app

iOS

• Added back Keysend Experiment!

v0.3.10

Common

• Updated to lnd 0.14.0-beta.rc1
• Added commitment fee information to channel list
• Added the ability to set a custom on-chain explorer URL
• Fixed LNURL LUD-17 implementation to be spec compliant
• Minor fixes

iOS

• Attempting to mitigate crashes when sending payments
• Temporarily disabled the Keysend experiment

v0.3.9

Common

• Wumbo channel support -- You can now open and operate large Lightning channels
• "Channel anchor" commitment type have been disabled
• Fixed a bug where manual channel opening would not work if custom fee rate was used
• Minor fixes

Android

• Fixed a bug where leaving the app by pressing the back button would result in a crash

iOS

• iPad layout support