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Technical Activity Report

June 2024

June 2024 represented a significant month for both user-facing improvements and foundational infrastructure work. The Anchor Mobile Android UI overhaul delivered a major user experience improvement, while the creation of the MetaMask integration ecosystem (antelope-snap and wallet-plugin-metamask) established the foundation for strategic onboarding initiatives. Additional work on account lookup infrastructure, REX staking, and WharfKit core improvements rounded out a productive month.

Key Achievements:

  • 5 new repositories created (MetaMask integration, account infrastructure)
  • Major Anchor Mobile Android UI transition completed
  • REX staking foundation implemented
  • WharfKit developer experience significantly improved
  • Account discovery infrastructure expanded

Technical Significance: June established architectural patterns and infrastructure across multiple strategic initiatives including MetaMask integration, REX implementation, and account discovery systems.

Table of Contents

Cross-Repository Insights

Coordinated MetaMask Ecosystem Development

The June 5-19 period saw coordinated creation of the MetaMask integration stack demonstrating mature project planning with clear architectural vision:

  1. June 5: Create antelope-snap repository
  2. June 13: Fix initial bugs (PR #1)
  3. June 16: Create wallet-plugin-metamask repository
  4. June 17: Migrate antelope-snap to WharfKit architecture (PR #2)
  5. June 19: Improve plugin developer experience (PR #1)

This staged implementation established the foundation for MetaMask integration across WharfKit-based applications.

Architectural Pattern:

  • antelope-snap: MetaMask Snap implementation providing transaction signing via MetaMask’s key management
  • wallet-plugin-metamask: WharfKit interface enabling dapps to communicate with the snap
  • Integration: Allows MetaMask users to sign Antelope transactions through familiar MetaMask interface

Account Discovery Infrastructure Expansion

Four repositories created or improved for account lookup throughout June:

  1. June 2: eosio_light_api created (lightweight blockchain data access)
  2. June 5: lighthouse error handling improved (PR #4)
  3. June 24: lightaccount created (likely account management)
  4. June 28: lighthouse-js created with timeout handling (PR #2)

This coordinated infrastructure work supported broader onboarding and account management initiatives, providing the foundation for improved user experiences when discovering existing accounts across multiple Antelope chains.

greymass/anchor-mobile-android

Repository: https://github.com/greymass/anchor-mobile-android
Activity: 20 PRs merged
Description: Anchor Mobile wallet for Android

Anchor Mobile Android received 20 PRs merged during June 2024. The work focused on transitioning to a new user interface as the default experience, implementing performance optimizations, and fixing bugs across the mobile wallet application.

Overview

The month featured a major coordinated release on June 3rd with 11 PRs merged in a single day, followed by mid-month refinements and late-month Fuel integration fixes. The work culminated in the permanent removal of the legacy UI option on June 19th, committing the application fully to the new interface after two weeks of field testing.

Major Changes

Coordinated UI Transition and Optimization Release (June 3)

On June 3rd, 11 PRs were merged in a coordinated release representing a major milestone for Anchor Mobile Android. This release transitioned the updated UI to default status while implementing significant performance optimizations.

PR #610 - Default to updated UI (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Made the new interface the default for all users, marking a major transition from the legacy UI to the modernized interface.

Impact: All new users and users updating the app would now see the updated UI by default, representing confidence in the new interface’s stability and usability.

PR #614 - Add lazy loading for routes (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Implemented route-level code splitting to reduce initial application load time. Routes are now loaded on-demand rather than all at once during app startup.

Impact: Significantly reduced initial bundle size and improved startup performance by deferring non-critical route loading until needed.

PR #615 - Various optimizations (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Build optimizations improving app performance and load times across multiple areas of the application.

PR #612 - Remove logging in prod (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Removed console logging statements from production builds for improved performance and security.

Impact: Reduced JavaScript execution time in production and eliminated potential information leakage through console logs.

PR #613 - Remove comments in prod (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Removed development comments from production builds, reducing bundle size.

PR #616 - Remove timeAgo in favor of date-fns (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Dependency optimization replacing custom time formatting library with date-fns, a well-maintained standard library.

Impact: Reduced custom code maintenance burden and improved bundle size through tree-shaking capabilities of date-fns.

PR #617 - Better errors (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Improved error messages and error handling throughout the application, providing better feedback to users when operations fail.

PR #609 - Updated Settings Help About and Debug (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Modernized settings interface sections including Help, About, and Debug screens to align with the new UI design system.

PR #608 - Various bug fixes (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Multiple bug fixes across the application addressing issues discovered during testing of the new UI.

PR #607 - Update actions style (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Improved styling of action buttons and interactions throughout the application.

PR #604 - Update UI on transaction error (link)
Merged: 2024-06-03

Enhanced error display for failed transactions, providing clearer feedback when blockchain transactions fail.

Mid-June Refinements and Bug Fixes (June 14-19)

Following the major June 3rd release, development focused on addressing field-discovered issues and refining the new interface.

PR #619 - Fix forceupdate error (link)
Merged: 2024-06-14

Resolved error in the force update mechanism that could prevent users from being notified of critical updates.

PR #620 - Add adaptive theme to native app container (link)
Merged: 2024-06-14

Implemented theme adaptation for better native Android integration, allowing the app to respond to system-level theme changes.

PR #618 - Defaulting to updatedUserInterface being set to true (link)
Merged: 2024-06-14

Configuration update ensuring the updated UI flag is enabled by default in the app settings.

PR #622 - Fix old UI identity request bug (link)
Merged: 2024-06-14

Resolved bug affecting identity requests in the legacy UI for users who had not yet switched to the new interface.

PR #623 - Fix transaction request bug (link)
Merged: 2024-06-19

Resolved issue affecting transaction request handling that was discovered during field testing.

PR #624 - Remove switch back to old UI (link)
Merged: 2024-06-19

Removed the option to revert to the legacy interface, fully committing to the new UI.

Impact: This removal signaled confidence in the new interface after two weeks of field testing following the June 3rd release. Users could no longer switch back to the legacy UI, completing the transition begun earlier in the month.

Late June Fuel Integration (June 27)

PR #625 - Fix button delays (link)
Merged: 2024-06-27

Resolved UI responsiveness issues with button interactions, improving perceived performance.

PR #626 - Fixes for Fuel (link)
Merged: 2024-06-27

Bug fixes for Fuel resource provider integration, ensuring smooth transaction sponsorship functionality.

Context: Fuel is a service that sponsors transaction resources for users, and this fix ensured the integration worked correctly with the new UI.

Summary

Twenty PRs merged throughout June focusing on UI modernization, performance optimization, and bug fixes. The coordinated June 3rd release of 11 PRs demonstrated strong release management, transitioning the app to the new UI while implementing significant performance improvements including lazy loading, production optimizations, and dependency updates. The removal of the legacy UI option on June 19th marked completion of the transition after successful field testing.

greymass/antelope-snap

Repository: https://github.com/greymass/antelope-snap
Activity: 2 PRs merged
Created: 2024-06-05

Overview

June 2024 marked the creation of the antelope-snap repository on June 5th, a MetaMask Snap enabling MetaMask wallet users to interact with Antelope blockchains. This represents a major strategic initiative to lower onboarding barriers by allowing users familiar with MetaMask to access Antelope networks without learning new wallet software.

Technology Stack:

  • MetaMask Snap API
  • SvelteKit (demo application)
  • Yarn (package management)
  • Antelope blockchain integration

Purpose: Provides a MetaMask Snap that enables interaction with Antelope blockchains through MetaMask wallet. The repository contains both the MetaMask Snap package and a SvelteKit demonstration application. Users must install MetaMask Flask (the canary distribution for developers) to use the Snap during development.

Pull Requests

Minor Changes

PR #1 - Index fix (link)
Merged: 2024-06-13

Fixed indexing issue in the initial implementation, resolving a bug discovered during early development.

Context: Early bug fix following the repository’s June 5th creation, addressing an issue that prevented proper functionality.

PR #2 - Migrating to Wharf and being a signer only (link)
Merged: 2024-06-17

Major architectural shift migrating the snap to use WharfKit as the underlying SDK and focusing the snap’s role as a transaction signer rather than a full wallet implementation.

Architectural Significance: This PR established the snap’s core design pattern:

  • Integration with WharfKit for blockchain operations
  • Snap serves as transaction signer leveraging MetaMask’s key management
  • Separation of concerns: WharfKit handles blockchain logic, snap handles signing
  • Enables MetaMask users to sign Antelope transactions without exposing private keys

Impact: This architectural decision aligned the snap with the WharfKit ecosystem, ensuring compatibility with other Wharf-based applications and wallet plugins. The signer-only approach leverages MetaMask’s security model while providing Antelope transaction signing capabilities.

Summary

Two PRs merged between June 13-17 establishing the foundational architecture for the antelope-snap. The migration to WharfKit as the underlying SDK and the focus on signing-only functionality positioned the snap as a key component in Antelope’s MetaMask integration strategy. This work laid the groundwork for the wallet-plugin-metamask development that began June 16.

Relationship to Other Projects:

  • Integrates with WharfKit Session Kit
  • Complements wharfkit/wallet-plugin-metamask (created June 16)
  • Part of broader MetaMask onboarding initiative
  • Enables Unicove and other dapps to support MetaMask users

greymass/unicove-v1

Repository: https://github.com/greymass/unicove-v1
Activity: 2 PRs merged

Overview

Unicove v1 received targeted feature updates in June focusing on resource management improvements and REX staking implementation.

Pull Requests

Minor Changes

PR #189 - Resource sampling target changes (link)
Merged: 2024-06-01

Adjusted resource sampling target parameters for more accurate resource usage estimation and allocation.

Impact: Improved resource management accuracy for users staking and unstaking CPU and NET resources.

PR #191 - Support REX stake/unstake (link)
Merged: 2024-06-24

Implemented REX (Resource Exchange) staking and unstaking functionality in Unicove v1. This feature allows users to stake tokens into REX to earn rewards while providing liquidity for the resource rental market.

Impact: Major feature addition bringing REX functionality to Unicove users. This implementation served as the foundation for more comprehensive REX work completed in July 2024 (PR #194), where features like APY calculation, matured balance display, and claim functionality were added.

Summary

Two PRs merged in June focusing on resource management. The REX staking implementation represented a significant feature addition that would be expanded and refined in July 2024. Resource sampling improvements enhanced the accuracy of resource calculations across the platform.

greymass/lighthouse

Repository: https://github.com/greymass/lighthouse
Activity: 1 PR merged

Overview

Lighthouse is an account lookup API service that discovers which Antelope accounts are associated with specific public keys across multiple blockchain networks.

Pull Requests

Minor Changes

PR #4 - Handling history errors (link)
Merged: 2024-06-05

Improved error handling for blockchain history API requests, gracefully handling failures when querying historical account data.

Impact: Enhanced reliability of the Lighthouse account lookup service by preventing cascade failures when individual blockchain history APIs are unavailable or return errors. The service remains operational even when some blockchain nodes experience issues.

Summary

Single PR improving error resilience for the Lighthouse service. This work ensured reliable account lookup functionality across multiple chains even when individual blockchain APIs experience temporary failures.

greymass/lighthouse-js

Repository: https://github.com/greymass/lighthouse-js
Activity: 2 PRs merged
Created: 2024-06-28

Overview

JavaScript client library for the Lighthouse API, providing developers with a convenient interface for looking up Antelope accounts across multiple networks using public keys.

Technology Stack:

  • Bun (runtime and development)
  • REST API
  • Multi-chain Antelope support
  • Parallel lookup architecture

Key Features:

  • Look up accounts by public key
  • Multi-network support (EOS, WAX, Telos, etc.)
  • Testnet support (optional)
  • Fast parallel lookups
  • Simple REST API

Purpose: Fast and efficient service for discovering which accounts are associated with specific public keys across various Antelope-based blockchains. Provides a simple REST API interface with the endpoint /lookup/{publicKey} accepting an optional includeTestnets parameter. Returns account associations grouped by network and chain ID.

Pull Requests

Minor Changes

PR #1 - Testing PR checks (link)
Merged: 2024-06-28

Initial PR to verify CI/CD pipeline and PR check configuration for the new repository.

PR #2 - Adding time out (link)
Merged: 2024-06-28

Implemented timeout handling for API requests to prevent hanging requests when blockchain nodes are slow or unresponsive.

Impact: Critical reliability improvement ensuring the service remains responsive even when individual blockchain API endpoints experience delays. Timeouts prevent resource exhaustion and ensure consistent response times for users.

Summary

Two PRs merged on June 28, the same day as repository creation. The quick addition of timeout handling demonstrated proactive reliability engineering, addressing a common API failure mode before the service was deployed. This JavaScript client library complements the main Lighthouse service, providing a convenient way for developers to integrate account lookup functionality into their applications.

Relationship to Other Projects:

  • Client library for Lighthouse API service
  • Enables dapp developers to discover accounts by public key
  • Supports onboarding flows in Unicove and Web Authenticator
  • Multi-network discovery for WharfKit applications

wharfkit/antelope

Repository: https://github.com/wharfkit/antelope
Activity: 2 PRs merged

Overview

Core Antelope blockchain library for WharfKit, providing fundamental types and serialization for Antelope blockchain interactions.

Pull Requests

Major Changes

PR #95 - Adding codingPath to serializer errors (link)
Merged: 2024-06-25

Enhanced serialization error messages by including the coding path, making it much easier for developers to identify exactly where in a data structure a serialization error occurred.

Description: Creates a nicer error message with visual indication of where in the data structure the error occurred.

Impact: Dramatically improved developer experience when debugging serialization issues. Previously, serialization errors could be cryptic and difficult to trace. The coding path addition provides immediate context about which field or nested structure failed to serialize, reducing debugging time significantly.

Example: Instead of generic “serialization failed” errors, developers now see exactly which field in a nested structure caused the problem, along with its path (e.g., actions[0].data.quantity).

Minor Changes

PR #106 - Quantity (link)
Merged: 2024-06-25

Improvements to the Quantity type handling, enhancing how token amounts are represented and manipulated in the library.

Impact: The Quantity type is fundamental to token operations in Antelope blockchains. Improvements to its handling affect all token transfers, staking operations, and contract interactions involving amounts.

Summary

Two PRs merged on June 25 improving core library functionality. The serialization error improvements significantly enhanced the developer experience when debugging issues, while quantity handling improvements ensured accurate token amount operations. These foundational improvements benefited the entire WharfKit ecosystem and all applications built on it.

wharfkit/web-renderer

Repository: https://github.com/wharfkit/web-renderer
Activity: 1 PR merged

Overview

Web UI rendering components for WharfKit, providing the visual interface for wallet connections and transaction signing flows.

Pull Requests

Minor Changes

PR #145 - Fix correct screen when publickey exists (link)
Merged: 2024-06-21

Fixed UI logic that incorrectly displayed the wrong screen when a public key already exists in the session. Ensures the proper account selection or authentication screen is shown based on existing key state.

Impact: Important UX fix ensuring users see the appropriate interface state when reconnecting with existing credentials. Prevents confusion and potential authentication errors.

Summary

UI logic fix improving the authentication flow experience for users reconnecting to dapps with existing public keys.

wharfkit/wallet-plugin-metamask

Repository: https://github.com/wharfkit/wallet-plugin-metamask
Activity: 1 PR merged
Created: 2024-06-16

Overview

WharfKit plugin enabling MetaMask Snap support in applications using WharfKit Session Kit. Created June 16, eleven days after antelope-snap, this plugin serves as the integration layer between WharfKit applications and the antelope-snap.

Technology Stack:

  • WharfKit Session Kit plugin architecture
  • MetaMask Snap integration
  • Make-based build system
  • Node.js and yarn

Purpose: Template-based WharfKit wallet plugin for MetaMask integration. Provides a starting point for creating wallet plugins that work within the @wharfkit/session library. Maintained by Greymass with Make-based build system.

Relationship to antelope-snap: While antelope-snap (created June 5) provides the MetaMask Snap implementation for signing, this wallet plugin provides the WharfKit interface that dapps use to communicate with the snap. Together, they enable seamless MetaMask integration for WharfKit-based applications like Unicove.

Pull Requests

Minor Changes

PR #1 - Support alternative bash locations (link)
Merged: 2024-06-19

Development environment improvement supporting Linux systems where bash is not located at /bin/bash, improving cross-platform compatibility for developers.

Impact: Developer experience improvement ensuring the project builds correctly on different Linux distributions and development environments.

Summary

Single PR improving cross-platform development compatibility. Though small in scope, this change demonstrates attention to developer experience and ensures the plugin can be built and developed on various systems. The creation of this repository on June 16, eleven days after antelope-snap, suggests coordinated development of the MetaMask integration stack.

Architectural Context:

  • antelope-snap (June 5): MetaMask Snap implementation providing transaction signing
  • wallet-plugin-metamask (June 16): WharfKit plugin providing dapp integration
  • Together: Enable MetaMask users to interact with Antelope dapps through WharfKit

New Repositories

greymass/eosio_light_api

Created: 2024-06-02
Repository: https://github.com/greymass/eosio_light_api
Last Push: 2024-06-02

Lightweight API implementation for EOSIO/Antelope networks providing essential blockchain data access without the full overhead of a complete history solution.

Purpose: Provides a lighter-weight alternative to full history solutions like Hyperion or Roborovski for use cases that don’t require comprehensive historical data. Useful for dapps and services needing basic blockchain data access with minimal infrastructure requirements.

Initial Activity: Created June 2, 2024 with initial commit pushed the same day. No README was available at the time of research.

Context: Created shortly before the Lighthouse development in late June, possibly as related infrastructure for account lookup and basic chain data access.

greymass/lightaccount

Created: 2024-06-24
Repository: https://github.com/greymass/lightaccount
Last Push: 2024-06-24

Purpose: Based on the name and creation timing, likely related to lightweight account management or account creation infrastructure. Created the same day as the REX staking PR #191 merge in unicove-v1.

Initial Activity: Created June 24, 2024 with initial push the same day. No README was available and limited commit activity suggests this may have been experimental or preparatory work.

Context: Created during account and authentication infrastructure development (alongside antelope-snap, lighthouse-js, and wallet-plugin-metamask). The name suggests possible connection to lightweight account lookup or management features.

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