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Research Data: March 2025

Generated: 2025-12-08 08:26 UTC
Method: REST API (historical data >30 days)
Rate Limit Remaining: 4999 core, 30 search

Data Sources & References

GitHub Organizations:

Publications:

Note: Only Greymass organization had activity in March 2025. Wharfkit had no merged PRs in this period. No activity in aaroncox/vaulta-contracts.

Summary Statistics

  • Greymass: 29 PRs merged across 3 repositories
  • Wharfkit: 0 PRs merged
  • New Repositories: 0 created
  • Publications: 0 blog posts
  • Top Repositories by Activity:
    • greymass/unicove (15 PRs - internationalization, UI framework upgrade, permissions improvements)
    • greymass/anchor-mobile-android (13 PRs - stability improvements and crash fixes)
    • greymass/web-authenticator (1 PR - architecture refactoring)

Greymass Organization

greymass/unicove

Repository: https://github.com/greymass/unicove
Activity: 15 PRs merged

Strategic Context: Unicove is a modern block explorer and web-based wallet interface for Antelope blockchains featuring sentiment voting, multisig support, and seamless onboarding. March saw internationalization support, a major UI framework upgrade, and continued refinements to permissions management and UX.

Work Summary: March focused on three major themes: adding internationalization support through Crowdin integration, upgrading to Tailwind CSS v4 for improved styling capabilities, and refining the permissions management interface. Additional work included token handling refactoring, single-chain deployment mode, and various UX improvements.

PR #415: Crowdin Integration

Link: https://github.com/greymass/unicove/pull/415
Merged: 2025-03-27

Work Summary: Integrated Crowdin translation management platform into Unicove, enabling community-driven internationalization. This allows Unicove to be translated into multiple languages with centralized translation workflow management.

Technical Impact: Establishes foundation for making Unicove accessible to non-English speaking users globally. Crowdin integration streamlines the translation process by providing a collaborative platform for translators.

Related: PR #416 (New Crowdin Translations) merged translations generated through the new integration.

PR #412: Tailwind v4

Link: https://github.com/greymass/unicove/pull/412
Merged: 2025-03-20

Work Summary: Upgraded Unicove’s CSS framework from Tailwind CSS v3 to v4, bringing improved performance, better developer experience, and new styling capabilities.

Technical Impact: Major upgrade to the styling infrastructure providing better performance and modern CSS features. Tailwind v4 includes engine improvements and new utilities that enable more efficient styling and smaller bundle sizes.

PR #398: Single chain

Link: https://github.com/greymass/unicove/pull/398
Merged: 2025-03-12

Work Summary: Implemented deployment mode allowing Unicove to operate as a single-chain interface rather than multi-chain explorer. This enables focused deployments targeting specific Antelope blockchains.

Technical Impact: Provides flexibility to deploy Unicove instances dedicated to individual chains, improving user experience for chain-specific use cases. Builds on the network abstraction work from February.

PR #391: Permissions

Link: https://github.com/greymass/unicove/pull/391
Merged: 2025-03-05

Work Summary: Continued refinement of the permissions management interface, building on the multisig work from February. Enhanced how permission structures are displayed and managed.

Technical Impact: Improves usability of permission and authority management, making complex multisig configurations more accessible.

PR #393: Refactoring Tokens

Link: https://github.com/greymass/unicove/pull/393
Merged: 2025-03-05

Body Summary: Refactored how tokens are handled in anticipation of expanding token-related features in the application.

Work Summary: Architectural refactoring of token handling logic to support future token management features. Improves maintainability and extensibility of token-related code.

PR #407: Permissions UI Changes

Link: https://github.com/greymass/unicove/pull/407
Merged: 2025-03-20

Work Summary: UI/UX improvements to the permissions interface for better clarity and usability.

PR #414: refactor: remove network switch button from account switch sidebar

Link: https://github.com/greymass/unicove/pull/414
Merged: 2025-03-27

Work Summary: UI refinement removing redundant network switching control from account sidebar, streamlining the interface.

Minor PRs and Refinements

Release PRs:

UX/UI Improvements:

Technical Context: March represented a strategic development month focused on internationalization enablement, modernizing the styling infrastructure with Tailwind v4, and providing deployment flexibility with single-chain mode. The work builds on February’s multisig and network abstraction foundations while preparing for global expansion.

greymass/anchor-mobile-android

Repository: https://github.com/greymass/anchor-mobile-android
Activity: 13 PRs merged to dev branch

Strategic Context: Native Android wallet for Antelope blockchains. Part of the Anchor wallet family. Status: Maintenance mode with ongoing stability improvements.

Work Summary: March focused heavily on stability improvements and bug fixes, particularly addressing authentication issues on older Android versions, crash prevention, and improved error handling. Added Firebase Crashlytics integration for better production error tracking.

PR #716: add crashlytics

Link: https://github.com/greymass/anchor-mobile-android/pull/716
Merged: 2025-03-26

Body Summary: Integrated Firebase Crashlytics for crash reporting and debugging. Requires saving two files after build:

  1. index.android.bundle.map - Maps React Native JavaScript from minified to original
  2. mapping.txt - Maps native Java/Kotlin code from obfuscated to original

Work Summary: Added Firebase Crashlytics integration enabling production crash tracking and debugging. This allows the team to identify and fix crashes that occur in production builds.

Technical Impact: Provides visibility into production crashes with source mapping for both React Native (JavaScript) and native Android (Java/Kotlin) code. Critical for maintaining app stability at scale.

PR #725: Generate key by AccountSettingsState with device authentication checking

Link: https://github.com/greymass/anchor-mobile-android/pull/725
Merged: 2025-03-27

Body Summary: Fixed issue where default AccountSettingsState values (useBiometry=true, usePin=true) didn’t account for device capabilities. On Android 10 and below, devices don’t support strong biometric authentication, causing crashes when attempting to generate keys with biometry enabled.

Work Summary: Fixed authentication method compatibility issues on Android 10 and older devices. The app now properly detects device authentication capabilities before generating keys, preventing crashes on devices that don’t support required authentication methods.

Technical Impact: Resolves crashes on Android API 29 (Android 10) and below by validating device authentication capabilities before key generation. Improves app compatibility across Android versions.

Stability and Bug Fixes:

Authentication and Key Management:

UI and Interaction:

Crash Prevention:

Infrastructure:

Technical Context: March showed intensive maintenance work on Anchor Android with focus on stability across different Android versions, particularly addressing authentication and key management issues on older devices (Android 10/API 29 and below). The addition of Crashlytics provides better visibility into production issues for ongoing maintenance.

greymass/web-authenticator

Repository: https://github.com/greymass/web-authenticator
Activity: 1 PR merged

Strategic Context: Web Authenticator is a no-download web-based non-custodial “cloud wallet” enabling users to create accounts and sign transactions in 1-2 minutes without installations. Integrates with Wharf (WharfKit) for seamless dapp onboarding.

PR #13: Moving signing logic to plugins

Link: https://github.com/greymass/web-authenticator/pull/13
Merged: 2025-03-17

Work Summary: Architectural refactoring moving transaction signing logic from core application into plugin architecture. This provides better modularity and extensibility for different signing methods.

Technical Impact: Improves architecture by separating signing concerns into plugins, making the codebase more maintainable and enabling easier addition of new signing methods in the future. Aligns with WharfKit’s plugin-based architecture.

Note: Minor PR #15 (adjust google login button) was also merged on 2025-03-13 for UI adjustment.

Wharfkit Organization

Activity: 0 PRs merged in March 2025

No activity in Wharfkit repositories during March after filtering.

Individual Developer Activity

aaroncox/vaulta-contracts

Repository: https://github.com/aaroncox/vaulta-contracts
Activity: 0 commits in March 2025

No activity in the vaulta-contracts repository during March.

New Repositories

No new repositories were created in March 2025.

Publications

jesta.blog

RSS Feed: https://jesta.blog/feed

March 2025: No blog posts published

Most Recent Post: “Stake-weighted Sentiment” (published November 19, 2025, outside March scope)

Medium @greymass

RSS Feed: https://medium.com/feed/@greymass

March 2025: No articles published

Most Recent Post: “Progress Update (April 2025)” (published April 2, 2025, after March)

Notable Technical Work

Internationalization Support in Unicove

Context: March saw the addition of comprehensive internationalization infrastructure to Unicove through Crowdin integration.

The Business Need: To make Unicove accessible to non-English speaking users globally, enabling broader adoption across different language communities. Manual translation management doesn’t scale and becomes error-prone.

The Technical Solution: Integrate Crowdin translation management platform providing:

  • Centralized translation workflow
  • Community translator collaboration
  • Translation memory for consistency
  • Automated translation updates

Work Completed:

Technical Impact: Establishes sustainable internationalization workflow enabling Unicove to be translated into multiple languages. Crowdin’s collaborative platform allows community translators to contribute, maintaining translation quality while scaling globally.

Links:

Tailwind CSS v4 Upgrade

Context: Unicove upgraded its CSS framework from Tailwind v3 to v4, representing a major styling infrastructure modernization.

The Challenge: Tailwind CSS v3 had limitations in performance and developer experience. Version 4 introduced a new engine with significant improvements but required migration effort.

The Solution: Migrate Unicove’s entire styling codebase to Tailwind v4, taking advantage of:

  • New high-performance engine
  • Improved build times
  • Smaller bundle sizes
  • Enhanced utility classes
  • Better developer ergonomics

Work Completed:

Technical Impact: Modernizes the styling infrastructure providing better performance, smaller production bundles, and improved developer experience. Tailwind v4’s engine improvements result in faster build times and more efficient CSS output.

Links:

Single-Chain Deployment Mode

Context: Building on February’s network abstraction work, March added single-chain deployment capability.

The Business Need: Some deployments target specific Antelope chains rather than serving as multi-chain explorers. Single-chain mode provides focused user experience for chain-specific use cases.

The Solution: Implement deployment configuration allowing Unicove to operate in single-chain mode:

  • Removes chain selection UI elements
  • Focuses interface on single network
  • Simplifies user experience for chain-specific deployments
  • Maintains multi-chain flexibility through configuration

Work Completed:

Technical Impact: Provides deployment flexibility allowing Unicove instances to be deployed as dedicated single-chain interfaces or multi-chain explorers based on configuration. Improves user experience for focused use cases while maintaining architectural flexibility.

Links:

Android Authentication Compatibility Improvements

Context: March saw extensive work fixing authentication and key generation issues on Android 10 and older devices.

The Problem: Anchor Android assumed all devices supported strong biometric authentication, but Android 10 (API 29) and below don’t support the required authentication methods. This caused crashes during key generation when biometry was enabled.

The Challenge: Default account settings enabled both biometry and PIN (useBiometry=true, usePin=true) without checking device capabilities. On Android 10 and below:

  • Strong biometric authentication not available
  • Async capability checking (isBiometrySupported()) was called incorrectly
  • AccessControl.BIOMETRY_ANY_OR_DEVICE_PASSCODE caused crashes on incompatible devices

The Solution: Implement proper device capability detection:

  • Check device authentication support before key generation
  • Adjust account settings based on actual device capabilities
  • Handle async capability checks correctly
  • Gracefully degrade to supported authentication methods

Work Completed:

Technical Impact: Resolves systematic crashes on Android 10 and below by properly validating device authentication capabilities before attempting key generation. Improves app compatibility across Android ecosystem, particularly for users on older devices.

Links:

Production Error Tracking with Crashlytics

Context: Added Firebase Crashlytics to Anchor Android for production crash tracking and debugging.

The Business Need: Production crashes are difficult to debug without proper error tracking. Stack traces from production builds are obfuscated, making it hard to identify root causes.

The Solution: Integrate Firebase Crashlytics with source mapping:

  • React Native source maps (index.android.bundle.map) for JavaScript code
  • ProGuard mapping file (mapping.txt) for native Java/Kotlin code
  • Automatic crash reporting and analysis
  • Deobfuscated stack traces for debugging

Work Completed:

Technical Impact: Provides visibility into production crashes with full source mapping for both React Native and native Android code. Enables proactive identification and fixing of stability issues based on real-world crash data. Critical infrastructure for maintaining app quality at scale.

Links:

Web Authenticator Plugin Architecture

Context: Web Authenticator refactored its signing logic into plugin-based architecture.

The Challenge: Monolithic signing logic in the core application made it difficult to add new signing methods and maintain the codebase.

The Solution: Move transaction signing into plugin architecture:

  • Separate signing concerns from core application
  • Enable modular signing method implementations
  • Align with WharfKit’s plugin-based architecture
  • Improve extensibility for future signing methods

Work Completed:

Technical Impact: Improves code organization and maintainability by separating signing logic into plugins. Makes it easier to add new signing methods in the future and aligns Web Authenticator’s architecture with WharfKit’s plugin ecosystem.

Links:

For Downstream Agents

Summary Writer (agents/summary.md):

  • Focus on internationalization enablement in Unicove (Crowdin integration for global expansion)
  • Highlight Tailwind CSS v4 upgrade (modern styling infrastructure)
  • Note single-chain deployment mode (deployment flexibility)
  • Emphasize extensive Android stability work (13 PRs fixing authentication and crashes)
  • Mention Web Authenticator plugin refactoring (architectural improvement)
  • Note the absence of blog posts (quiet announcement month)
  • This was primarily a development and stabilization month with strategic investments in i18n and modern tooling
  • Reference github-projects.md for display names and descriptions
  • Review prior months’ README.md for narrative continuity

Technical Writer (agents/technical.md):

  • Deep dive into Crowdin integration architecture and translation workflow
  • Explain Tailwind v4 upgrade benefits (performance, bundle size, developer experience)
  • Document single-chain deployment mode and configuration flexibility
  • Extensive coverage of Android authentication compatibility issues and solutions
  • Explain Crashlytics integration and source mapping for production debugging
  • Cover Web Authenticator plugin architecture refactoring
  • Note the 15 PRs in Unicove representing continued refinement after February’s major features
  • Note the 13 PRs in Anchor Android showing intensive stability focus
  • Include links to all major PRs
  • Review prior months’ technical.md for project continuity

Both agents: March was a strategic development month focused on enablement and modernization. Major themes included internationalization support for global expansion (Crowdin), modern tooling adoption (Tailwind v4), deployment flexibility (single-chain mode), and intensive stability work (Android authentication fixes and crash tracking). No blog posts or public announcements, but significant technical progress preparing for broader adoption. Focus on WHAT was built and WHY it matters for users and developers.

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