Weekly Dev Update #44

Hey Y’all,

There was a lot of Swarm storage server work this week. We’re getting close to a new Lokinet release with binaries that are much more stable than the last release. We’re actively testing lots of additional applications, like the iOS wallet and Lokinet for iOS.

Loki Core

• Remove unneeded SFINAE on check_tx/block_verification: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/558

• Add helper functions to facilitate more reliable integration tests: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki/pull/555

• Fix display issues and links in the onion blockchain explorer: 

  https://github.com/Doy-lee/onion-loki-blockchain-explorer/pull/23

  ,

   

  https://github.com/Doy-lee/onion-loki-blockchain-explorer/pull/22

• Add new tests to the integration testing framework to catch bugs missed in last release: 

  https://github.com/Doy-lee/loki-integration-testing

Loki Launcher

The Loki Launcher is a node JS package that will allow for the independent management of all the components to run a full Service Node. This includes managing Lokinet, Lokid and the Loki storage server. When Loki Service Nodes begin to route data and store messages for Lokinet and Loki Messenger, the Loki Launcher will need to be run on every single Service Node.

Right now the Launcher is in a testing phase, so you should only use it on Testnet and Stagenet – though feedback/issues and pull requests would be greatly appreciated!

• DockerFile and launcher-docker config

• Handle command line option overrides to launcher.ini and also support –config-file reading

• –connect-only options

• Commits can be found here:

   

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-launcher/commits/master

• Github Pulse: Excluding merges, 2 authors have pushed 10 commits to master and 10 commits to all branches. On master, 6 files have changed and there have been 371 additions and 67 deletions.

Lokinet

If you’re lucky and join our Discord you might catch Jeff or Ryan, the developers of LLARP, live streaming as they code: https://www.twitch.tv/uguu25519, https://www.twitch.tv/neuroscr

• Master branch changes

• Pending pull requests

Lokinet Mobile

This week we continue with the process of porting Lokinet to iOS – we’re up to interfacing Lokinet with the iOS VPN API .

• Continue process of porting lokinet to iOS: 

  https://github.com/nielsandriesse/loki-network

Loki Messenger

The Loki Messenger client is in a mostly complete state. Right now the focus is being put on the message server and integration with Lokinet and lokid.

Messenger

• Various UI fixes which resolve issues: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/issues/225

  ,

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/issues/257

  , and 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/266

• Remove additional signal references and update relevant docs: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/264

• Add long polling for receiving messages: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/263

• Change TTL to reference milliseconds: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/262

• Disable Channel encryption (Onion routing provides this by default):

   

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-messenger/pull/261

Storage Server

• Add ORDER BY in sql SELECT statement to prevent undefined order: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/73

• Get rid of shared pointer where it is not needed:

   

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/72

• Replace polling DB with an event-based system for connected users:

   

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/71

• TravisCI fixes: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/70

• Move vendored code: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/69

• Unit tests for serialisation:

   

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/68

• Update TTL to use milliseconds and fix tests: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/62

  , 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/66

• Add Deadline timer for outgoing HTTP sessions: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/64

• Add bulk store using SQLite transactions:

   

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/61

• Change and fix PoW unit tests: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/60

  , 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/57

• Delay long polling response until server has new data: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/54

• Check timestamp validity of client message:

   

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/50

• Simplify build flow: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/46

• Ensure data is little endian: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/45

• Fix operator for sn_record_t : 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/44

Loki Wallets

Loki Electron Wallet

• Add automatic update feature (for next release): 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-electron-gui-wallet/pull/43

• Add internationalisation file so GUI wallet can be translated into different languages, instructions are in the readme: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-electron-gui-wallet/pull/41

Loki Mobile iOS

Last week and early this week we finished most of the major re-skinning for the Loki iOS Wallet. The development work should be finished this week, then it’s just a matter of getting an iOS developer account and putting it on the App Store.

• You can see all commits here: 

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-ios-wallet/commits/loki

• Major theme changes are in this commit:

   

  https://github.com/loki-project/loki-ios-wallet/commit/d5f23141cebc6a4648d815217d91853ccd32c935

Thanks,

Kee