Solar Update — New Wallet, Voting and more!

Solar.org
3 min readApr 10, 2022

Dear community,

It has been nearly two weeks since mainnet went live and we are happy to release a new status update!
Mainnet started on the 28th of March at 18.00 UTC and one week later, at block 75.632, block rewards kicked in and staking on mainnet went live officially.

In this status update we will discuss the latest update to the Solar Desktop wallet, how you can participate in staking your SXP on the Solar mainnet, an update on exchange mainnet integrations, Trust wallet swap support, a preview on the Solar DAO and new vacancies within the Solar organisation.

Solar Desktop Wallet

The Solar Desktop Wallet is now available for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Version 2.9.6 is our first official release of the Solar wallet and includes many new features and bugfixes, alongside upgraded dependencies and the integration of both NodeJS 14/Electron 13.
Native support for Apple Silicon (M1) is being worked on.
You can download the wallet directly from our website, or view its source code and build it yourself from our GitHub.

Website: https://solar.org/#wallet
GitHub: https://github.com/Solar-network/desktop-wallet

We have been working with our delegates to provide language plugins for translations, the first of which are now available for Italian and Turkish.
The Universal Delegate Monitor plugin has been added allowing users to monitor the delegates from within their wallet, whilst many more plugins (including games!) are in the works for the new Solar Desktop Wallet.

Delegate proposal website: https://delegates.solar.org/

Learn more about our delegates and who to vote for on our delegate proposal site, where our delegates have uploaded their proposals. Each delegate can bring unique skills and contributions to the project, ranging from development and marketing to creating resources and engaging the community. Please take your time to review the proposals and vote for a delegate that is right for you.

Exchange Mainnet Integration

Since our testnet went live a few months ago, we have been in touch with several exchanges to plan their mainnet integration.
The last two weeks, our project leader Nayiem has been fully prioritised to support and provide guidance towards exchange operators for their mainnet integration.

Major exchanges including Bithumb, Gate.io, HitBTC and Upbit are already currently integrating our mainnet and preparing the on-exchange swap for their users.
Due to confidential agreements, we are not allowed to mention any other exchanges or the exact current status of their mainnet upgrade and we are also not able to make announcements until they do.

Please keep an eye on our Twitter and our blog to ensure you get the latest information.

Twitter: https://twitter.solar.org/

Blog: https://blog.solar.org/

Additionally, you can follow the social media accounts of exchanges you use for their announcements.

Trust Wallet swap support

Besides the exchange mainnet integration, support for Trust Wallet will be added to the SXP swap page next week!

New Vacancies

Since the start of Solar, we have received many requests from people that would like to contribute to the project, become a part time team member or a full time team member of Solar.

We do have some vacancies and positions that need to be filled to strengthen the project’s utility and presence.

To view our latest vacancies, please visit our vacancy listings:

Vacancies: https://crypto.jobs/?search=solar.org

More vacancies will be published in the upcoming days.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more updates!

Team Solar

Follow Solar!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SolarNetwork
Medium: https://blog.solar.org
Telegram: https://t.me/Solar & https://t.me/@Solar_Network
Discord: https://discord.solar.org
Website: https://solar.org
Whitepaper: https://solar.org/whitepaper
Github: https://github.solar.org

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Solar Network is a decentralised, community-driven, and open-source blockchain that utilises a DPoS (Delegated Proof of Stake)