This week had 2 massive releases in it, one that is still being tested. We were able to get a majority of the Chainflip work done by CumpsD into production behind a flag. There are still some lingering features that need work (taproot) before the feature is ready to be fully e2e tested and turned on for all users, but the tubes and guts are mostly all there now.
The second release of the week still in testing is a major change to how the app handles quotes and rates in Swapper, this allows a wallet-less experience of ShapeShift for the first time since decentralization. This also allows us to finally ditch the splash screen. This release has been very buggy and needed a few updates, it is still undergoing final testing and should be out early next week.
Now that he markets are back, higher traffic environments can reveal issues and bugs that would normally lie dormant and unnoticed to the user or team. Now that gas fees are up, some things like hard coded dust amounts and minimum send amounts can start to break as they are now expected to perform in high fee or high volume scenarios. fulWe had one prod issue this week related to USDC savers withdrawals. This was exposed because of the increase in network usage and gas fees needed t perform transactions.
Be diligent and mindful of the app as the markets continue to do their thing, and as always report an issues or unexpected experiences to #operations_public_chat for an expedited response and follow up.
Thorswap acquisition campaign retro coming up after Thanksgiving. Please excuse the Americans for trying to see their families once a year outside of the trenches.
We continue to ruin Tyler’s week pushing way too much stuff into the app. She hit the strugglebus a couple times but the progress is unreal. We’ve come so far in one year, remember chain outages? Pepperidge farm members.
Process
The sweeper/splitter spec continues discovery, haven’t had time to mock the UX here so hopefully the polish product has been adding will open the door for our mini side apps. I did scribble in my notebook, so there is some UI and some user stories FWIW.
SAFE app spec on hold until December, have the use cases dialed so we an iterate on the signatures and other pieces. Thanks to the DFC for their testing rigor.
Greetings, frens. Here’s a snapshot of what the MKBD accomplished this last couple weeks and what’s coming next:
Highlights from the Last Two Weeks
Wallet Wars Wrap-Up (Nov 15)
Winner: Zerion Wallet emerged victorious.
Participation: 238 unique wallets contributed to the campaign.
Impact: Generated 2.8 ETH in total fees, with ShapeShift DAO receiving 1.4 ETH.
Rewards: 1.4 ETH will be airdropped to participating wallets and Zerion. Also, and an NFT commemorating Zerions victory will be airdropped to participating wallets. Have fomo and want the NFT? We will have a mintable version launch on Monday
FOX Dashboard Launch (Nov 20)
A user-friendly hub showcasing the value of FOX tokens and how to maximize their utility. Shoutout to the Product Team for the sick UX here.
ShapeShift Infobot MVP (Nov 17)
What It Does: Tracks ThorChain trades as social proof of ShapeShift’s utility via Twitter.
Next Steps: Integrate additional endpoints to expand functionality. Thanks to Tirinox, T-Wells, and the team for making this happen.
Litecoin Foundation Engagement
Ongoing collaboration is driving exciting activity on Litecoin trades through ShapeShift.
What’s Next
In the Chamber:
The Solana, Phantom, and Chainflip sprint, starting as early as Nov 9th but planning for the 16th as a fallback. Co-marketing with Chainflip and potential grant support from Solana Foundation are in the works.
Limit Orders Feature:
A highly requested functionality set to go live soon—stay tuned!
As always, all updates and progress can be tracked via our public Marketing Workflow calendar.
Cheers to another productive week,
Hpayne
Also–love the memes from Tim lmao. Adios Bear. Hola touro.