ARK Development Report — September 2019

September is over and we are happy to publish a monthly development report for it. It was a very busy development month with a lot of progress done across our entire ecosystem. Thank you to all who are actively participating in the development of our ecosystem.

The ARK Monthly Development Report covers all pull requests (opened, closed, merged) as well as all issues opened and closed in every ARK Ecosystem public repository, the number of contributors during that month, the number of new stargazers and total lines of GitHub code added or deleted. This info is presented here in a concise one-page blog.

Get involved with ARK development and participate in our bounty program: https://bounty.ark.io and our Tier 0 program at https://ark.io/projects

You can track this weekly data directly on GitHub by opening the repository of interest, clicking on ‘issues’, and opening the latest ‘Weekly report digest’.

Thanks to all who contribute each month and help out with development!

Here’s the Monthly Digest from Sun, Sep 1, 2019 12:00 AM to Mon, Sep 30, 2019 12:00 AM.

Throughout public repositories we had:

• 32,636 lines of code added.

• 38,075 lines of code deleted.

• 1,344 files changed.

Contributors

Last month there were 24 contributors.

adrian69, air1one, alessiodf, alexbarnsley, avfcpieface, biolypl, ciband, danielstc, dated, deanpress, faustbrian, ItsANameToo, j-a-m-l, kalgoop, kleinrein, KovacZan, luciorubeens, Pedro-Souza, sleepdefic1t, Sokom141, supaiku0, tomas-mraz, vasild, vmunich

Thank you for your contributions! 🎉

Pull Requests

Last month we had 271 pull-requests. Of which:

• 12 Still Open.

• 239 Merged.

• 20 Closed.

Open

Last month, 12 pull-requests were opened.

— alexbarnsley

• #1469 fix: network modal missing version

• #1437 [WIP] feat(aip-11): v2 transactions with nonces

• #1450 [WIP] refactor: background api requests

— dated

• #737 feat: detect if delegate became active this round

• #1438 refactor: hide delegate tab if wallet is not on profile

• #57 feat: add missing api endpoints

— faustbrian

• #2994 refactor(core-api): integrate hapi-pagination to replace fork

• #129 AIP-36: Public API — Reduced Complexity & Increased Flexibility

— KovacZan

• #56 feat: add version 2 transaction types

— Pedro-Souza

• #1465 misc: add translate for pt-br

— sleepdefic1t

• #29 feat: Display VendorField

— vasild

• #2925 feat(core-snapshots): add support for transaction nonces

Closed

Last month, 20 pull-requests were closed.

— alexbarnsley

• #1453 chore: bump version to 2.6.2

— dated

• #655 feat: advanced search page

• #56 feat: transactions/fees endpoint

• #51 feat: add node/fees endpoint

• #43 refactor: extend node/fee endpoint with ‘days’ parameter

• #58 feat: add node/fees endpoint

• #64 feat: transactions/fees endpoint

• #56 feat: transactions/fees endpoint

• #42 feat: transactions/fees endpoint

• #728 perf: hit transaction api only once and remove duplicate code

• #51 feat: transactions/fees endpoint

• #49 feat: transactions/fees endpoint

• #65 feat: transactions/fees endpoint

• #125 feat: transactions/fees endpoint

— faustbrian

• #2900 chore: use fnm to install and manage node version

• #32 ci: report coverage to codecov

— sleepdefic1t

• #131 ci: update workflow triggers

— tomas-mraz

• #382 updated Czech translation

— vasild

• #15 Message signing

• #2905 fix(core-blockchain): remove too early check for a chained block

Merged

Last month, 239 pull-requests were merged.

— adrian69

• #2953 Should not exit on timedatectl error.

— air1one

• #2917 test: add e2e tests for more multisignature cases including htlc

• #2944 fix: htlc refund handler to use performGenericWalletChecks (+ fix e2e tests)

— alessiodf

• #1398 feat: use websockets in plugins

• #18 docs: core-sv-027 and core-sv-028

• #1451 refactor(plugins): add websocket methods

• #1452 feat: timers in plugins

— alexbarnsley

• #55 release: 1.0.2

• #54 feat: crypto endpoint

• #57 chore: fix changelog typo

• #86 [WIP] refactor: core 2.5 & general fixes

• #1463 fix: re-add network address version property

• #59 chore: update deps

• #1468 fix: wallet password message signing

• #1454 release: 2.6.2

• #1444 fix: unconfirmed votes

• #1439 refactor(aip-11): transaction forms

• #1434 merge develop to master

— avfcpieface

• #6 Avfcpieface peer update docs

— biolypl

• #474 docs(guidebook): update list of events location

— ciband

• #119 chore: Add support for VS2019

• #120 chore: Add appveyor support

• #145 chore: fix PIO Builds

• #135 chore: Add support for Visual Studio 2019

• #146 fix(crypto): fix crash in tests

• #141 test: Break Up Tests

— danielstc

• #376 misc: italian language revision and update

— dated

• #1436 fix: include ledger wallets in plugins

• #52 feat: add missing api endpoints

• #50 feat: add missing api endpoints

• #65 feat: add missing api endpoints

• #467 fix: proper casing in circleci badges

• #96 feat: add rounds api

• #60 feat: add rounds api

• #1395 feat: pending balance tooltip with unconfirmed transactions

• #127 feat: add missing api endpoints

• #66 feat: add missing api endpoints

• #57 feat: add missing api endpoints

• #1442 refactor: fetch wallet vote directly instead of requesting transactions

• #94 feat: crypto endpoint

• #708 perf: reduce amount of calls to crypto compare

• #1472 chore: adjust workflows to match all branches on push

• #2948 refactor(core-transaction-pool): don’t accept expired v1 transactions

• #122 feat: crypto endpoint

• #63 feat: crypto endpoint

• #47 feat: crypto endpoint

• #49 feat: crypto endpoint

• #40 feat: crypto endpoint

• #719 fix: block & transaction 404 pages

• #54 feat: crypto endpoint

• #713 feat: ability to switch between price and volume chart

• #469 chore: add/move deprecated packages

• #723 refactor: delegate table and sort params

• #724 feat: replace delegate status icons

• #1383 feat: load transaction from file

• #1402 fix: properly format crypto currencies

• #726 fix: chart options migration

• #1443 refactor: don’t parse transaction fees as int

— deanpress

• #477 fix: plugin order instructions

• #476 fix: typo

— faustbrian

• #17 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #30 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #2908 release: 2.5.24

• #20 perf: 3x to 10x improvement for string casing methods

• #475 ci: setup github action workflow for build

• #32 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #67 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #49 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #46 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #43 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #59 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #92 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #13 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #16 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #49 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #3 chore: simpler pull request template

• #18 ci: use yarn in github action workflows

• #35 ci: trigger workflows for push.* and pull_request.* events

• #9 ci: trigger workflows for push.* and pull_request.* events

• #37 ci: trigger workflows for push.* and pull_request.* events

• #16 ci: trigger workflows for push.* and pull_request.* events

• #63 ci: trigger workflows for push.* and pull_request.* events

• #741 ci: trigger workflows for push.* and pull_request.* events

• #36 ci: pass in codecov token to report coverage

• #7 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #740 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #1456 chore(deps): upgrade vm2 to 3.8.4

• #2946 release: 2.5.25

• #34 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #1355 chore(deps): update all electron dependencies

• #35 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #62 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #15 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #33 fix: load seeds either via node or github

• #55 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #57 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #69 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #101 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #95 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #53 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #61 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #46 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #62 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #54 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #59 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #70 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #52 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #47 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #19 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #1462 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #2955 ci: setup github action workflows for testing and benchmarking

• #143 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #2956 ci: use different test coverage directories for each type

• #2963 ci: split functional job into 1 job per type

• #2965 chore: drop node 11 support

• #390 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #2964 ci: setup github action workflow for e2e tests

• #2966 ci: temporarily disable pull_request.synchronize event

• #1471 ci: upload build artifacts if tests pass

• #61 chore: update rxjs to use the same version as the mobile wallet

• #28 feat: implement formatBytes and formatNumber methods

• #16 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #2902 chore: move deprecated plugins to ArkEcosystem/core-plugins-deprecated

• #60 ci: adjust job triggers

• #34 ci: more descriptive job names

• #100 ci: adjust job triggers

• #68 ci: adjust job triggers

• #46 ci: adjust job triggers

• #56 ci: adjust job triggers

• #54 ci: adjust job triggers

• #61 ci: adjust job triggers

• #45 ci: adjust job triggers

• #53 ci: adjust job triggers

• #37 ci: more descriptive job names

• #58 ci: adjust job triggers

• #22 chore: import benchmark functions directly to fix odd performance issues

• #52 ci: adjust job triggers

• #94 ci: adjust job triggers

• #15 ci: adjust job triggers

• #51 ci: adjust job triggers

• #23 ci: adjust job triggers

• #131 ci: adjust job triggers

• #33 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #65 ci: adjust job triggers

• #18 ci: adjust job triggers

• #32 ci: adjust job triggers

• #51 ci: report coverage to codecov

• #129 ci: setup github action workflow for testing

• #69 ci: adjust job triggers

• #18 ci: adjust job triggers

— ItsANameToo

• #730 feat: migrate to TypeScript

• #734 fix: properly set nightMode prop

• #733 fix: use correct process.env var in migration

• #470 feat: add explanation on running explorer in different ways

• #732 fix: qr-code

• #722 chore: improve gh pages script

• #731 chore: update codeowners

• #735 feat: make rebranding explorer easier

• #739 fix: express server

— j-a-m-l

• #1143 fix: close transaction show modal when clicking on addresses and navigate to transactions tab always

— kalgoop

• #360 refactor: dont check if wallet selected for top wallet transactions

— kleinrein

• #727 fix: transactions filter

— KovacZan

• #2967 refactor(core-magistrate): Split core-marketplace into core-magistrate-crypto and core-magistrate-transactions

• #2936 fix(crypto): htlc lock buffer allocation

— luciorubeens

• #386 chore: bump version to 1.5.2

• #1455 chore: bump version to 2.6.2

• #385 fix: get the public key from passphrase instead of storage

• #1433 chore: bump version to 2.6.1

• #1445 fix: ledger device path empty in production

• #1311 fix: store server used to import as peer

• #62 release: 0.4.1

• #1324 feat: make the window modal minimizable

• #388 chore: merge develop into master

• #389 chore: merge master into develop

— Pedro-Souza

• #33 test: add new test

• #97 feat: add crypto endpoint

— sleepdefic1t

• #25 chore: cleanup and refactor implementation

• #27 feat: implement v2 Transaction Types

• #147 ci: update arduino triggers

• #132 ci: update arduino triggers

— Sokom141

• #472 docs: Updated a deprecated ssl directive in secure.md

— supaiku0

• #2909 fix(core-p2p): disconnect if api reports different network

• #2912 refactor(core-p2p): share rate limiter between workers

• #2972 feat(core): allow CLI command configurations

• #2907 Backport bug fixes to master

• #2906 fix(core-api): return block timestamp for v2 transactions

• #2976 feat(core-api): find htlc unlock transactions

• #2974 fix(core-api): missing orderBy

• #2959 fix(core-transactions): update wallet nonce when applying v1 transaction

• #2940 feat(core-api): endpoints for locks/businesses/bridgechains

• #2968 fix(core-blofix(core-blockchain): do not reset noBlockCounter when downloadBlocks succeeds

• #2970 fix(core-blockchain): round deletion during rollback

• #2960 feat: expose isValidPeer via ajv format rule

• #2911 misc(core-p2p): accept prerelease version

• #2918 fix(core-utils): use supply calculator in delegate approval calculation

• #2915 refactor(core-transactions): htlc implementation

• #2947 fix(core-state): index recipient wallets during bootstrap

• #2920 fix(core-state): buildVoteBalances called too early

• #2921 fix(core-state): buildDelegateRanking called too early

• #2916 refactor(core-transaction-pool): clear cached transaction ids after accepting block

• #38 fix: pass peer port

• #2932 fix(core-database): add missing typeGroup and emit StateStarting

• #2923 fix(core-api): /wallets/{id}/transactions search parameters

• #2919 fix(core-transactions): reject delegate resignation if not enough inactive delegates

• #2938 refactor(crypto): make error more verbose

• #2926 fix(core-api): wallet search

• #2945 fix(core-p2p): terminate connection when not authorized

• #2929 feat(core-api): add /node/debug endpoint

• #127 docs: update aip11

• #2962 refactor(core-p2p): make peer reply errors less verbose

• #2928 fix(crypto): use 2 bytes to store number of payments

• #2961 refactor(crypto): change maximum recipients of multipayment via milestone

• #2914 refactor(core-blockchain): break loop if block contains v1 transaction

— tomas-mraz

• #384 updated Czech translation (#383)

— vasild

• #2903 misc(core-blockchain): log the reason for discarding a block

• #2933 fix(core-database-postgres): use postgresql-9.5 compatible syntax

• #2973 fix(core-snapshots): remove bogus skipRoundRows

• #2937 fix(core-transaction-pool): sort by fee, nonce

• #2942 perf: use lodash to efficiently remove forged transactions

• #2941 perf: Avoid O(m*n) when filtering pool txs and simplify the code

• #2943 chore(core-transactions): elaborate the unexpected nonce error

• #2952 fix: range selection in pool’s getTransactions()

• #2951 refactor(pool): remove unnecessary check from validateTransactions()

• #2971 chore: remove trailing whitespace

• #2949 refactor: strengthen a nonce check in performGenericWalletChecks()

• #2904 fix(core-blockchain): only shift milestoneHeights[] if at that height

• #2957 chore: add vim’s temporary files to .gitignore

• #2958 test(e2e): No need to run as root the chmod command when modifying own’s files

• #2910 perf(core-database-postgres): speed up nonce checks at DB level

• #2950 test: extend the TempWalletManager test to test the TempWalletManager class

— vmunich

• #58 fix: fix node/fees query string

• #96 fix: use correct external IP on EC2 instances

• #9 docs: add snapshot step to updating-your-bridgechain

• #94 fix: no longer using build.js to build the explorer

• #90 feat: git-use-ssh option

• #88 feat: add update-core command to upgrade deployer chains to 2.5.19

• #8 docs: add update your bridgechain page

• #91 chore: update bridgechains to core 2.5.24

• #95 chore: use core 2.5.25 when deploying bridgechains

Issues

Last month we had 52 issues. Of which:

• 21 Still Open.

• 31 Closed.

Open

— alessiodf

• #1461 Hide button does not work

• #1489 plugins: allow modals

• #725 “Missed block” terminology on the explorer

• #1490 plugins: go back to previous page

• #1491 plugins: clipboard access

• #1488 plugins: expose native crypto library

• #1448 plugins: sign a message

• #1457 touch bar support

— alexbarnsley

• #1464 Run through plugin sandbox to ensure scope is restricted

— Anfauglith

• #1470 Wallet does not connect to Bridgechain peers (hardcoded API Port?)

— ciband

• #123 Support curl dependency on Windows

— faustbrian

• #23 Improve performance of isEmpty

• #24 Improve performance of merge

• #25 Improve performance of keysIn

• #26 Improve performance of findKey

• #130 Setup Windows for GitHub Actions

— moazzamak

• #126 AIP 126: (Reservation)

— mudlee

• #1467 Wallet cannot sign if it’s protected with password

— NayiemWillems

• #2927 Hard-coded value in core-exchange-json-rpc

• #31 Hard-coded value in core-exchange-json-rpc

— zillionn

• #1459 Search delegate popup

Closed

— alessiodf

• #1446 plugins: setTimeout and setInterval

• #1449 plugins: identify if a wallet in the wallet list is a ledger wallet

• #695 Accessibility: Status images in the delegate table are not suitable for users with impaired acuity

• #2922 feature request: easier way for plugins to add additional p2p endpoints

• #1447 plugins: cannot close websocket connections or set a message timeout

• #2935 Fork recovery erases round from rounds table

• #1412 Allow plugins to define a minimum wallet version

— alexbarnsley

• #1435 plugins: wallet list excludes ledger wallets

— arkmoon

• #693 Accessibility: Status images in the delegate table are not keyboard accessible

— avfcpieface

• #1411 “New Transaction” notification from the desktop wallet appearing every 15 seconds

— ciband

• #8 Integrate repo with AppVeyor

— faustbrian

• #16 Implement lodash alternative methods

• #19 Improve performance of string casing methods

• #15 Investigate CircleCI test failures

• #5 [explorer][1000 USD] Migrate to TypeScript

• #1 [core][300 USD] 100% coverage for core-database-postgres

• #3 [core][200 USD] 100% coverage for core-elasticsearch

• #4 [core][350 USD] 100% coverage for core

• #2 [core][500 USD] 100% coverage for core-database

— geopsllc

• #2939 Using a EOL NodeJS as default instead of current LTS

— ItsANameToo

• #8 32 bit iOS

• #721 Bug: delegate monitor sorting

• #750 feat: unconfirmed transactions

• #715 Bug: delegate monitor mobile positioning

— j-a-m-l

• #1315 Unvoting does not update the delegate tab banner

— lamboking

• #718 Where is my explorer located?

— Moustikitos

• #90 Implement transaction signature using ledger Nano key

• #2888 Block downloading issue on devnet

— tomas-mraz

• #383 Czech translation is out of date

— zillionn

• #738 Page title

• #1440 Ledger not detected

Releases

Last month there were 16 releases.

Core

• 2.5.24 at Wed, Sep 4, 2019 2:57 AM

Mobile Wallet

• v1.5.2 at Mon, Sep 23, 2019 1:00 PM

Desktop Wallet

• Version 2.6.1 at Wed, Sep 4, 2019 2:51 PM

• Version 2.6.2 at Fri, Sep 13, 2019 9:38 AM

Paper Wallet

• v3.2.0 at Wed, Sep 4, 2019 9:06 AM

Utils

• 0.3.0 at Mon, Sep 16, 2019 5:01 AM

• 0.4.0 at Mon, Sep 16, 2019 5:05 AM

• 0.5.0 at Wed, Sep 18, 2019 6:58 AM

• 0.5.1 at Thu, Sep 19, 2019 5:21 AM

• 0.6.0 at Fri, Sep 20, 2019 9:49 AM

• 0.6.8 at Mon, Sep 23, 2019 6:28 AM

• 0.7.0 at Tue, Sep 24, 2019 6:30 AM

• 0.8.0 at Sun, Sep 29, 2019 4:43 AM

Exchange JSON-RPC

• 1.0.4 at Sun, Sep 1, 2019 4:11 AM

• 1.0.5 at Wed, Sep 11, 2019 10:30 AM

Star Gazers

Last month there were 15 stargazers.

ariesunny, cambo, diegoldn, IngeniousArtist, kaustubhdevkar, lamboking, lanchongyizu, Pedro-Souza, rakzhodekams, RyanKruse, smartree, tomas-mraz, vmunich, vong-visalsambath, zanjs

You all are the stars! 🌟

Read our new whitepaper, follow us on social media ( Twitter|Facebook|Reddit ), join our community ( Slack | Discord ) and stay tuned to our blog on Medium and on Steemit.