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Foundation Updates: June 2024

Posted on July 9, 2024 - 10:36 am by

 

⏱️ June 2024: See you in Nashville

Welcome to our June edition of Foundation Updates! May was a quiet month publicly for us, so we’ve focused on two big releases and jumped straight to our June update instead today. May and June had us “heads down” on a huge new release for Envoy and continuing work on our top secret master plan 🤐

This month we’ll be at Bitcoin Nashville (July 25th-27th), so be sure to stop by booth 211 to get try out Passport, buy directly via cash, card, or Bitcoin, and show your friends and family how approachable and powerful Bitcoin wallets can be!

Now, let’s catch up and dive into what else has been happening at Foundation HQ. 🫡

Product Updates 🔥

Envoy v1.7.0 – Buy Bitcoin, directly

 

  • Buy Bitcoin straight to self-custody, directly in Envoy
    • We’ve partnered with Ramp to integrate a seamless Bitcoin buying experience directly into Envoy. No need to leave the app, no annoying address copy-paste, no hassle.
    • Every sat you purchase gets sent directly to the Envoy account you choose, without ever needing to manually copy-paste addresses.
    • Buying directly to Passport? You can easily verify the withdrawal address with a simple QR scan via Passport.
  • Redeem BTCPay vouchers directly in Envoy
  • Countless improvements across the board

Read more 👉 Envoy version 1.7.0 is now live!

Passport v2.3.1 – New wallet connections

We also released Passport v2.3.1 in the last few days of May, adding in wallet connection flows to three new wallets among other improvements and bug fixes:

Read more 👉 Passport v2.3.1 is now live!

The latest in Freedom Tech

 

Brady Noah wrote up a fantastic review of Sparrow Wallet (one of our favorites), taking into account the recent loss of Samourai Wallet functionality. The conclusion?

“Sparrow Wallet is a beloved Bitcoin software wallet that recently took two big hits to its functionality thanks to the legal prosecutions coming down on the founders of Samourai Wallet.

Despite recent events, however, Sparrow is still an excellent Bitcoin wallet that you should be using if you regularly interact with your Bitcoin holdings. From customizable custody setups to UTXO consolidation, there are still plenty of great offerings that make Sparrow Wallet worth using.”

Read it all on Freedom.Tech 👉 https://freedom.tech/sparrow-wallet-still-powerful/

Meet the Foundation Team 👥

Discover where our team has been making moves this month! We’ve been busy connecting with podcasts and events, sharing insights and experiences you won’t want to miss. Dive into the highlights below!

Product Review and Photo of the Month 🤩

Each month, we select one of our users’ reviews and one photo from social media to feature in our newsletter. Your experiences and stories are what keeps us building, and we’re grateful for your ongoing support. Keep sharing your moments with us, and you could be the next one in our newsletter!

Photo:

Green Candle spotted a Foundation exclusive t-shirt at a Bitcoin meetup 👀

Review:

We take our customer support seriously, and we love seeing it pay off with our customers feedback! See how Mark appreciated our tech support in this month’s review:

What we’re working on 🛠️

  • We have a polish release for Envoy in the works, picking nits and continuing to make Bitcoin even easier to buy, hold, and spend from anywhere.
  • We’ll be attending the Bitcoin Nashville event July 25-27th, with a bigger booth than ever! Come visit us at Booth 211 to try out Passport in person, show your friends how it all works, or learn more about what else we’re building.

Conclusion

That wraps up our April edition of Foundation Updates – thank you for joining us, stay tuned for more next month. In the meantime, for daily updates and insightful content you can:

🐦Follow us on Twitter

🟣 Follow us on Nostr

🌐 Subscribe to our newsletter

💬 Join our community support group on Telegram

With Love from all at Team Foundation 🧡

Envoy 1.7 – Buy Bitcoin, Directly

Posted on June 19, 2024 - 8:35 am by

Envoy 1.7 is here, and it’s one of our biggest releases ever. Today marks the start of a new chapter for Envoy, one where you can not only intuitively and powerfully manage and store your Bitcoin, but starting today you can buy Bitcoin directly into self-custody with a few simple taps, more easily redeem Bitcoin vouchers from both Azte.co and BTCPay servers, and discover new peer-to-peer, no-KYC exchanges.

One tap from Envoy’s home screen and you’re ready to start your sat-stacking journey.

Buying Bitcoin directly to self-custody

At the core of this update to Envoy is a brand-new integration with Ramp, allowing Envoy users to seamlessly purchase Bitcoin with debit cards, credit cards, Apple and Google Pay, and more directly to their Envoy accounts. Combining a powerful on-ramp with the native privacy and security features in Envoy makes for an unmatched experience.

  • ❌ No copy-pasting addresses
  • ❌ No address reuse
  • ❌ No need to leave the Envoy app
  • ❌ No data collected by Foundation
  • ✅ Easy, one-click address verification with Passport
  • ✅ Automatic tagging w/ note of purchased coins
  • ✅ Sats sent straight to self-custody

It’s easier than ever to purchase Bitcoin, but if you have questions on how all of this works please dive into our docs here.

Choose an Envoy account, set an amount, and setup a Ramp account.

Partnering with Ramp

We’ve worked hard to find a partner that would limit data collection as much as possible, prevent us from accessing any information about Bitcoin purchases, and allow the entire purchase process to happen directly in Envoy, settling on Ramp. While Ramp is still legally obligated to collect identifying information in order to sell Bitcoin to users, this ensures that we at Foundation not only do not (and cannot) collect any information about our users in the app, we also cannot get that information from Ramp directly even if we wanted to.

As Ramp serves a broad number of countries across the globe, you may see some slight differences in information required or fees depending on what country you select when buying Bitcoin. If you want more detail, please refer to their documentation here.

Additionally, Ramp manages the fee structure for purchases in Envoy, with varying fees based on the method of payment, the amount, etc. As partners with Ramp, Foundation will take a small fee as a part of the overall Ramp fee. For more information on Ramp’s fee structure, you can find details on their help portal here.

Confirm email, choose payment method, and you’re stacking sats.

Redeeming vouchers

We’ve also spent time in Envoy 1.7 improving and expanding our Bitcoin voucher support, adding the first of it’s kind BTCPay voucher support — before voucher support is even live in BTCPay 👀. We’re extremely excited to see vouchers added to BTCPay, a fantastic open-source Bitcoin-centric point-of-sale system, and have our own plans of how to leverage BTCPay vouchers immediately when they’re released.

We also have best-in-class support for redeeming on-chain Azte.co vouchers, making Envoy the perfect place to redeem those vouchers straight into self-custody (or even cold storage via Passport). One QR code scan and… done!

Azte.co vouchers made easy.

Discovering peer-to-peer exchanges and Bitcoin ATMs

Last but not least, we’ve added a simple way to discover new peer-to-peer exchanges and Bitcoin ATMs. These present powerful ways to buy and sell Bitcoin without having to give over personally identifiable information. These are powerful tools, and ones that we know many in our community are passionate about. As a first step we’ve added in simple links out to some of our favorite peer-to-peer exchanges along with an easy-to-use map to find Bitcoin ATMs near you.

We have longer term plans to build in native peer-to-peer exchange integrations into Envoy, but those are a bit trickier technically (and legally) so keep an eye out for news on that down the line 🫡

Bitcoin ATMs near you at a glance.

Conclusion

We can’t wait to hear how you all find the new Buy Bitcoin feature in Envoy 1.7, and we’re glad to be able to make it easier than ever to purchase Bitcoin without ever giving up custody of your funds. We view self-custody as a non-negotiable in Bitcoin, and will continue building out tools and products that make self-custody easier, more approachable, and more powerful than ever before.

Want to read the full release notes? You can find them below on our blog: Envoy version 1.7.0 is now live! | Foundation

Now we’ll get back to work and leave the Bitcoin buying to you 😉

Envoy version 1.7.0 is now live!

Posted on June 19, 2024 - 8:11 am by

We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Envoy – 1.7.0 – is now published on all your favorite mobile platforms! To download it, simply visit our download page or check for updates on your platform of choice.

Please note that there can be a significant lag from publishing to general availability due to Apple App Store and Google Play Store review policies and delays.

What’s changed

Envoy 1.7.0 makes it easier than ever to buy Bitcoin straight into self-custody without ever leaving Envoy. We’ve added the ability to buy using fiat, redeem Azte.co and BTCPay vouchers directly into Envoy, and find the best Bitcoin ATMs and decentralized exchanges as well.

And best of all – Foundation never has access to any information about your purchases at any point in the process. Our policy of protecting user privacy continues to be at the core of what we do, and that carries over into our new Buy Bitcoin feature. If you want to dive more into the Buy Bitcoin feature itself, you can do so on our companion blog post.

We also want to say a special thank you to all of our amazing community who recommended improvements and found and reported bugs, as we were able to incorporate much of that feedback into this release! We’re immensely grateful for users taking the time to do so 🧡

For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

New Features

  • Buy Bitcoin straight to self-custody, directly in Envoy

    • We’ve partnered with Ramp to integrate a seamless Bitcoin buying experience directly into Envoy. No need to leave the app, no annoying address copy-paste, no hassle.
    • Every sat you purchase gets sent directly to the Envoy account you choose, without ever needing to manually copy-paste addresses.
    • Buying directly to Passport? You can easily verify the withdrawal address with a simple QR scan via Passport.

  • Redeem BTCPay vouchers directly in Envoy

    • The BTCPay team have been hard at work building a unique voucher system into BTCPay which will be out soon, but we’re such big fans we couldn’t wait for full release.
    • As soon as BTCPay vouchers are released to the public, you’ll be able to simply scan the QR and redeem straight into Envoy.

  • Envoy is now available in Portuguese! 🇵🇹

  • Added support for Signet and Esplora nodes

    • Signet is a unique Bitcoin testing network that is often far more stable than testnet, so we’ve added support to make testing and educating on Bitcoin via Envoy easier.

  • Added Norwegian 🇳🇴 Krone display to Envoy

Improvements

  • Migrated to using our own Mempool.space instance.

    • We were hitting rate limits and other minor issues with the mempool.space public instances, so we’ve deployed our own instance and will now be using it by default for fee rates.

  • Pairing a renamed Passport will now update the name of that Device in the Devices tab in Envoy

  • Pairing a renamed Account on Passport will now update the name of the account in Envoy

  • New Fee Overspend warning in Envoy

    • When you go to send a transaction that spends more than 25% in fees, Envoy will now warn you to be sure you’re aware.

  • Scanning a BIP21 QR code with a label will automatically add that Label to the Notes section of the Envoy transaction

  • Improved the way Envoy handled pasting addresses in the Send screen to make it a more fast and smooth experience

  • Notes will now carry over from the original transaction to the Boosted or Canceled transactions, should you Boost or Cancel any transaction.

  • Long pressing the address in the transaction details view will now automatically copy the address to clipboard

  • New toast implemented that should help troubleshoot backend connection failures

  • Envoy’s connection to the backend node has been hardened, connection stability improved and downtime should be drastically reduced

  • Envoy will now show a new line in Activity and a toast when a new version is available

  • Added a timeout for the PIN/Biometric authentication

  • Hiding a balance in an account will also hide its corresponding transactions in the Activity view

  • Envoy will now warn the user sooner if they try to overspend, instead of waiting for a valid address to be pasted in

  • Added the option to select which coin to spend from in order to Boost if the original transaction’s change is not enough

  • Improved the behavior and UI when entire tags are locked

  • Improved the Android Firmware download process to improve file writing to SD card

  • Added new screens that explain why Boosting a transaction failed

  • Minor visual improvements across the board

  • When a transaction doesn’t generate any change, envoy will now display “No Change” instead of “0 sats” in the transaction review screen

  • Boost option will now be grayed out if there are not enough funds to boost a transaction (like when sweeping your wallet, for example)

  • Minor visual improvements in the Learning Center search bar

  • Minor visual improvements in the “To:” bar in the sending screen

  • The Seed Import using QR is now more resilient and will not break if there’s non-space characters between words in the importing QR

  • Improved the way tags are displayed in the Transaction Details screen

  • Improved Spanish and Catalan translations

  • Minor title centering issues fixed for Spanish

  • Minor visual improvements in Learning Center and Activity lists

  • Improved the hit area for menu items, making it easier to press the item you aimed for

  • Minor improvement in the way the seed words are displayed

  • Updated Twitter’s logo to X

  • Loading the transaction review screen is now smoother and more fluid

  • Canceling transactions is smoother and more fluid

  • Updated Flutter to the latest version, 3.19.1

  • Users can now add a clearnet node and connect to it via tor

      Bug Fixes

      • Fixed a UI bug where sometimes the Passport version would display “loading” in the Devices screen instead of the actual latest version

        • Note: This would only happen immediately after the first ever Passport pairing

      • Fixed a rare issue with touch targets on iOS

      • Fixed a minor issue where if the user selected coins too fast the UI could break

      • Fixed an issue where LAN connections wouldn’t be permitted when tor was enabled

      • Fixed an issue where Boosting self-sends would display 0 sats in the review screen regardless of the amount being sent

      • Fixed a minor bug in the Firmware download flow where the Try Again button would become available before it should

      • Fixed a visual bug where the selected amount would not follow the display improvements recommended by Bitcoin Design standards

      • Fixed a visual bug where if a Tag had multiple coins inside it, scrolling could display the toggles outside the display area

      • Fixed a minor issue where users could not go “back” if they accessed the new wallet creation screen from the “+” icon in the Accounts menu

      • Fixed some screens where users with bigger fonts would not be able to scroll

      • Fixed a minor issue where users with bigger fonts could see an abnormally small QR code when pairing a Passport

      • Fixed a minor issue with how the comma button would behave in some edge cases and some locales

      • Fixed an issue where repeated words would be excluded from the seed quiz in the deletion flow

      • Fixed an issue with the filtering of the learning center where it would sometimes not filter as expected

      • Fixed a minor issue where after deleting an account you would land in the backups menu

      • Fixed a bug for users with many accounts, occasionally forcing their accounts list back to the top when scrolling if a balance refresh happened in the background

      • Fixed a small issue where some long blog titles could be cut off

      • Fixed an issue where on first Passport pairing flow a screen belonging to another flow was displayed

      • Fixed a minor issue where a close button behaved in an unexpected way

      • Fixed an issue where in some circumstances Passport Boost transactions wouldn’t display a confirmation screen

      • Fixed a visual bug for some iOS users where the lock screen would show an odd aspect ratio

      • Fixed a bug where under some specific circumstance Magic Backups wouldn’t properly restore the testnet or taproot toggle status if the original wallet had it

      • Fixed an issue where boosting from Passport would sometimes fail

      • Fixed a bug where sometimes the users could get stuck in a firmware download infinite loop

        Verifying Envoy on Android

        If you’d like to take the optional additional step of verifying Envoy binaries on Android, follow our guide: Verifying Envoy on Android

        Foundation Updates: April 2024

        Posted on May 9, 2024 - 2:26 pm by

        ⏱️ April 2024: Beyond the Halving

        Welcome to our April edition of Foundation Updates! This month was filled with excitement as we joined hands to celebrate a significant milestone in the Bitcoin space — the Bitcoin halving.

        Now, let’s catch up and dive into what else has been happening at Foundation HQ. 🫡

        This Month at Foundation

        #21toHalving 🎊

        As we bid farewell to April, we’re thrilled to reflect on the incredible journey we embarked on together with 20 other teams on our #21toHalving collab. A huge thanks to all 20 teams — from lightning, gaming, hardware and software wallets, to education and media outlets. Your participation showed the diversity and strength of the Bitcoin ecosystem & community.

        Every day brought us together with giveaways that showcased the best of Bitcoin. We gave away numerous prizes, ranging from hardware wallets to sats, Bitcoin gaming rewards to swag.

        The grand finale was our Twitter Space event where we gave away a 1.05 million sat prize. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to each and every person who joined us on this remarkable adventure. Until next time, thank you for being a part of our community!

        Product Updates 🔥

        Envoy v1.6.2 is here 🎊

        • Envoy now has drastically improved handling of varying display or text sizes, especially abnormally large display/text sizes.
          • As Envoy has gained more users, we’ve noticed an issue where those of you using larger display or text sizes can have issues with buttons being unable to be accessed, especially when setting up Envoy for the first time.
          • We’ve gone through Envoy with a fine-toothed comb to better handle when users have set their OS to use larger display or text sizes and respond appropriately.
        • Envoy now uses our new Foundation.xyz domain for all services. Older version of Envoy will now automatically use redirects from foundationdevices.com -> Foundation.xyz.

        Read more 👉 Full Envoy Release Notes v1.6.2

        The U.S. Department of Justice ramps up anti-privacy actions

        In a whirlwind two weeks the U.S. DoJ has rapidly escalated their war on access to financial privacy with a cohesive campaign, all kicking off with the indictment of the two founders of the fantastic Samourai Wallet. In the wake of this indictment, Bitcoin privacy tools and Lightning service providers have felt the need to pull out of the US or shut down entirely, with Wasabi Wallet shutting down services on June 1st and Phoenix Wallet pulling their app from the U.S. app store.

        We eagerly await the return of Whirlpool and Samourai once their names are cleared and charges are dismissed, and have committed to keeping the Postmix extension in Passport.

        Note: are you a Samourai Wallet user looking to recovery your funds? We wrote an article on Freedom.Tech that takes you step-by-step migrating to Sparrow Wallet. Read more here.

        Meet the Foundation Team 👥

        Discover where our team has been making moves this April! We’ve been busy connecting with podcasts and events, sharing insights and experiences you won’t want to miss. Dive into the highlights below!

        • Our Head of Strategy and Marketing, Seth For Privacy recently joined @bitfinex to delve into the world of self-custody using our Passport device. Discover how we’re championing freedom through advanced security and easy accessibility. You can check it out here.
        • Bitcoin QnA joined in on the Ungovernable Misfit podcast.
        • Seth For Privacy and Bitcoin QnA joined the What Bitcoin Did podcast with Peter McCormack, breaking down the Samourai Wallet indictment and the repercussions already being felt throughout the space. Watch the full episode here.

        Product Review and Photo of the Month 🤩

        Each month, we select one of our users’ reviews and one photo from social media to feature in our newsletter. Your experiences and stories are what keeps us building, and we’re grateful for your ongoing support. Keep sharing your moments with us, and you could be the next one in our newsletter!

        Photo:

        Awesome pic of the passport thanks to @olvelez007 😍

        Review:

        What we’re working on 🛠️

        • We have multiple new wallet integrations in the works for Passport, and are close to releasing an open beta of v2.3.1 with them included!

        Conclusion

        That wraps up our April edition of Foundation Updates – thank you for joining us, stay tuned for more next month. In the meantime, for daily updates and insightful content you can:

        🐦Follow us on Twitter

        🟣 Follow us on Nostr

        🌐 Subscribe to our newsletter

        💬 Join our community support group on Telegram

        With Love from all at Team Foundation 🧡

        Envoy version 1.6.2 is now live!

        Posted on April 25, 2024 - 2:50 pm by

        We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Envoy – 1.6.2 – is now published on all your favorite mobile platforms! To download it, simply visit our download page or check for updates on your platform of choice.

        Please note that there can be a significant lag from publishing to general availability due to Apple App Store and Google Play Store review policies and delays.

        What’s changed

        In Envoy v1.6.2 we’ve focused heavily on improving the user experience for those of you running larger text or display sizes, fixed a bug around transaction cancellation using RBF, and migrated to our new domain, Foundation.xyz.

        For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

        Improvements

        • Envoy now has drastically improved handling of varying display or text sizes, especially abnormally large display/text sizes.

          • As Envoy has gained more users, we’ve noticed an issue where those of you using larger display or text sizes can have issues with buttons being unable to be accessed, especially when setting up Envoy for the first time.

          • We’ve gone through Envoy with a fine-toothed comb to better handle when users have set their OS to use larger display or text sizes and respond appropriately.

        • Envoy now uses our new Foundation.xyz domain for all services.

          • Older version of Envoy will now automatically use redirects from foundationdevices.com -> Foundation.xyz.

          Bug Fixes

          • Fixed a minor text alignment issue introduced in 1.6.0.

          • Fixed a minor text issue in the onboarding flow.

          • Fixed an issue where the fee could be incorrectly calculated for Canceling transactions when sending to a Taproot address, causing some cancellation transactions to fail.

          Verifying Envoy on Android

          If you’d like to take the optional additional step of verifying Envoy binaries on Android, follow our guide: Verifying Envoy on Android

          Foundation Updates: March 2024

          Posted on April 2, 2024 - 2:26 pm by

          🚀 Beyond the Launch: Our New Digital Home and More!

          Welcome to our March edition of Foundation Updates! This month has been a standout, marked notably by the launch of our new website. Beyond this, we have a host of exciting developments to share. So, let’s catch up and dive into what’s been happening at Foundation HQ. 🫡

          This Month at Foundation

          Say hello to: Foundation.xyz

          As we look back on the month of March, one of the most thrilling updates has been the launch of our new digital home 🏠. Moving beyond our familiar ‘Devices’ identity, we’ve stepped into a broader realm, reflecting our commitment to pioneering freedom tech. This new website isn’t just a change of address; it’s a symbol of our growth and the exciting future that lies ahead.

          During our website launch week, we took to social media with a series of exciting events, from Easter egg hunts to special giveaways. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our community for your active participation and valuable feedback.

          Our CEO, Zach recently gave us some insight into the website’s design journey. He talked about how the design process was carefully thought out and implemented, providing insights into the creative decisions that shaped our new online home.

          Now, let’s see how March treated us in terms of our latest releases. 👇🏻

          Product Updates 🔥

          Envoy v1.6.0

          It’s here! Envoy 1.6 officially launched early March, bringing with it a range of new features.

          • Full “replace-by-fee (RBF)” control is here!
          • When you set a custom name for your Passport, now that name will show up automatically in the Devices tab on Envoy.
          • Drastically improved address and amount display per the Bitcoin Design standards. Sexy and intuitive!
          • Improved Tor performance on iOS (and some Android vendors), especially when it comes to getting fiat exchange rates.
          • Envoy translated to Catalan thanks to our friends over at @bcnbitcoinonly! Special thanks to @insatwetrust, in particular!

          Read more 👉 Full Envoy Release Notes v1.6

           

          DID YOU KNOW? We have an exclusive beta program at Foundation, offering you the opportunity to be among the first to test and experience any new releases for Passport or Envoy. Gain access to our Telegram group and be among the first to test-drive any new releases. You’ll have the chance to provide valuable feedback and even earn sats for any bugs you may find.

          Learn more here.

          Meet the Foundation Team 👥

          Discover where our team has been making waves in the public eye this March! We’ve recently joined a few podcasts & events – take a look below!

          NOTE: Passports are now available for purchase in person at PubKey! This new option offers a convenient way for you to get your hands on a Passport directly.

          • Seth For Privacy made an appearance at the Finny Forum. Missed the live action? No worries – you can catch up with the event’s highlights by watching the live feed here.
          • Bitcoin QnA joined in on the Ungovernable Misfit podcast.
          • Seth for Privacy featured in the Expat Money Show speaking about: The role of Freedom tech in personal security. Check it out here.

          #21tohalving is here : 🎊

          Get ready for an extraordinary event on Bitcoin Twitter! We’re joining forces with 20 incredible Bitcoin teams for a countdown to the Bitcoin halving. Imagine 21 days of non-stop excitement, featuring 21 dynamic teams, each bringing a unique prize daily, all leading up to a grand prize on the halving day itself.

          A huge thank you to all the participating teams for making this possible. Good luck to everyone diving into this 21-day adventure – let the countdown begin.

          Product Review and Photo of the Month 🤩

          Each month, we select one of our users’ reviews and one photo from social media to feature in our newsletter. Your experiences and stories are what keeps us building, and we’re grateful for your ongoing support. Keep sharing your moments with us, and you could be the next one in our newsletter!

          Photo: How beautiful 😍 with thanks to AULAN

           

          Review:

          What we’re working on 🛠️

          • Envoy 1.6.1 with improvements to enlarged display and text sizes.
          • Hard at work on new products to continue expanding our freedom tech offerings! If only we were allowed to share what we’re seeing internally 👀

          Conclusion

          That wraps up our March edition of Foundation Updates – thank you for joining us, stay tuned for more next month. In the meantime, for daily updates and insightful content you can:

          🐦Follow us on Twitter

          🟣 Follow us on Nostr

          🌐 Subscribe to our Newsletter

          💬 Join our community support group on Telegram

          With love from all at team Foundation 🧡

           

          Envoy version 1.6.0 is now live!

          Posted on March 6, 2024 - 8:50 am by

          We’re excited to announce that the latest version of Envoy – 1.6.0 – is now published on all your favorite mobile platforms! To download it, simply visit our download page or check for updates on your platform of choice.

          Please note that there can be a significant lag from publishing to general availability due to Apple App Store and Google Play Store review policies and delays.

          What’s changed

          We’ve focused Envoy 1.6.0 on a vital new feature for Bitcoin’s volatile fee market — replace-by-fee (otherwise known as “RBF”). RBF allows you to easily boost the fee on a transaction you’ve sent that’s stuck surfing the mempool, or even cancel an in-flight transaction and send it back to yourself. Just tap on any transaction that is unconfirmed and quickly Boost or Cancel it in Envoy.

          We’ve also brought a complete redesign of address and amount displays to Envoy, making it drastically easier and more intuitive to view amounts (in sats or BTC, as always!) or verify addresses. A special thanks to the fantastic Bitcoin Design initiative for spearheading the concept here! Oh, and don’t sleep on custom device names for Passports paired to Envoy, and the new Catalan translation 👀

          For more details on each of the changes, keep reading below!

          New Features

          • Full “replace-by-fee (RBF)” control is here!
            • If you’ve ever sent some Bitcoin only to have them get stuck in the mempool due to a crazy fee market, this one is for you!Now you can simply tap “⏩ Boost” when viewing a pending transaction’s details to get your transaction back to the top of the queue.Sent a transaction but realized it was a mistake? You can also tap “Cancel” and send the funds back to yourself using RBF as well 😌
          • When you set a custom name for your Passport, now that name will show up automatically in the Devices tab on Envoy.
            • Have multiple Passports in the house? Now you can easily tell them apart in Envoy using custom names!
            • Any name on Passport will now automatically be synced to Envoy when pairing for the first time.
              • Note that existing Passport names won’t be updated unless they are deleted first, but we’ll be improving that in Envoy v1.7.0!
          • Envoy translated to Catalan thanks to our friends over at @bcnbitcoinonly! Special thanks to @insatwetrust, in particular!!

          Improvements

          • Improved Tor performance on iOS (and some Android vendors), especially when it comes to getting fiat exchange rates.
          • Improved testnet reliability via new testnet Fulcrum infrastructure.
          • Available balance now shows fiat value in addition to Bitcoin, if fiat is enabled.
          • Improved the way fiat is displayed in the Transaction Details screen.
          • Updated OpenSSL libraries and removed some unnecessary dependencies.
          • Updated Arti (the Rust-native Tor library) in our library to the latest version, v1.1.12.
          • Improved tap targets across the board to make it that much easier to get to what you want in Envoy.
          • Tapping on the Accounts tab when inside an account will take you back to the main Accounts view.
          • When Fiat values are loading they will now display a loading bar instead of a 0.
          • We’ve taken a fine-toothed comb to the UI in Envoy and made a number of improvements across the board. Better UI, better UX, better Bitcoin experience.
          • Improved Spanish translations.

          Bug Fixes

          • Fixed a bug where Envoy would slow down if a custom Electrum server was unreachable for a long period of time.
          • Fixed a rare bug where sometimes the change address would be displayed as the destination address.
          • Fixed a bug where in some iOS instances selecting Custom fee would result in a crash.
            • Thank you @Fredodido56 for the report!
          • Fixed a bug where the German locale could randomly show commas and dots while typing a number in.
            • Kudos to Mike from our TG community for the report!
          • Fixed an issue where iPhone 8 users wouldn’t be able to tag coins.
          • Fixed an issue with displaying a 24-word seed when manually imported.
          • Fixed some minor issues where under certain circumstances fiat values wouldn’t display correctly.
          • Fixed a visual bug where after deleting a hot wallet and the backup, the Accounts view’s title would be displayed incorrectly.
          • Fixed some text strings wrapping when they shouldn’t have.
          • Fixed a minor bug where sometimes the user would be asked twice about adding a Note to a transaction when signing with Passport.
          • Fixed a minor bug where the small coin exclusion alert was triggered when it shouldn’t have been.
          • Fixed a minor issue where under specific circumstances a user was able to add an infinitely long tag name that broke the UI.
          • Fixed an edge case where the user would be able to attempt to build a transaction with negative fees.
          • Fixed an issue where Envoy could freeze if a user attempted to export an abnormal amount of logs.
            • As always, we take your privacy seriously! Envoy does not send logs to Foundation (and has no ability to do so), so this only applies to users who manually tried to export logs to share with us for a bug report.
          • Fixed an issue where Envoy could freeze if the change amount was too big when setting a custom fee.

          Verifying Envoy on Android

          If you’d like to take the optional additional step of verifying Envoy binaries on Android, follow our guide: Verifying Envoy on Android

          Announcing our Early Access Rewards program

          Posted on August 17, 2023 - 9:54 am by

          One of the powerful use-cases that Bitcoin unlocked with it’s peer-to-peer nature is the ability to incentivize and reward contributions without any middlemen or hoops to jump through. This movement has come to be known as “value4value,” and has provided an immensely powerful new tool for content creators, Nostr users, and now community members. Today we’re excited to unveil a new program implementing the value4value philosophy into our existing beta testing process — Early Access Rewards.

          tl;dr — Be the first to report any reproducible issue for Passport or Envoy beta releases and get a 10k Satoshi bounty in Bitcoin per issue reported!

          Early Access Rewards Highlights

          The premise of the Early Access Rewards program is quite simple: contribute meaningful bug reports for Envoy or Passport releases while they’re in open beta, and get rewarded for each individual contribution. No middleman, no lengthy ToS, no Foundation login or account necessary.

          How to participate:

          1. Test the beta releases for Passport firmware or Envoy app.
          2. Report issues on Github.
          3. All issues (the first time they are reported) are eligible for the 10k Satoshi reward.
          4. Foundation team members will validate the issues for eligibility.
          5. Rewards sent directly to your provided Bitcoin address or Lightning invoice.

          Join Early Access Rewards today

          Want to earn sats for your important contributions to our open-source projects? Simply join our beta testers Telegram room below and keep an eye out for beta release announcements. Once a release is announced, you can submit any issues you find via Github and earn 10k sats per validated issue.

          Once you discover an issue with the beta release, submit it via Github using the following links with the “Bug Report” option. Note that this does require a Github account:

          Join the community, help us improve, and get rewarded in Bitcoin for your valuable contributions! ????

          The future of Early Access Rewards

          We’re excited to see how well this program works to incentivize important feedback and contributions from our fantastic community, but we also have plans to expand the program in the future. We’re currently considering creating a hardware Early Access program to get our newest products in the hands of invaluable community members first, and top contributors to this Early Access Rewards program will be first in line.

          We have multiple new products in the works, and we can’t wait to watch each of you help us to build and improve as we bring freedom tech to more and more people around the globe. As one of the top contributors to our Early Access Rewards program, you’ll get the chance to test our new products for free as a thank you for your contributions in exchange for feedback and bug reports.

          The (not so) fine print

          If you have more specific questions on how the program will work, you can read the detailed rules below. Have a question? Don’t hesitate to ask in the Telegram room or email us at [email protected].

          1. Eligibility for Rewards: a. The first reporter of any reproducible issue for Passport or Envoy beta releases is eligible for a 10k Satoshi bounty, paid in Bitcoin. b. Issues must be reported only once, and once made public, they are no longer eligible for additional 10k Satoshi bounties.
          2. Reporting Process: a. All issues should be reported on Github in the appropriate repository:
          3. Reproducible Issues: a. Issues must be reproducible, meaning that Foundation team members can accurately recreate and validate the issue in the Envoy app or Passport firmware.
          4. Judgement and Reward: a. Foundation reserves the right to make the final judgment on whether issues are eligible for the 10k Satoshi reward. b. Once an issue is verified and confirmed as eligible, the reward will be sent to the reporter’s provided Bitcoin address or Lightning invoice.
          5. Rewards Distribution: a. The rewards will be distributed in Bitcoin (BTC). b. The amount of the reward will be 10,000 Satoshi for each eligible issue. c. All rewards will be paid out at the end of the beta period.
          6. Confidentiality: a. While issues will be made public upon reporting, beta testers should avoid sharing sensitive or personal information in public discussions about the issues.
          7. Compliance: a. All beta testers must comply with the rules and guidelines set by Foundation Devices during the beta testing period. b. Any violation of the rules may result in disqualification from the beta testing program and forfeiture of rewards.
          8. Changes to the Rules: a. Foundation Devices reserves the right to modify the rules or terminate the beta testing program at any time without prior notice.
          9. Disclaimer: a. Beta testers participate in the program at their own risk, and Foundation Devices shall not be liable for any damages or losses incurred during beta testing.