AIWA Beta Release — a browser-based wallet for AION Coins.
*Disclaimer: AIWA is currently in Beta. It’s available for testing and development purposes at this time. We recommend that you don’t store your actual mainnet holdings until the production release is available. But we are looking for your feedback!
BlockX Labs, a Toronto based blockchain development firm — has partnered with NodeSmith and the Aion Foundation to produce AIWA, a browser-based wallet for AION Coins.
AIWA features a convenient dashboard to select your network, select your active wallet, view outgoing transactions, and view more details about your holdings and tokens.
AIWA allows you to easily send and receive AION and other AIP-4 tokens. To send, simply choose the wallet you want to use, enter a destination wallet address, and send. Receiving is even easier: display your current wallet address by pressing “Receive” and either scan the QR code or copy the address.
More importantly, AIWA allows you to interact with distributed apps on Aion without running an Aion node. DApps can be authorized to perform transactions without being exposed to your private keys or seed words — think of this as your browser to the decentralized world.
You can download and start using AIWA now available on the Chrome Webstore!
For developers: The latest builds are available on GitHub since it usually takes a few days for a build to be reviewed by Google. Click here for installation details.
What’s the difference between a vault and a wallet?
A wallet is an object that can be used to store Aion or ATS tokens. A wallet corresponds to either a private key or a seed phrase.
A vault is a single file that contains your AIWA-generated seed phrase, as well as any imported seed phrases or private keys. It is proprietary to AIWA at this time, but it does provide the easiest way to transfer your AIWA data to another instance of Chrome.
How do I start developing Aion DApps?
We have a page dedicated to that question at getaiwa.com/developers! You can also find more general information at https://aion.network/developers/
As we move towards a production version of Aiwa in the next few weeks, we highly encourage the Aion community to provide support and feedback on GitHub or at aiwa@getaiwa.com!
If you are interested in learning about the challenges of building a DApp wallet — read here.
