Beam Web Wallet 1.0.0 — Testnet — Release Notes

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BEAM Privacy

2 min readAug 5, 2020

Release Date: 5th August 2020

This is the initial version of two complementary products:

Beam Web wallet (released as a Chrome extension) — to make Beam more accessible
Non-custodial wallet service — to enable 3rd-party integrations

Privacy first: you, and no one else is the seed phrase keeper
The release is compatible with Eager Electron 5.1 products that are currently being developed

Both full-screen and extension mini views to see your balance, transaction status and history
Send and receive Testnet Beam coins using transaction tokens
Observe the status of your transactions in real-time
View the list of available, locked and spent coins in the UTXO (unspent transaction outputs) screen
The sender can create and verify the proof of transaction
Integration with community faucet to receive BEAM and try the wallet right after the installation
Privacy mode, well-known in Beam mobile wallets: tap the little eye icon and make the balances “disappear” till you’ll toggle the icon again

Transaction tokens replace SBBS addresses from 5.1: these tokens look like longer addresses and also include additional information such as requested amount, currency type, transaction type etc.

The restore from seed phrase is yet to be implemented (it’s a Testnet release and you can always get more Beam from the community faucet)
Only single-use tokens are supported: once issued, the token will remain active for 12 hours.

Download Beam Desktop Wallet here
Download Beam iOS Wallet on App Store
Download Beam Android Wallet on Google Play
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