It has only been a week since the Explorer tour, but it was a busy one. getbze.com has a brand-new look, the mainnet apps picked up a batch of improvements, a new wallet called BeePocket is taking shape in the open, and v8.3.0 keeps growing on its development branch. Here is where things stand.
A New getbze.com
getbze.com has a fresh new look, live since October 31. It is now easier to see what BZE is, what you can do with it, and where to start, whether you are new to crypto or already part of the community.
Take a look at the new getbze.com and tell us what you think. And if a friend asks “what is BZE?”, it is the best link to send them.
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Apps and Explorer: Smoother and Faster
The BZE apps got a round of improvements on mainnet this week:
Token lists load faster and always match what the Explorer shows. Tokens that are no longer active are listed last, so the ones you can actually trade come first.
Several tabs open? No problem. Your balances stay up to date across all of them, and refresh as soon as you come back to a tab.
Swaps show the price both ways, so it is easier to understand what you are getting.
More accurate token prices across the apps.
Smaller touches: links from the DEX to the Explorer, a clearer Verified badge, and live “locked forever” amounts in the Burner.
The Explorer also got friendlier: validators now show when they were last active, tiny leftover delegations are hidden from your staking view, and burner transactions link straight to the Burner app.
BeePocket: A Small, Simple BZE Wallet
BeePocket is a lightweight browser-extension wallet made just for BZE, built around tokens rather than chains. You open it, pick a token, and send, receive or check activity. It shows your tokens with their logos, explains every transaction in plain words before you sign, lets you pay fees in other tokens, and can connect to the BZE dapps. It is built in the open, under an MIT licence, and runs on very few dependencies by design.
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It is in active testing now. The first public preview comes later this quarter. We will tell you the moment it can be installed.
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v8.3.0 Is Taking Shape
The next chain release is the biggest in a while, and it is still in development. The headline is DAOs: communities will be able to create an on-chain organisation with its own treasury, where members propose, vote and decide together how funds are used. Token creators also get more control over their tokens, and trading becomes faster, with order-book orders carried out right inside your own transaction.
Under the hood, the chain’s core software is upgraded with this year’s security fixes, and cross-chain transfers get extra safety limits. v8.3.0 is not on testnet yet. When it gets there, we will present everything properly, feature by feature.
Market-Making Tools: The Bigger Plan
Healthy markets need liquidity, and providing it should not be reserved for a few insiders. We are working on market-making tools that anyone interested can use, built on the open-source Hummingbot trading framework, with support for both BZE pools and the order book. The aim is that you stay in control of your own funds while the tools do the work. It is still in testing, and we will share more when it is ready for you to try.
What Comes Next
The focus now is v8.3.0: finishing the release, getting it onto testnet, and presenting its new features properly, DAOs first. BeePocket keeps moving toward its first public preview, and a BeePocket mobile app is now in the planning stage too.
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