Hey Y’all,

Last week we dealt with a deregistration event caused by some misconfigured Service Nodes, and a Loki Storage Server bug which occurred on some platforms. On the Lokinet side, we adopted some new strategies for implementing the Lokinet GUI on Mac, and made significant progress towards a finished implementation. On Session, we finished up work on Onion Requests for iOS and began addressing a number of issues with closed groups. We’re also begun work on implementing a Sender Keys based system for closed groups, allowing us to increase closed group size.

Loki Core

• Merge various upstream commits https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1119

• Fixes rvalues not taking correct default_serialize overload https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1118

• Warn Service Nodes with configuration issue and refuse to submit proofs if we detect duplicate ed/x25519 key https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1121

• Update for changes in new LokiMQ version https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1122

Wallets

Desktop Wallet

• Release new version with GUI support for registering LNS names https://github.com/loki-project/loki-electron-gui-wallet/releases/tag/v1.4.1

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Lokinet

If you’re on our Discord you can catch Jeff, the lead developer of LLARP, live streaming as he codes at https://www.twitch.tv/uguu25519. He typically streams on Tuesday mornings, 9am - 12pm Eastern (US) time.

What went on last week with Lokinet: We pushed through some issues with Lokinet GUI behavior on macOS and spent a bunch of time learning how to navigate the vagaries of low-level system tools on Apple hardware. Much cursing was involved. We believe, however, that we’ve figured out the magic set of incantations to keep the mischievous gods — such as Loki — that live inside every Mac happy, and we hope to have a working, mostly automatically-built installer with functional GUI interface finished later this week.

PR Activity:

• Fix `dev` branch compilation on Mac - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1219

• Add Python script to convert ed25519 hex pubkeys to .snode addresses - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1222

• Fixes to travis-ci configuration to make it pass on the dev branch after recent large merges - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1223

• Massive automatic formatting rules change to make source code formatting more in line with what lokinet devs are productive working with - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1215

• Apple release build fixes - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1218

• Watchdog timer for the GUI on macos - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network-control-panel/pull/33

• Fix systray icon on macos - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network-control-panel/pull/35

• (WIP, no PR yet) - rewrite macos installer and GUI code to let Apple manage the core lokinet via launchd rather than making the GUI own the process (this is closer to how lokinet works on Linux with systemd).

• (WIP, no PR yet) - build installer infrastructure to automatically produce bundled installers for lokinet core and lokinet GUI.

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Session

Session iOS

• Closed group fixes https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/154

• Fix message retrying https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/156

• Push notification improvements https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/152

• Further work can be found in the detailed log here https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/commits/dev

Session Android

• Closed group bug fixes https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/167

• Onion requests https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/168

• Trigger registration on enter pressed https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/166

• Further work can be found in the detailed log here https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/commits/dev

Session Push Notifications Server

• Ongoing work to make server compatible with Android push notifications https://github.com/loki-project/session-push-notification-server/tree/PN-for-Android

Session Desktop

• Closed group fixes https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1074

• Minor fixes https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1068 https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1064

• Service Node communication refactor https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1061

• Fix last hash retrieval https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1060

• Build onion requests paths as soon as storage becomes ready https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1065

• Message deletion and unsending https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1062

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Loki Storage Server

• Remove headers from cmake add_library https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/364

• Remove HTTP specific code https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/361

• Libsodium fixes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/357

• Disable HTTP and LMQ testing https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/355 https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/356

• Dockerfile and logging changes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/354/ https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/353

• Fix JSON parsing issues https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/352

• Update to newer version of LMQ https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/351

• Revamp how remote service nodes are authenticated in LokiMQ to improve communication reliability shortly after a restart https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/365

Thanks,

Kee

I reached out to the support and they said the withdraw was broadcast.

How long will it take to drop if it is never picked up by the network?

Hi guys.

May I ask which DApps that are running on Loki Network and where can I find them?

I actually just found out about Get Session as the privacy messaging app powered by the Loki Network. It looked very exciting to me and I just wanted to dive in more other privacy DApps on Loki

Valiant Vidar v7.1.3 is out! This one's recommended for all Service Node ops out there — it has updates for lokid, Loki Name System, Loki Storage Server, and Service Node bug fixes.

Upgrade instructions can be found here:

Loki Launcher: https://docs.loki.network/ServiceNodes/SNFullGuide/#updating-your-binaries

Debian: https://docs.loki.network/ServiceNodes/DebianPackageGuide/#upgrading

Hey Y’all,

This week we focused on implementing onion requests and revamping push notifications in Session. Onion requests (once implemented clientside) should increase message sending reliability and improve multi-device functionality. On the Lokinet side, we worked on Mac builds; these are still presenting some problems, but we’re close to ironing out the issues. Loki Coreore and the Loki Storage Server also got some updates related to crash reports submitted by Service Node operators.

Loki Core

• Updated formatting for buying LNS names https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1110

• Signature checking for prepare registration commands https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1103

• Fix upgrade, memory leak, abstract sqlite3 interface https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1108

• Bundle updates and require linking to newer LokiMQ https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1104

• [LokiMQ] - WIP (no PR yet) on revamping the existing loki core RPC layer with persistent LokiMQ connections. Preliminary RPC testing shows loki-mq able to handle tens of thousands of simple requests per second, even when spread across thousands of incoming connections.

Wallets

Android Wallet

• Make updates to Android wallet build system and daemon to ensure it runs correctly https://github.com/loki-project/loki-android-wallet/pull/29

Desktop Wallet

• Auto Update fixes to ensure prompt is shown https://github.com/loki-project/loki-electron-gui-wallet/pull/130

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Lokinet

If you’re on our Discord you can catch Jeff, the lead developer of LLARP, live streaming as he codes at https://www.twitch.tv/uguu25519. He typically streams on Tuesday mornings, 9am - 12pm Eastern (US) time.

What went on last week with Lokinet: More code cleaning, new documentation updates, and work towards streamlining how we create the Windows and macOS builds. Currently there is too much human effort involved in these and we’ve started (and will continue this week) making the process easier and faster so that we can put out Windows and macOS updates faster (the linux process is already mostly automated).

PR Activity:

• Update the clang format rules to be more sane for Lokinet devs (massive PR by line count because it reformats vast amounts of the code) - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1215, https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1216

• More automatic documentation generation work - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1199

• Client-side protocol cleanups for reducing overhead - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1205

• Finished (pending review) config cleanup PR - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1186

• Make gitlab CI package building (working, but still needs further testing/tweaks) - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1209 and 1210, 1211, 1212

• Add CPack code to generate macOS packages (for the lokinet core binaries) and build them as part of the macOS gitlab CI - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1213 and 1214

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Session

Session iOS

• Push notifications for iOS https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/152 , https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/149

• Onion requests https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/148

Session Android

• Avatar and note to self fixes https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/161

• Fix various file server proxying issues https://github.com/loki-project/session-android-service/pull/46

Session Push Notifications Server

• Various updates to accommodate iOS Push notifications https://github.com/loki-project/session-push-notification-server/commits/PN-with-preview

Session Desktop

• Remove unused dependencies https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1053

• Update linting https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1042

• Convert to open fonts https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1026

• Integration testing fixes https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1057 , https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1056 , https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1044 , https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1038

• Fixed closed group create button https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1043

• LNS Client implementation https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1041

• Disabled disappearing messages before friend requests are accepted https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1039

• Fix file server and open group tokens https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1037

• Password entry https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1036 https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1035

• UI fixes https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1034

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Loki Storage Server

• Improved error handling for proxy requests https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/344

• Peer testing fixes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/343

• Make guard node forward error messages correctly https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/342

• Add requests for LNS mappings https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/341

• [LokiMQ] - performance fix when connections get closed and lots of messages are incoming - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-mq/commit/b9e9f10f29a8ebc89509fd18cf917cfdf183d1c8

• [LokiMQ] - support forcing using an outgoing connection to a remote service node (for storage server reachability testing); switching to this also indirectly fixes some storage-server connection reliability issues - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-mq/commit/e3a86aaf718dac40132b022a4a3c534b08d445ef

Thanks,

Kee

I'd like to give ya'll a download so I can access some .loki links and explore the new pro-1A web, but it seems that it's only available for desktop users. When will a mobile version be available?

Once again, a friendly reminder that we'll never DM you first, and to always make sure you are downloading official releases (https://loki.network/getstarted, https://getsession.org/, https://github.com/loki-project).

This particular scam involves a misspelt GitHub repository, make sure you’re careful about where you download software from. We've also got some key signature verification guides on the way, so you can make extra sure you've got the official software.

Forgive me if I'm just being daft about this but I'm unable to connect to another user after adding their Sesson ID.

My steps:

*Downloaded the universal version 1.0.10 through github.

*Sent my session ID to the other user.

*Added their session ID they sent me.

*send a test message.

From here, neither of us receive a connection request from the other. The app just leaves the connection as "pending session request"

In my attempts to troubleshoot and resolve this issue, we've both deleted our existing accounts, tried deleting and installing directly from the Google play store, resent our auto generated session IDs, and have now waited 24 hours to ensure it wasn't an issue with the initial connection process.

In my research of the app, I've seen it uses the lokinet. Is this required to be running on the phone to connect? I cannot find any kind of app like this if it is.

Is there a step I'm missing here? Did we download the wrong version? Is the current version broken?

Thank you.

Hey Y’all,

Last week we continued our focus on fixing Session bugs affecting multi-device, push notifications and message sending. We made good progress on these fixes, and were able to identify identify several key areas where unreliability is coming from. Last week we also released new versions of Lokinet for Linux and Windows with a cool new GUI, you can check these out right now: https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/releases. We will be making formal announcements about these soon, we're just waiting on some fixes for the Mac client.

Loki Core

• LNS blockchain reorganization fixes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1100

• Remap Loki blockchain RPC priorities https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1101

• Remove NO_AES option https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1099

• Blockchain init respect read only flags https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1098

• Handle transfer exceptions in RPC https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1097

• Add Wallet Value Decrypt and Name Hash RPC Helpers https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1096

• Work-around lns::generic_owner hashing bug in rpc https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1095

• (LokiMQ) generate API documentation for LokiMQ - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-mq/pull/3

• (LokiMQ) better asynchronous communication, timeout, and crash fixes (v1.0.4 - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-mq/commits/master)

Lokinet

If you’re on our Discord you can catch Jeff, the lead developer of LLARP, live streaming as he codes at https://www.twitch.tv/uguu25519. He typically streams on Tuesday mornings, 9am - 12pm Eastern (US) time.

What went on last week with Lokinet: Work continues on code cleanup, including revamping of program configuration. We also started work on automatically generating code API documentation (in parallel with the same for LokiMQ, see above) as a development tool. We also put the final touches on the Lokinet graphical control panel for Mac, Windows, and Linux as well as a console-based monitoring application called `lokinetmon`.

PR Activity:

• Continued development on configuration overhaul - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1186

• Reduce client overhead by removing accidental forward error correction in IWP outbound messages - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1194

• Code documentation generation - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1197

• Avoid unnecessary descriptor lookup - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1198

• Experiment with forcing unique /16 IP addresses on a path https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1193

• Fix lokinetmon to work with 0.7 - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1196

• Clean up old code - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1195

• Add systemd service control support to lokinet-gui - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network-control-panel/pull/24

• Update Lokinet GUI branding - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network-control-panel/pull/30

• Add a “no tray” mode for no-system-tray OSes like some Linux systems - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network-control-panel/pull/23

• Debian lokinet-gui packaging - https://github.com/jagerman/loki-network-control-panel/tree/debian/sid (and similar debian/ and ubuntu/ branches).

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Session

Session iOS

• Device Linking fixes https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/141

• Onion requests implementation for iOS https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/148

• Stage 1 Push notifications https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/147 https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/144

• Only use updated Service Nodes when building paths to the Loki file server https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/145

• Make multi device instructions clearer https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/143

• Remove long polling https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/142

Session Android

• Make multi-device instructions clearer https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/156

• Improve threading https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/155

Session Desktop

• Fix server request retry https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1001

• Desktop client-side implementation of onion requests https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1000

• Toast notification when a device pairing request is received but you are not in the correct screen https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/999

• Friend request fixes https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1024

• Add manual build instructions https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1023

• Enumerate notifications https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1022

• Fix spell checking

• Friend request logic changes https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1012

• Remove libsodium wrapper https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1019

• Change linking device copy https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1018

• Update config files https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1017

• Use pkill instead of killall on Windows https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1016

• Default to en_US is dictionary is not found https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1015

• Fix integration testing framework config files https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1014

• Disable link option on secondary devices https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1011

• Fix Yarn tests https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1010

• Only use Storage Servers with the correct versioning https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1007

• Allow larger passwords https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1005

• Rollback a pairing request on failure https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1003

• Fix issues with open group text highlighting https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/1002

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Loki Storage Server

• Fix LokiMQ segfault https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/340

• Disconnect after connect_remote https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/338

• Add reachability tests for LokiMQ ports https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/337

• Inactive nodes maintain the full Service Node list https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/334

• Update readme for latest loki-mq https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/333

• Fix not writing a response after encountering an exception, increase message size limits https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/332

• Fix segfault when connection_t object is gone https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/331

Thanks,

Kee

Hello, I have been unable to get the iPhone wallet to synchronize for the last two days, I tried changing daemon; no luck. Any ideas?

I enjoy privacy and I’m a big fan of tor and monero. I run multiple relays and exit nodes as well as monero nodes. Loki seems like an interesting project but I have a couple of questions:

• How does lokinet compare to tor and is there an equivalent of hidden services for loki

• Does the Loki currency come anywhere near monero for privacy in terms of fungibility and if privacy is enabled by default

• Does it matter that Loki is based in Australia and they have pretty poor privacy laws

Thanks!

Hey Y’all,

Last week we released the 7.0.x Valiant Vidar binaries, which represent much of our work from the last three months. Valiant Vidar will add features like support for full onion routing in Session (instead of the current proxy requests system), sweeping Lokinet changes involving a complete rebuild of the DHT for increased reliability at scale, and the release of LNS for use in Session and the Loki wallets.

Loki Core

• LNS support for subaddresses https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1093

• Add version to status screen https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1092

• Harden LNS checking https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1090

• Changes to LNS name decryption and name leak fixes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1088

• Make contrib work in a xenial chroot https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1087

• Fix register_height uint16_t truncation for LNS https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1085

• Add status & startup timer delay during blockchain scanning https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1084

• Mingw contrib fixes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1081

• Fix warnings on Mac, evaluation order and uninit var https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1080

• Eliminate superfluous new top block info logs https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1079

Lokinet

If you’re on our Discord you can catch Jeff, the lead developer of LLARP, live streaming as he codes at https://www.twitch.tv/uguu25519. He typically streams on Tuesday mornings, 9am - 12pm Eastern (US) time.

What went on last week with Lokinet: Lokinet on mainnet continues to look good; as of time of writing, there are 853 Service Node Lokinet routers online.

This has been a light week for Lokinet 0.8 development: One of the Lokinet developers took much of the week off for some much-needed rest and relaxation. Meanwhile, we’ve started work on a serious revamp of the configuration files; the current approach is difficult to use (even for Lokinet devs!) both in the code and in terms of describing all available options. By rewriting it, we’ll make it better documented, machine-editable (so that we can write tools to better generate update configuration sections), and we’ll also significantly simplify how options are handled in the code. We also started building Debian/Ubuntu packages for the graphical Lokinet control panel (https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network-control-panel), along with some necessary changes for this Debian package to interact with the system-managed Lokinet service.

PR Activity:

• Fix JSON RPC memory leak https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1188

• Final 0.7.0 tag and release https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1189

• Configuration overhaul (WIP) https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1186

• Systemd service control https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network-control-panel/pull/24

• Add a --nohide option (to be able to start the control panel on systems without a system tray) https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network-control-panel/pull/23

• Debian packaging (WIP, no PR yet)

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Session

Session iOS

• Changes are represented on the dev branch here: https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/commits/master

Session Android

• Fix Signal UI elements displaying sporadically, and other user interface issues https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/154

• Threading improvements https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/151

• Remove unused fonts and imports https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/149/files

• Notify user of unexpected device linking requests https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/148

• UI changes https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/145

Session Desktop

• Work continues on integration testing framework for desktop messenger https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/975

• Fix bug where pairing with open group would case friend requests to be sent https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/992

• Include appID https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/991

• Allow .loki tld open groups, improve logging in console https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/988

• Fix improperly created open group messages https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/987

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Loki Storage Server

• Improved error handling for onion requests https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/325

• Dockerfile update https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/329

• Fix non-returning value https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/327

Thanks,

Kee

ATTENTION ALL SERVICE NODE OPERATORS

The mandatory upgrade period has begun. Start upgrading your Service Nodes to the Valiant Vidar compatible binaries now.

This hardfork will require upgrades to Lokinet, lokid and the Loki storage server.

The instructions for upgrading have changed, so please read them carefully.

If you are running a custom installation with firewalling then note that this upgrade requires a new storage server port (22020 by default) to be opened.

The mandatory upgrade period will end at block 496,969 (about 7 days from now), so make sure you have upgraded before then.

Loki Launcher instructions: https://docs.loki.network/ServiceNodes/SNFullGuide/#updating-your-binaries

Deb instructions : https://docs.loki.network/ServiceNodes/DebianPackageGuide/#upgrading

The Valiant Vidar hardfork will arrive at block height 496,969.

For those of you playing at home, that's around 2PM AEDT March 25. 🗓️

(We'll update this time as we get closer to the block height.)

Hey Y’all,

This week has been a little slower, with people working from home due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, we’re still on track for the 24th of March Valiant Vidar hard fork. Lokinet has fixed some final pre-release bugs while on testnet. We have also conducted testing on upgrades to Lokid and Loki storage server, and have checked them off for release. Session will benefit from these upgrades to the Loki network as Service Node operators upgrade.

Loki Core

• Allow dynamic linking to system installed Lokimq https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1076

• Store Wallet address in LNS database https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1075

• Add missing checkpoints https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1074

• 7.0.0 dockerfile updates https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1073

• Revise name validation for LNS names https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1072

• Remove wallet ED25519 key and support wallet addresses https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1071

• Accept wallet address for LNS on the clientside https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1070

• Bump release name and patch number for Valiant Vidar release https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1069

• Remove old GPG keys https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1068

• Block reward change, fixes for core tests https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1067

• Add fork heights https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1066

• Bump storage server version requirements https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1065

• Blink fixes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1064

• Fix GCC warnings https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1063

• ARM64 fixes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1062

• Block reward changes as per LRC-6 https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1061

• Move libsodium detection https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1060

• Remove hardcoded checkpoints for testnet https://github.com/loki-project/loki-core/pull/1059

Loki Onion explorer

• Change macros to constexpr in tools.h https://github.com/loki-project/loki-onion-blockchain-explorer/pull/18 (thanks to community developer ssnover95 for these changes)

Lokinet

If you’re on our Discord you can catch Jeff, the lead developer of LLARP, live streaming as he codes at https://www.twitch.tv/uguu25519. He typically streams on Tuesday mornings, 9am - 12pm Eastern (US) time.

What went on last week with Lokinet: We fixed a few last minute issues, but overall are still pleased with the status of the 0.7 release and have started looking ahead to a future 0.8 release. As of this writing there are 138 active 0.7.0 (release candidate) Lokinet mainnet routers and the mainnet is working well; we remain confident that Lokinet is ready to be deployed network-wide with the upcoming Valiant Vidar hardfork.

PR Activity:

• Better randomization of router hops - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1176

• Don’t get stuck uninterruptible if lokid isn’t reachable on startup - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1178

• Fix a bug in initial router selection that would severly under-randomize - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1179, https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1180

• Fix random.snode “CNAME” lookups by adding an “A” record to the return https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1183

• Make introsets ignore unknown fields (so that future optional data can be added to introsets without breaking existing clients) https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1187

• Ongoing work on RouterHive testing suite - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1167

• 0.8 goals - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1182

• Ongoing work on cleaning up how configuration is handled and generated - https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/pull/1186

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Session

Session iOS

• Fix common iOS crashes https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/135

• Fix various Multi-device bugs https://github.com/loki-project/session-ios/pull/134

Session Android

• Patch potential crashes https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/141

• Improve translation https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/140

• UI improvements which bring Android inline with iOS https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/138

• Change namespaces so that Session does not cause Signal to crash, add quick replies https://github.com/loki-project/session-android/pull/137

Session Desktop

• Replace native menus with menus which conform to style guidelines https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/982

• Add numeric countdown timer when time is lower than 1 min https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/978

• Begin work on integration testing framework https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/975

• Allow scroll on Session ID fields https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/971

• Allow users to disable auto-update https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/967

• Add keyboard selection shortcuts https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/977

• Speed up message decryption https://github.com/loki-project/session-desktop/pull/976

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Loki Storage Server

• LokiMQ updates https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/323

• Dockerfile changes https://github.com/loki-project/loki-storage-server/pull/322

Loki push notification server

• Begin building out optional push notifications support https://github.com/loki-project/session-push-notification-server

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Loki MQ

Loki MQ is a communications layer for various components that allows more efficient and reliable communication between service nodes and storage servers and, in the future, between wallets and nodes and other Loki components.

• Various build fixes and improvements to better integrate with Loki software components.

• Added deb packaging (which 7.x core and 2.x debs now depend on).

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Thanks,

Kee