v0.8.0

Let's go, Blixt Wallet v0.8.0 is here! ⚡

Common

• Migrated the app to React Native New Architecture. This should result in a more rapid app
• Changed the lnd backend to our new open-source react-native-turbo-lnd lib
• Changed Tor backend by our new open-source react-native-nitro-tor lib
• Changed Sqlite backend by our new open-source react-native-turbo-sqlite lib
• Updated lnd to 0.18.4
• Updated Transaction log, contact list and onchain transaction log to use Legend List, resulting in better performance
• Changed Settings screen to use FlatList, resulting in better performance
• Google Drive and iCloud errors when restoring is now being properly displayed
• Fixed a bug in the channel force close button logic
• Remote channel reserve has been bumped from 360->1000 sats due to some node implementation requiring higher than dust limit

Android

• Rewrote the periodic chain syncing job from scratch
• Added new chain syncing report screens. Available from settings -> Debug

Miscellaneous

• The project can now be bootstrapped with nix
• Blixt Wallet for macOS is not being updated to 0.8.0 at this due to issues with React Native New Architecture
• Sync job does currently not support Tor and is disabled if Tor is used inside Blixt Wallet
• GrapheneOS with the combination MTE and hardened_malloc is currently not working. Disable in app info for the app

Contributors

• Hampus Sjöberg (@hsjoberg)
• DarthCoin (@Darth-Coin)
• Kevin Cai (@djkazic)
• Nitesh Balusu (@niteshbalusu11)
• spacaps (@spacaps)

SHA256 hashes

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