Hey everyone.

Welcome to Weekly Update 106. This week’s development on GitHub focused on testing, getting dependencies up-to-date, and some UX improvements across many of the project repositories. Let’s dive into it!

Development progress

The development progress towards the Alderaan milestone goal continues to march forward. In the Raiden client repository, the developers focused on: upgrading the Web3 library, stress testing the Matrix transport layer and minor refactoring. Upgrading the web3 library to the latest release offers similar performance, however, it is always a good idea to be up-to-date with dependencies. In order to stress-test the Matrix transport layer, a custom tool was created. The tool provided valuable insight into the limitations of the Matrix transport layer and some of its quirks.

An important task addressed in the light client repository last week is the state upgrade handling. This feature allows future upgrades without breaking compatibility for the user. Furthermore, by enabling users to download and backup the progress of their channels (as a JSON file), the file can be used in a different browser or machine as long as there’s access to the same private key. In parallel to working on new features, the developers also did more in-depth testing of all the features to make sure light client is ready for the EthCC workshop next week.

The Raiden Wizard, an onboarding tool for the Raiden client, was freshened up. The developers addressed an issue related to selecting an available port and are working on minor Infura related improvements.

Following some user-feedback, the WebUI received some quality of life design changes to make the quick connect (connection manager) less confusing. The quick-connect dialog is now shown if the user tries to do a token transfer but does not yet have any channels.

Conclusion

This is the final weekly update of February, next week we’re looking forward to the continued tradition of the Raiden team attending EthCC. For anyone who’s in the area and interested to get involved in the ecosystem and meet like-minded people then it’s the place for you, check out the After Movie from last year to get a sense of what to expect and the atmosphere. If you have any questions about this Weekly Update or Raiden Network in general then please leave a comment and we’ll get back to you the best we can.

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Cheers!