# Handshake Developer Call 6/11/2020

## News

### Bob Wallet Release 0.3.0

The latest release of Bob wallet is available on Github. This is a high impact project for Handshake and could definitely use more contributors.

https://github.com/kyokan/bob-wallet/releases/tag/v0.3.0

### Documentation Upgrades

A lot of fixes/upgrades to the docs were recently merged.

https://github.com/handshake-org/handshake-org.github.io/pull/69
https://github.com/handshake-org/handshake-org.github.io/pull/71
https://github.com/handshake-org/handshake-org.github.io/pull/75
https://github.com/handshake-org/handshake-org.github.io/pull/76
https://github.com/handshake-org/handshake-org.github.io/pull/77
https://github.com/handshake-org/handshake-org.github.io/pull/78
https://github.com/handshake-org/handshake-org.github.io/pull/80

### Handshake featured on ZeroKnowledge

Handshake was recently featured on the ZeroKnowledge podcast.

https://www.zeroknowledge.fm/132

### ReadyLayerOne Talk on YouTube

Handshake was featured at ReadyLayerOne and the talk is now available on YouTube. This gives a high level overview of what Handshake is and how to use a Handshake full node to participate in name auctions.

https://youtu.be/IUC9XJS0OZw

## Issues/PRs

### Wallet `FINALIZE` Balance Bug

When accounting for balances in the wallet, the `FINALIZE` covenant was overlooked and it could throw off the account balance.

https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd/pull/464

### Block Flat File Storage

`hsd` currently stores block data in LevelDB, this is not a long term scalable solution. This pull request adds a `bitcoind` style flat file storage for blocks. After this code was added to `bcoin`, the initial block download time decreased by ~30%.

https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd/pull/469

### hnsd Mainnet

`hnsd` has open pull requests that add support for mainnet. These still need thorough review and dogfooding.

https://github.com/handshake-org/hnsd/pull/29
https://github.com/handshake-org/hnsd/pull/30
https://github.com/handshake-org/hnsd/pull/31
https://github.com/handshake-org/hnsd/pull/32

### Tracking Upstream Wallet Bugfixes

Some `bcoin` wallet bugfixes are being patched. These fixes should be considered for `hsd`.

https://github.com/handshake-org/hsd/issues/468

### bcrypto x509 JSON Interface

A JSON interface to create x509 certificates using bcrypto.

https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcrypto/pull/47

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