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Board Web Wallets
Re: Blockchain.info - Bitcoin Block explorer & Currency Statistics
by
piuk
on 08/10/2013, 15:35:14 UTC
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/my-wallet/
"We're sorry, but we can't find what you're looking for."

I am wondering if the extension is still maintained and secure to use.

It is still being maintained. The not found error is a bug in the extension gallery. Unfortunately it will take mozilla 2-4 weeks to review the update before it will be available again.

The latest xpi is available here: https://github.com/blockchain/My-Wallet-Firefox-Extension/blob/master/blockchain.xpi

Hi piuk, apologies if this has been asked before but how is the blockchain.info websocket API implemented and is it open sourced somewhere?  If not, would you consider open sourcing it?  I'd like to host my own version of it.

It currently not open source. You could use Bitcoinj and tomcat (with built in websocket support) to create your own version.

Since you (piuk) are considered as a reliable person, are you thinking to become also a gateway for the Ripple network?
Users will need to move their Bitcoin to temporary btc addresses owned by you (blockchain.info), and then you will move IOU BTC to the Ripple addresses of users.

I believe the plan for the moment is to be exclusively Bitcoin, this could certainly change in future.

Chrome Blockchain App updated to 3.0.2.  Can we get a list of changes made?

It incorporates changes from this commit: https://github.com/blockchain/My-Wallet/commit/d68a836399c7570789d4abb3d4232c5a86bb9734

No end user changes.

- Added Filersaver.js for better cross browser support when downloading wallet backups client side.
- For authentication rather than the sharedKey being passed in full each request it is now hashed using a TOTP scheme, that way if it was intercepted for any reason (no SSL) it is valid for only a few seconds. As a side effect the javascript client now syncs with server time when the wallet is opened.