Alephium Bridge

**Weekly development highlights:** - **Core dApp advancement**: Team prepared visuals, researched user needs, and began wireframing for the upcoming Core dApp - **Reliability improvements**: Enhanced error handling across explorer backend, bridge infrastructure, and Extension Wallet - **Groupless Address support**: Improved transaction signing functionality in Extension Wallet - **Infrastructure updates**: Migrated artifacts registry and fixed bridge redeem page issues - **Technical fixes**: Continued work on conflicted transaction support in explorer backend

**Alephium ($ALPH) has integrated with SafePal Extension Wallet**, expanding accessibility for users. This integration follows SafePal's previous support for ALPH through their mobile wallet, which already provided access to various Alephium dApps. **Key benefits:** - Enhanced wallet ecosystem support - Easier access to ALPH tokens - Continued expansion of Alephium's reach The partnership strengthens the connection between SafePal's wallet infrastructure and the Alephium blockchain ecosystem.

**Alephium announces Phase 2 roadmap release** The $ALPH team will publish their **Phase 2 article and roadmap tomorrow** after community anticipation. - Major development milestone for the blockchain project - Community has been waiting for updated direction - Previous roadmap updates generated significant user engagement This roadmap will likely outline Alephium's next development priorities and timeline for upcoming features.

**Ralph-LSP v0.3.27** introduces a major upgrade with **Soft Parser** technology, improving the development experience for Alephium's Ralph smart contract language. **Key improvements:** - Soft Parser maintains IDE functionality even with incomplete code - Developers retain access to navigation and references while typing - More reliable coding experience compared to strict parsers that break This update brings Ralph development closer to mainstream programming language standards, making it easier for developers to build on Alephium. [Download Ralph-LSP v0.3.27](http://github.com/alephium/ralph-lsp/releases/tag/v0.3.27)

DIA Oracle has launched its Grants program and Mainnet staking functionality, marking a significant development in blockchain infrastructure. Alephium is participating in this initiative aimed at supporting developers and accelerating dApp innovation. This follows DIA's recent Lumina mainnet launch, which introduced fully on-chain, verifiable oracle capabilities. - Grants program now active - Mainnet staking operational - Supporting next-gen dApp development Developers can now apply for grants and participate in the staking program.

Alephium's latest Danube upgrade introduces significant improvements to smart contract development: - **Chained Contract Calls**: Enables multi-step transactions like A→B→C swaps in one TX - **Auto-handling** of dust amounts and deposits, reducing boilerplate code - **Enhanced Security** with new caller identification functions - **Improved Developer Tools** including unit testing in Ralph The upgrade maintains UTXO security while enabling greater composability and cleaner DeFi workflows. Developers can now build more complex dApps with less code and lower risk of bugs. [Learn more about Danube features](https://docs.alephium.org/ralph/danube-features/)

Key development updates from the Alephium team: - **Backend Improvements**: New BlockFlow algorithm implementation reduces high CPU usage on testnet through enhanced mining job handling - **Infrastructure Updates**: Testnet explorer backend successfully migrated to match mainnet specifications - **Wallet Development**: - Desktop Wallet v3.0 in final testing phase with new stackable notifications - Mobile Wallet v2.1.2 awaiting Apple approval, v2.1.3 available on TestFlight - Website CMS evaluation ongoing with multiple options under review Documentation expanded to include third-party contract interaction guides. ESLint configurations improved across projects.

**Key Updates This Week:** - Mobile wallet optimizations include reduced battery drain and data usage, with auto-download disabled for large NFT files - Desktop wallet received UX improvements with better tab navigation and new token activity features - Design team started work on new brand identity and logo refresh - Backend improvements include BlockFlow optimization tests and sync v2 restrictions to testnet nodes - Infrastructure team successfully tested sync v2 in isolated testnet environment *Technical improvements focus on performance and user experience across all platforms.*