We’ve been hard at work crafting new releases of Frame including our mainnet alpha. Visit https://frame.sh to try it today!

If you’re new to Frame, I recently gave a talk that gives a good introduction.

What’s New?

Mainnet Support

Switching to use Frame on the mainnet is easy and will soon be the default.

Transaction Monitor

Frame’s transaction monitor will keep you up to date on the status of your transactions so you’re never in the dark.

Access and Verify Addresses

You now have access to more addresses derived from your signer and can verify them directly on your device!

What’s Next?

Persistent Accounts

Our main focus for the next release is on account experience. In particular, the ability to access your accounts when your signing device isn’t connected. This will make using your devices feel much more seamless and lays the groundwork for updates in the accounts pipeline, including new account types!

Join the Team

We’ve built the foundation of Frame but the vision is nowhere near complete. If you want to help unfold the possibilities of a decentralized world for users at every level, email me! jordan@frame.sh

Recently, Frame completed its first security audit conducted by Cure53 and funded by Aragon. We’re happy to report the audit results were very positive. From the official report…

Over the course of this 2018 assessment targeting the Frame desktop application, Cure53 has gained a very positive impression about the security posture of the examined project. Having spent six days on the test-targets in late August and early September of 2018, four Cure53 testers involved in this assessment can ascertain that security is a clear priority for the Frame’s maintainer.

Despite reaching a very good coverage, which was facilitated by having an adequate amount of time invested into this project, only two “Low”-ranking vulnerabilities and four general weaknesses have been spotted. Moreover, the latter four flaws are only “Informational” in nature and pose no immediate threats to the scope. It must be emphasized that this is not a typical result for a test of this kind and, consequently Cure53 is very impressed with the outcome.

You can see the full report here.

In v0.0.7 we addressed and fixed every weakness found by the audit, both “Low” and “Informational”. You can download v0.0.7 here.

I’d like to thank Mario and the team at Cure53. They were a pleasure to work with before, during and after the audit. They were able to supply us with helpful insights and were responsive to any questions that came up. We hope to work with them more in the future. I’d also like to thank Aragon for supporting Frame and making this possible.

We’re very encouraged by the results of the audit and excited to get Frame into the hands of more users. This process was a big step towards our next major milestone, the official mainnet release! Security will continue to be a core focus for Frame moving forward, including future audits.

If you’re a developer, check out Frame’s Developer Prerelease and start using it with your dapps today! If you’re interested working on Frame, email jordan@frame.sh or reach out to @frame_eth on Twitter for more information.

Thanks again to Cure53 and Aragon!

The first official Frame release is here, the developer prerelease!

Frame is an OS-level Ethereum interface that connects users and hardware signers to facilitate secure, transparent dapp interactions. Since Frame lives at the OS-level, it isn’t dependent on a browser or extension store and works with any type of dapp — be it web, desktop or even command line. Frame currently supports macOS, Linux and Windows along with Ledger and Trezor hardware signers.

The developer prerelease is a testnet only release of Frame and is an opportunity for developers to test Frame with their dapps before it moves to the mainnet. After working for months to get to this point I’m excited to start gathering feedback from the community to help shape the future of Frame.

Providing users (especially non-technical users) with a secure and reliable dapp experience is important for adoption. Hardware signers provide a great foundation for this and Frame makes it easy to use them with any dapp. With the help of hardware makers, we will keep improving these integrations and continue innovating on what’s possible.

To get started using Frame visit https://frame.sh

If you’d like to use Frame with existing web dapps you can do so by running Frame and using the Frame browser extension. You can also connect to Frame without the need for a browser extension by pointing a provider to ws://127.0.0.1:1248 or by using eth-provider as a drop-in replacement. Visit github.com/floating/frame for more info.

What’s next?

• Security audit. An audit from Cure53 is around the corner.
• Source and integrate feedback from users and developers. Frame is only useful if it solves real problems for both of these groups.
• Simple node administration. Frame will make it easy for users to opt into running their own node instead of relying on a third-party.
• Payload recognition. Frame will explore ways to add context to payloads to make their intent and effects human recognizable.
• Scaling the team. As fun as it’s been to wear all the hats up to this point, it’s time to grow the team. If you’re interested in working on Frame or just want more information, email me, jordan@frame.sh