Uniswap wants to launch mobile wallet, but Apple won’t greenlight its launch
Uniswap Labs has announced plans to launch a brand new self-custodial cellular pockets that can supply customers the flexibility to swap on layer-1 or layer-2 networks with out having to change blockchain.
In response to Uniswap Labs, the pockets will permit customers to test value charts and seek for any token throughout varied networks, together with Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum and Optimism. To make sure most safety, Uniswap Labs labored with Path of Bits for the audit of the pockets. Moreover, the seed phrases and personal keys of each imported and newly created wallets shall be encrypted and saved on gadgets utilizing Apple’s Safe Enclave, which is excluded from machine backups. Uniswap additionally shared that customers will have the ability to manually retailer their seed phrases with a paper copy or encrypt and retailer it on iCloud.
1/ Introducing the Uniswap cellular pockets ✨
A totally self-custodial, open-sourced cellular app from essentially the most trusted identify in DeFi.
Now out there as a restricted early launch – by way of Apple TestFlight. pic.twitter.com/NmO8c0bXMs
— Uniswap Labs (@Uniswap) March 3, 2023
Regardless of having its first construct permitted in October, Uniswap Labs has confronted points with Apple’s App Retailer relating to its cellular pockets. Though different self-custody swapping wallets have been permitted, the ultimate construct of Uniswap’s cellular pockets was rejected by Apple only a few days earlier than its deliberate December 2022 launch.
Uniswap Labs shared that it responded to Apple’s issues, answered all its questions, and reiterated that it was compliant with its pointers. Nevertheless, Apple has nonetheless not greenlit the launch, and Uniswap Labs stays in limbo. In consequence, it’s providing early entry to a couple thousand Testflight customers whereas ready for Apple to approve the launch.
Uniswap notes in its announcement:
“Apple received’t green-light our launch and we don’t know why. We’re caught in limbo.”
Associated: Uniswap DAO debate reveals devs nonetheless battle to safe cross-chain bridges
On Feb 6, Cointelegraph reported that members of the Uniswap neighborhood voted in favor of deploying Uniswap v3 on Boba Community’s layer-2 protocol on Ethereum, which signifies that the Boba Community would be the sixth chain to deploy Uniswap v3. The transfer was backed by a number of entities, corresponding to GFX Labs, Blockchain at Michigan, Gauntlet and ConsenSys.
