What about the software wallet?
The Skycoin software wallet has plenty of exciting new developments underway, and we are able to share two exciting new features with you today!
The first new feature that we want to share is the development of Skycoin OTC functionality in our Skycoin software wallets. Simply put, Skycoin OTC will allow our community to buy Skycoin directly from the Skycoin wallet! That means no dealing with exchanges and their purchasing fees. The woes of dealing with exchanges with extended withdrawal times are no more. Wondering “Where is my Skycoin?” will be a thought left in the past. You can sleep easy, knowing that hackers won’t be able to claim your coins if an exchange gets attacked.
The rates on the Skycoin OTC will be the same as the lowest market rate across any exchange, you never have to shop around for the exchange with the best price as that best price will be available to you right from your wallet.
Secondly, the new version of the Skycoin software wallet will have the ability to shapeshift your coins, free of charge. Wallets like Exodus are great, beautiful wallets. One of the best features of a wallet like Exodus is the ability to directly trade any coin you own for any coin they support, all without an exchange.
We are taking that page out of the Exodus book and expanding on it. Not only will you be able to directly convert any coin you hold in the Skycoin wallet for any other coin that the wallet supports, we are going to let you do this free of charge. Exodus charges 1% per shape shift, and we feel that is just too much. The idea of losing some coins every time you decide to grab something new is not an idea we want to support. We want you to keep all of your coins, regardless of which ones you hold. We believe in freedom, and not having to pay fees for things that should be free — so we decided to build that functionality ourselves.
