fluidkey
Add a "development" wallets category
Hello,
I contributed a month ago, and I liked the project. I was looking for any wallets that helped me during my development cycles.
I started using Rivet which I liked, but development seemed slow, and it is broken if you have other wallets installed in your browser, so I forked it and started implementing new features with DevWallet.
I also used EthUI, which is a wallet with a desktop client and other functionalities.
I am pretty sure there's quite a few out there we could research and add as a new category. I can help with the setup and research.
While less glamorous and well supported, I think giving this option to developers is important, as it is an actual productivity tool.
Interesting idea. One reservation I'd voice is that I don't think there is as strong of a need to rate nor compare development wallets, relative to how much that need exists for end-user wallets. It may be sufficient to list development wallets and their respective features (perhaps as a plain table) and that may be sufficient. Would you agree?
I ask because implementing this in the current Walletbeat rating system would complicate it quite a bit code-complexity-wise, because it would otherwise have to be subject to the same rigid rating pipeline structure (wallet feature data -> attributes -> evaluations), and each such attribute would need additional logic to exclude development wallets because 95% of attribute wouldn't matter (e.g. it probably doesn't matter that a development wallet implements a light client, because you're probably running against your own node or a trusted RPC node during development). So if you think a simple "Development wallet list/table" page would be sufficient, I think it'd be great to have it.
On a related note, #273 suggests creating better support for such "just show some static markdown page and integrate it in the site navigation" which this would complement well. #273 was initially for guides but would work well for such a page too.
Thoughts?
Yeah, the categories would have to be more limited and less granular (e.g. desktop vs browser extension, EIP NNN support and features).
Static page would be useful if do not want to add any filter options, which in turn would work with static pages. Will do some research what other wallets exist that are development focused.
Sounds good. I'd say that if there's less than a dozen wallets or so worth listing, then having filter functionality isn't that useful. If there's more, then we should consider making them a proper wallet type with ratings and filters and everything.
Will commit something the next few weeks. A bit overwhelmed now. If you need any help or a pair of extra hands I would be glad to help! @polymutex