Have you been reading steemitblog updates? Pretty soon we won't be doing wallet operations from steemit.com!
I hope you're following @steemitblog updates. Recently they've been pinned to the right side of your feed page, if you use steemit.com, so they are pretty hard to miss, even if you don't follow this account directly.
And reading these updates is very important, because they either refer to steemit.com (the condenser), a still very popular interface for steem, or for other critical aspects of Steem, like the blockchain itself, or layers built on top of it (hivemind, communities). And obviously SMTs, when their time will come. Recently there were marketing updates too, related to smaller or bigger wins for Steem in relation to other crypto entities (namely exchanges, and STEEM listing).
All reasons to stay updated with these news, if you are involved in Steem, especially if you have some skin in it.
Now, I hope you paid attention to the last few updates from @steemitblog, because they are saying steemit.com (the condenser) is undergoing (almost over actually) a series of changes which will separate the wallet part from the social app.
The social app will continue to be accessible from steemit,com, while the wallet will be stripped out from this site and available on a different domain, not yet communicated.
Let me tell you that security-wise and as a way to reduce costs too, this is a valid solution.
Here's a good quote from a few weeks back:
A wallet-only app will be launched at a separate domain. On the Social app we will implement a warning dialog for when the user attempts to log in with anything other than their Posting Key. This is in preparation for restrictions that will coincide with the removal of wallet functionality from the Social app and will disallow logging in with the Master Password entirely.
After this separation, there will be much easier to develop the social app, for example. And I think there are some hints that this will follow. They are needed, of course.
We can do pretty much the same thing from busy so it's not that much of a big deal.
It's not a big deal indeed. Just saying, because I'm pretty sure many who don't follow these news will begin to wonder what's going on and why there's no more wallet in steemit.com.
Except Steemit will still have a wallet, but at a different domain. Just a piece of information.
Apparently some interpreted my blog title as Steemit is discontinuing wallet ops, which is not the case!
I think that is regulatory issue. Otherwise steemit.inc would work like Bank.
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I'm not aware of any regulatory issue. Please explain.
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we have seen in the case of @thedarkoverlord that steemit.com thus steemit.inc is quite strict if it comes to possible legal issues with american authorities. This user is not usuable via the side.
partiko/busy/steempeak are not that resticted (and probably still will offer a wallet).
Steemit will still offer the wallet! Just not from steemit.com. It will be from a different domain.
Lets see. Sounds complicated another domain = more money to host/ watch for.
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I think this will actually simplify things for them. But you are right, let's see first!
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Yes @gadrian I think @elipowell is focusing on making @steemit a profitable business via Steemit.com.
Yes, since steemit.com continues to be a main entry point to Steem, I think it should be kept updated with the times. It's better for business too.
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