Mazaclub Releases New Multi-Currency Wallet Software-
Encompass 0.2.2
Thursday, February 5, 2015- Today, Mazaclub released Encompass, their new multi-currency wallet based on a port of the lightweight bitcoin client, Electrum. While the initial release supports Mazacoin, Bitcoin, & Litecoin, mazaclub has provided the means for developers to implement new coins immediately. Encompass is an aggregation point for altcoin and bitcoin electrum forks - through the use of "ChainKey Modules,” Encompass allows existing electrum code and servers to be quickly added - by any developer. Properly implemented modules sent to mazaclub in Pull Requests on github will be included in future release distributions. Encompass is HD BIP-0044 compatible, and uses a single deterministic seed to secure the private keys for an unlimited number of currencies- including currencies not yet implemented. All currencies added to the wallet in the future will see keys derived from the original seed. Encompass is currently available for Windows and Linux, and should work on any system with Python installed. Download Encompass 0.2.2 from github here: https://github.com/mazaclub/encompass/releases/latest
Encompass’ primary author, Tyler Willis (Kefkius), explains Encompass: “It works by using a master key; new currencies can be added at any point in the future. As long as you have that master key, you control your wallets for every currency, and every currency that will ever be added. With an existing Electrum port for a coin, you can have a Chainkey module that can be used to easily add that coin to Encompass. A Chainkey module is just a small portion of Electrums forked code. Encompass is fully BIP-0044 compatible. All key derivation follows the HD model described in BIP-0044. Electrum’s wallet structure is already very thoughtful, which made it easy to implement multi-coin HD BIP-0044 key derivation in Encompass.”
Rob Nelson (guruvan), mazaclub founder and Project coordinator of the Mazacoin Development Team said “Encompass is a first step in mazaclub’s journey to interconnect blockchains that serve distinct purposes. As we develop more applications that use multiple blockchains to achieve a single goal, we need simple tools to work with them. With Encompass, developers have the opportunity to incorporate not only more blockchains, but specialized plugin apps, or even applications that use Encompass as backend wallet server, replacing many functions of heavyweight coind applications.”
About Mazaclub:
At Mazaclub, we create products and services to spread the development and use of Mazacoin and blockchain technologies to businesses and consumers. We provide mining services, network services such as https://mazacha.in/ and are developing mazachain based gaming technologies for tribal casinos throughout North America. Mazaclub is bringing Mazacoin to the forefront of North American cryptocurrency usage. Visit our website here: https://maza.club/ or follow us on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/mazaclubMZC Join us on freenode IRC in #mazaclub.
