Bob is a Handshake wallet with an integrated full node.

Most discussion around Bob is on the forum. Please go there to report issues and send feedback. The forum is also where we'll post announcements.

This is beta software, so use it at your own risk! We expect to exit beta soon.

Most users (especially those who are unsure how to install Bob) should use the prebuilt binaries in this repo's releases page.

Note: this screenshot is unlikely to age well but the filetypes are highlighted so you know what to install. It says 0.2.6 here but you should always look for the latest version. .dmg - mac .msi - windows

Interested developers are welcome to build the app with:

npm install
npm run package

contributions are very welcome.

Bob supports all of the following features:

1. Name auctions
2. DNS record management
3. Send/receive coins
4. Airdrop claims
5. Name watchlists

Please report issues to the #bob-support topic on our forum. While this is preferred, the team sometimes responds to queries in our unofficial Telegram channel.

Please don't report security issues to GitHub. Instead, send an e-mail to [email protected] describing your issue. Our PGP key's fingerprint is 9FDB 9D49 4A60 87E8 E61A 3F9E 2DCA AB4D D4B6 04F1.

To build Bob from source, clone the repo and run npm install. Then, run npm run dev to start a local development server. Note that changes to code running in Electron's main process will require a restart of the development server.

To package the application for Mac, run npm run package. This will create a DMG and app bundle. Similarly, to bundle for Windows or Linux run npm run package-win or npm run package-linux, respectively.