We're thrilled to announce the release of Ecency 4.3.8, our most performance-focused update yet. This release brings a major React 19 upgrade, deep SDK improvements, smarter caching, and a wave of refinements across Waves, Decks, and the wallet experience.
Highlights
Performance & Architecture
React 19 upgrade with comprehensive bundle optimization
SDK unification with separated broadcast timeouts and dedicated broadcast modes
hive-tx migration for faster, lighter transaction signing
Parallelized requests with smarter abort logic for stuck queries
SSR timeout handling to keep server rendering snappy
Smarter caching layer for fewer redundant fetches
Waves
My Waves and Your Waves views with Keychain mobile login
Improved images, video thumbnails, and hashtag filtering
Design refresh across the Waves experience
X (Twitter) embed fix on Decks
Wallet & Security
Improved manage/add keys flow
Unified browser extension support (Keychain, Keeper, Peak Vault)
Wallet simplification with speed optimizations
Refresh token signature fix
Balance analytics and unified polls
Editor & Media
HEIC/HEIF auto-conversion on upload
Simplified video uploading flow
LCP image srcset for faster perceived loads
Render helper and DOM parser improvements
Notifications & Real-time
Real-time comment indicator
Notification toast system
Improved notification iframe handling
Query invalidation refinements
Decks
Replaced drag-and-drop package for smoother reordering
Waves embed fixes inside Decks
Self-Hosted
Self-hosted tipping support (thanks @dkildar)
Self-host staging deploy pipeline
Polish
Witness voters pagination fix
Gray content improvements
3Speak thumbnail type safety
Profile cover image refactor
Updated translations via Crowdin
Full Changelog
https://github.com/ecency/vision-next/compare/4.3.7...4.3.8
Thank you to our community for the continued feedback and support. Try it now at ecency.com and let us know what you think!
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Is it also converted on download? That way users who upload HEIC/HEIF elsewhere are able to view it?
Yes, I believe we made the change to https://github.com/ecency/imagehoster.
Try/test it out and let us know if it works as expected
Awesome, thank you!
ohhh, I have to test that...
Sin dudas se han notado cambios, gracias por trabajar en algo que nos da tantas alegrías, gracias Ecency, dejo el mensaje en español para que se sienta mas cercano! 🍀🌟
This update looks really great - faster, smarter, sharper isn’t just a slogan, but something you can already feel in practice. The site feels faster to me, the UI is smoother, and these improvements are very welcome. The Ecency team consistently does an excellent job; you really are one of the best Hive frontends out there. Thank you for all your hard work and for the ongoing improvements!
Good job! All is there to make the experience more fluid.
La actualización a React 19 suena impresionante! Gracias por este esfuerzo constante en optimizar la arquitectura; se nota la dedicación para que la experiencia sea cada vez más fluida y profesional. ¡Excelente trabajo de todo el equipo
The upgrade to React 19 sounds impressive! Thank you for this constant effort to optimize the architecture; the dedication to making the experience smoother and more professional is evident. Excellent work from the whole team
The React 19 upgrade is table stakes at this point — necessary for staying current, but not the story.
The more interesting move in this release is the unified browser extension support: Keychain, Keeper, and Peak Vault working interchangeably across the same interface. That's been fragmented for a while. Different frontends supporting different subsets of the extension stack creates real friction for users who switch between them.
The Waves-in-profile integration is the one I'm most uncertain about. Embedding micro-posts directly in profiles changes the content topology — suddenly the profile page is a feed, not just a bio. I don't have a strong prediction for how that shifts content discovery behavior on Hive, but it's the kind of structural change that tends to have second-order effects that aren't obvious at launch.
The hivetx migration is worth noting alongside Hive Keeper and the mobile release. Three separate Ecency products standardizing on the same transaction library in the same week is a signal about where the stack is heading, not just a tooling upgrade.
The SDK unification with separated broadcast timeouts and dedicated broadcast modes is a detail that most users will never see, but developers building on Hive will. Consistent broadcast behavior across frontends is exactly the kind of boring infrastructure that makes the ecosystem more buildable.
Welcome to the update and the improved features.
good update
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Wow, this is amazing, that's a great deal of work, congratulations to you guys, keep it up. Do we can update the mobile app.
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It's nice to see this new update from Ecency. Especially the initiative to increase the speed of the app and eliminate the problem of iPhone photos (HEIC) is really commendable. I hope that using the app will now be easier and more comfortable for ordinary users. Many thanks to the Ecency team for this great improvement❤️❤️❤️❤️
Gran noticia la evolución del ecosistema de Ecency
Me parece un acierto total la integración del asistente de escritura con IA; es una herramienta que realmente puede marcar la diferencia.
Por otro lado, la apertura hacia MetaMask es un movimiento estratégico brillante. Eliminar las barreras de entrada para usuarios de otras redes es clave para que Hive siga creciendo y atrayendo nuevo talento.
¡Felicidades al equipo de Ecency por este excelente trabajo! Sin duda su trabajo se basa en la experiencia de usuario sea mucho más fluida y accesible. 🚀
Love 💕 to use ecency
I was disappointed that you took out Snaps, I still think waves are not as popular and most of the users don't really participate as much. Maybe more marketing is needing to the larger community but I think that micro blogging is the future.
What do you mean, can you elaborate?
You can do it via decks... https://ecency.com/decks
Fricking verified! MEGA FAST! And I thought it was already fast from a few weeks ago.