Welcome to this week’s Online+ Bulletin, where we track new features, performance updates, and standout moments from the decentralized world of Online+, brought to you by ION’s Product Lead, Yuliia.
🌐 Overview
Online+ continued to evolve this past week, with new features, visual upgrades, and steady growth across the platform. The focus remained on refining performance and preparing for the next phase of development — one centered on turning engagement into real value for users and creators alike.
The latest production version introduced a refreshed wallet interface and a new Swap flow UI, improving both functionality and design. The team also kicked off work on two of the most exciting updates yet — Swaps, which will allow users to exchange coins directly in the app, and Tokenized Communities, a feature that will give creators the tools to monetize their content and build their own ecosystems within Online+. Alongside these, caching optimizations, navigation enhancements, and dozens of fixes across Wallet, Chat, Feed, and Profile further strengthened speed, stability, and overall user experience.
User growth continued to climb, with Online+ now exceeding 808,000 on-chain addresses, adding nearly 100,000 new users in just one week. As more people join and interact, the focus remains split between improving stability and advancing monetization features — including token utility, creator rewards, and ION’s deflationary model — that will bring lasting value to participation on the platform.
Meanwhile, the wider ION ecosystem is expanding in parallel, with progress across decentralized AI, trading, and infrastructure projects that continue to reinforce ION’s foundation for a smarter, more open, and user-owned Internet.
The platform is maturing quickly and growing stronger with every release to shape the kind of on-chain social experience that connects people, creativity, and real economic value.
🛠️ Key Updates
Here’s what we’ve been working on this week to keep Online+ smooth, stable, and evolving with fresh features, optimizations, and under-the-hood improvements.
Feature Updates:
- Wallet → Introduced a redesigned wallet interface for a cleaner and more intuitive experience.
- Wallet → Implemented a new UI for the Swap flow.
- Chat → Optimized caching mechanisms for faster message loading.
- Profile → Introduced a new UI for tokenized communities.
- Profile → Added one-step navigation back from the followers list.
- Profile → Added thousands separators in follower counts for better readability.
Bug Fixes:
- Auth → Fixed issue where profile pictures were not saved after registration.
- Auth → Resolved login issues for users with Samsung Pass.
- Auth → Fixed bug that prompted password entry after enabling biometrics.
- Auth → Canceling registration with a passkey no longer redirects to password registration.
- Wallet → Fixed error when sending small BTC amounts (<0.000001).
- Wallet → Ensured ICE on BSC arrives correctly in wallets.
- Wallet → Resolved issue causing errors when sending ION tokens.
- Chat → Removed empty space in chat list after deleting conversations.
- Chat → Fixed codec conversion errors.
- Chat → Restored missing new conversation indicators.
- Chat → Removed grey border around the Send button in ION Pay messages.
- Feed → Fixed issue preventing some images from uploading.
- Feed → Long post links are now properly shortened.
- Feed → Fixed visual bug where the three-dots menu appeared as a line on some devices.
- Feed → Improved loading speed for comment replies.
- Feed → Adjusted feed font for usernames to match design specifications.
- Feed → Fixed error after quoting one’s own post.
- Feed → Resolved “Something went wrong” error when adding comments.
- Feed → Enforced nudity restrictions on iOS devices.
- Feed → Restored accurate vote counting in polls.
- Profile → Improved resolution for profile pictures on the main network.
- Profile → Fixed bug where the three-dots menu stayed open during scrolling.
- General → Removed stray “Not owned” badge appearing in random places in the app.
💬 Yuliia’s Take
This week was all about fine-tuning the experience while laying the groundwork for what comes next. We’ve been focusing on polishing performance, ironing out small issues, and making sure everything feels fluid and responsive no matter what device you’re on.
At the same time, we kicked off work on two of the most exciting updates yet — Swaps, which will let users exchange coins directly in the app, and Tokenized Communities, a feature that will give creators the tools to monetize their content and grow their own ecosystems inside Online+. It’s a huge step toward making the platform more connected, creative, and rewarding for everyone.
What’s really special now is seeing how Online+ is starting to develop its own rhythm. Every day, more people are joining, sharing, and interacting in ways that make the space feel truly alive. Our job is to keep that experience effortless and enjoyable — make sure that as Online+ grows, it always feels like home for the people who use it.
📢 Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
Online+ keeps growing — not just in numbers, but in depth. While the team worked behind the scenes on polish and performance, the ecosystem around it kept expanding with new partners and a fresh wave of activity.
- aZen, a decentralized AI infrastructure protocol, joined Online+ to connect its network of compute, AI agents, and tokenized resources with the social layer of the new Internet. It’s a big step toward smarter, more connected on-chain experiences, where AI and people can build together.
- AZEx, a fully on-chain perpetual DEX powered by Uniswap v4, also came aboard, bringing open, permissionless trading and liquidity directly into the Online+ ecosystem. It’s DeFi done the way it was meant to be — transparent, user-driven, and completely on-chain.
- And the growth shows no signs of slowing down. Online+ now counts over 808,000 on-chain addresses, adding nearly 100,000 new users in just one week. That’s a consistent 10K+ new users a day since we launched!
From decentralized AI to on-chain trading, each addition strengthens the fabric of Online+ as it expands in every direction: social, financial, and technological.
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🔮 The Week Ahead
This week, we’re rolling out a new production version packed with dozens of fixes and performance improvements. Online+ is already built to feel seamless, and now we’re making it even more refined, with smoother interactions, faster responses, and greater stability across every device and region.
We’re also continuing to listen closely to user feedback. Every comment, report, and suggestion helps us polish the experience and ensure everything just works — no matter the device or how many people join the platform.
Meanwhile, development continues on monetization features — the system that will reward creators and users for their activity, engagement, and impact. It’s the next big step toward making Online+ not only social, but truly participatory.
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