The news for this summer is coming: the launch of theMetaMask mobile app was announced for the July 22 2019!
MetaMask for Android e iOS is coming soon in Beta and promises to be much more than a wallet. According to the company's announcement, it's time to move on to the "Decentralized Web bridge for mobile", Focusing on creating a user experience that lays the foundation for a new wave of consumers in the world of blockchain technology.
In fact, most users now use only smartphones, the public is looking forward to nine months from the first announcement, to be able to download and view it. In recent months we have witnessed the arrival of fake apps with the name of MetaMask (which we talked about for ERC20 wallets), a sign of how strong the wait before the arrival of the MetaMask Mobile App is.
What is Meta Mask?
Dappradar was born in 2016 to simplify the authentication and signing of transactions on the Ethereum Blockchain. Unlike other wallets, MetaMask is a plug-in for web browsers which works with Google Chrome, Opera and Firefox. It can be installed in the same way as any other extension or add-on to Google Chrome and Firefox.
Once MetaMask is active on your broswer you have a Ethereum portfolio fully functional. MetaMask is also able to interact with all ERC-20 or Dapps resources.
The interesting thing is that MetaMask is also a useful tool for developers who can connect to the main Ethereum Blockchains.
The extension injects Ethereum's web3 API into context javascript of each website, so that Dapps can read from the blockchain.
MetaMask allows the user to create and manage his own identity, through private keys, local client portfolios and hardware portfolios, so when a Dapp wants to execute a transaction and write on the Blockchain, the user has a secure interface that allows him to view the transaction before approving or rejecting it.
One of the main goals of creating MetaMask was to ensure that users can easily buy and send Ethereum token ed ERC-20 and has been centered.
These are the reasons that make Meta Mask successful: the Web application matters more than 1,3 million users and it is growing with 60 thousand active users every month according to Bobby Dresser, Product Manager of MetaMask, with a weekly growth of + 11%. Success is also known to involve a number of problems.
The accident in February 2019 on the Google Store!
A fake version of the Metamask app was released on the Google Play store on February XNUMXst.
It was actually malware, called "Android / Clipper.C“, Quickly discovered by ESET's IT security experts, who pretended to be a Metamask browser plug-in.
The software, pretending to be Metamask's legitimate app, stole the victim's account information, and took control of his Ethereum Wallet. A press release was issued immediately to warn possible users. ESET has identified two portfolios that communicate with malware.
