🎉 Qortal 5.0 Is Live: The Age of Qortal Has Arrived

We’ve been saying it for years: Qortal isn’t just another blockchain. It’s the foundation for a new internet. And with Qortal Core 5.0, Qortal Hub 0.5.4, and the deprecation of the legacy Qortal UI, we’ve just gotten one step closer to achieving it on a mass scale!

So, what’s new in this release?

1. Multiple Registered Names per Account

Yes, finally! You can now hold multiple names under the same Qortal account. Whether you want different identities, websites, businesses, or digital assets, you’ll no longer be limited to one name per account. This paves the way for:

• Name-based “true NFTs” on QDN

• Seamless transfers or future private sales of names

• A vastly improved name marketplace

• Multiple sites or Q-Apps tied to a single account

Multiple names feature example in the “Names” app from the Q-Apps library

2. Single QDN Publish Size Increased to 2GB

You can now publish up to 2GB in one transaction to QDN. That means:

• Bigger websites and apps

• Bootstrap files distributed via QDN

• The path toward practically unlimited data publishing

This new progress modal on Q-Tube for larger file publishes will make it easier for content creators who post content regularly

3. QDN Data Distribution Boosted

Massive backend upgrades eliminate message loss between nodes. What does that mean for you?

• Lightning-fast load times for Q-Apps

• Reliability on par with centralized apps (but still fully decentralized)

• A major leap in performance, especially for those running local core + Hub

4. Foreign Fee Customization for Trades

Cross-chain trades just got cheaper. Sellers can now define transaction fees, making QORT/BTC and similar markets way more viable, even with QORT being wildly undervalued.

5. New theming and languages available

You can now customize the look and feel of your own Qortal user interface, by customizing its theming with your own favorite colors. Furthermore, you can also choose to set a different language for your user interface, including French, Spanish, German and many others!

The light theme and any other customized theme are now possible on Qortal Hub. You can also choose from a number of other languages than English.

6. Legacy Qortal UI Is Officially Deprecated

With this release, the original Qortal UI is no longer supported. This means that all future features (including everything above) will only be available on Qortal Hub and Qortal Go.

If you’re still clinging to the old UI, now’s the time to make the switch. There are no more excuses and no more delays. It’s time to actually use the infrastructure we’ve worked so hard to build!

Hosted versions available:

• https://hub.qortal.link

• https://go.qortal.link (mobile-friendly too!)

You can now use Qortal from a hosted web app! The accessibility is greater than ever!

Final Thoughts

Qortal is now ready for the real world, and the only thing missing is mass adoption. That’s where the existing community comes in. Whether it’s chatting on Q-Mail, building a Q-App, publishing content, or trading on Q-Trade, every action helps. Furthermore, it’s very important to speak to your friends and family about Qortal, and about the chance to realize the true intent of Web3 and self-sovereignty on the web!

Be the spark that brings others in. Use Qortal. Love Qortal. BE Qortal!

(PS: Crowetic is personally offering 10 QORT to up to 200 new users after an intro meeting. This can be seen as an onboarding help, faucet-style.)

The latest versions of Qortal Hub (0.5.3), Qortal Go (0.5.3), and Qortal Extension (2.3.3) are here, packed with major improvements, new features, and enhanced performance.

What’s New?

✅ Q-Wallets Integration: Q-Wallets now seamlessly embed into the UIs for a smoother experience.

Q-Wallets is a new Q-App allowing you to manage your wallets directly in the UI, including for QORT, LTC, BTC, DGB, RVN, DOGE and ARRR

✅ Private App Feature: More control over your Q-Apps with private access options.

✅ Chat Performance Upgrades: Faster, more reliable messaging in Qortal’s decentralized chat.

✅ Mac Configurations Added: Improved support for macOS users.

✅ Tooltips Added: More helpful explanations across the UI for easier navigation.

✅ Cross-Chain Transactions (Qortal Request): A step toward broader interoperability.

✅ User Lookup in UI: Find users directly in the interface.

✅ Home page rework for a cleaner look

The new home page for Qortal Hub and Qortal Extension is a lot of more intuitive now

✅ Name Registration Redesign: A fresh, improved process for registering your Qortal name.

✅ Progressive Web App (PWA) Support: Hub & Go now work as installable web apps for better accessibility when visited as hosted web apps in your favorite browser

✅ Local Node API Key Input: Users can manually type in their local node API key.

✅ ARR Sync Status in Qortal Requests: Better tracking of sync status.

✅ New Payment Notification: Get notified when you receive payments.

✅ Bug Fixes & Stability Improvements: Many issues resolved for a more polished experience.

🔥 Update Now and explore the new features! As always, we’re pushing the boundaries of true decentralization, privacy, and peer-to-peer sovereignty.

Got feedback? Join the discussion in the Qortal community! And if you haven't installed Qortal yet, do so now!

The Qortal development team is proud to announce the release of a brand new User Interface: the Qortal Trifecta! Make way for browsing the Qortal blockchain in a more efficient and improved fashion!

Qortal Hub is available now for download on Windows, Linux or Mac as a desktop app, Qortal Go is available for download as an Android app, and the Qortal Extension is available on any Chromium browser, on the Chrome Web Store!

This new user interface introduces a much cleaner and polished design for improved usability, boasts improvements in speed and memory usage, and introduces a litany of different new features, including but not limited to group-encrypted chats, group message threads, gateway nodes, personalized Q-Apps dashboards, and much more!

Moreover, with the new release of Qortal Go, it’s now possible to browse the Qortal blockchain from anywhere, offering unparalleled accessibility in the Web3 space. Want to send an encrypted message to a friend while sitting in the bus? Possible! Want to watch a video downloaded from another user’s computer across the word, while waiting in line at the store? Also possible!

This new Qortal release is breaking down barriers between Web2 and Web3 for everyone, all the while not sacrificing its commitment to privacy and user data ownership. We’ve also included tutorials through the user interface, to facilitate onboarding for new users!

Interested in getting started? Visit the downloads page, where you’ll find the download links for Qortal Hub, and the Play Store link for Qortal Go. Support us, and please join the “ui-extension” group once in Qortal to provide us valuable feedback on how we can improve the user interfaces.

Are you as hyped as we are about this release? We sure hope so. Stay tuned, because we will soon be releasing Qortal Go on iOS devices, as well as adding it for approval to download on the Play Store. We also have an intensive roadmap, with many big developments underway which will make the Qortal Trifecta even better!

The future of Qortal is bright, and we’re happy you’ll be joining us along the way. Finally, big shoutout to Phillip (named a-test on Qortal), for putting this user interface together by himself. Incredible feat! Of course, there were also many contributions by other members of the community, so thanks to all those involved as well!

Qortal Hub, Qortal Go and Qortal Extension are here! So what are you waiting for? Click that downloads link in the header right now! See you on Qortal!