Time for another upgrade of SteemPay.io! A lot of work has been done behind the scenes, and here's a brief overview:
Pay on site
Users will be able to make their payments straight from the payments page using a 2 step sliding form.
This means no more need to open another tab page, fill in all the details in your wallet, and returning to SteemPay. Both the password and the active private key can be used to broadcast the transaction.
SteemPay does not encourage password storing, however, there is an option available for those who prefer to save their password in the browser's localstorage. A warning pop up will appear explaining the risks of storing passwords in the browser.
After a successful login, the user will see a quick overview of his available balances, and another confirmation is required to finalize the transaction straight from the payment window.
Mobile wallet
The mobile wallet is up and running, but my code seems like a mess due to trial and error.
A bounty will be placed for someone to cleanup everything and make some minor corrections so the first version can be released very soon (and get approved on the official android & iOS stores). I feel the need to encourage bounties, so people can become engaged with the community, and hopefully I'll discover new talent to join me on the further expansion of SteemPay.
SteemFEST 1
SteemPay will donate some money to SteemFEST 1. Me and @roelandp still need to work out the details, but SteemPay will be present and setup a donation terminal where users are free to send some donations towards the organization by using the mobile wallet with QR support (plans may still change).
Hardware upgrade
Yet another server upgrade was needed to house all services related to SteemPay. This includes many other side projects that will be announced later on. This should be the final server upgrade for SteemPay and related services.
The DNS is still propagating, so you might not see the recent changes on SteemPay.io yet.
General statistics implantation
A lightweight database will be kept storing nothing but the transaction amounts processed trough SteemPay. This serves for having some overview on the monthly growth of the transactions, as well as the amounts processed. Every month, the statistics will be published.