Skycoin Web Wallet: Multi-Fibercoin Support

Multi-Fibercoin Support in the Skycoin Web Wallet

The skycoin web thin client wallet now supports connecting to multiple Fiber blockchain nodes simultaneously, allowing you to manage wallets for Skycoin and any number of Fiber coins from a single interface.

What Are Fibercoins?

A Fibercoin is a coin and blockchain built on the Skycoin platform — using the same consensus mechanism, wallet tooling, and node software. Each Fibercoin has its own genesis block, peer list, coin name, ticker symbol, and coin hours denomination, defined in a fiber.toml configuration file. Anyone can create a new Fibercoin using the skycoin newcoin tool.

How It Works

The skycoin web command now accepts multiple --node-url and --wallet-dir flags. On startup, it auto-discovers each coin’s configuration (name, ticker, coin hours name, price ticker) by querying each node’s health endpoint. The frontend dynamically loads the available coins and lets you switch between them.

Usage

Connect to a Skycoin node and a Fibercoin node simultaneously:

skycoin web \
  --node-url http://localhost:6420 --wallet-dir ~/.skycoin/wallets \
  --node-url http://localhost:7420 --wallet-dir ~/.mycoin/wallets

The web wallet UI will show both coins, with wallet filtering and coin switching built in. Each coin’s balances, transaction history, and wallet operations are handled independently.

Technical Details

• Auto-discovery — coin name, ticker, and coin hours denomination are read from each node’s /api/v1/health endpoint
• Per-coin routing — API requests are proxied to the correct node based on the selected coin
• Independent wallet directories — each coin’s wallets are stored in their own directory
• Fibercoin transaction support — transactions use each node’s own verification parameters rather than hardcoded Skycoin mainnet defaults, fixing broadcast issues for Fibercoins