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We Optimized Everything: Faster Performance, Better UX, Maximum Security

Faster wallets. Better UX. Improved security. Here's what changed in the newest version v5.6 of Cake Wallet.

We Optimized Everything: Faster Performance, Better UX, Maximum Security

The Big One: Performance Boost & UX Upgrades

Your crypto is your money, and the last thing you should worry about is whether your wallet is going to randomly decide to have a bad day.

That's why we completely rebuilt how Cake Wallet stores your data. We've done our final migration to SQLite, an efficient database engine. (SQ-who? It's pronounced 'sequel light'—think of it as upgrading an old filing cabinet to a far more organized one.) All open source of course. This means:

  • More stable wallets that don't misbehave
  • Better backups so your data is always safe
  • Faster wallet switching and loading because nobody likes loading screens
  • Rock-solid reliability you can continue to trust

While this sounds like a 'behind the curtain' update, it impacts almost every tap of your Cake Wallet experience, and we hope you feel the difference.

Litecoin Gets MWEB Support in Cupcake

If you're a fan of Litecoin and privacy, you'll love this one. We've added Litecoin MWEB support to Cupcake, our companion security app. If you're new to Cupcake, you can learn more in our dedicated blog:

Meet Cupcake: Your New Secret Weapon for Crypto Security
Remember when getting serious about crypto meant waiting weeks for a hardware wallet to ship, handing over your personal information, and dropping $100+ on a device? Yeah, we remember too. And honestly? We got tired of it.
The Cake Wallet BlogHenry Fisher

MWEB (MimbleWimble Extension Blocks) is Litecoin's privacy feature that keeps your transactions more confidential. Combine that with Cupcake's air-gapped, offline signing, and you get both privacy and security in one place. We're the first team in the world to ship public, fully functioning offline signing for a Litecoin MWEB wallet—and we were the first to launch an MWEB-compatible mobile wallet too.

We interviewed one of the main developers behind MWEB on our YouTube channel if you want to learn more about MWEB. Pardon our old logo.

Even More Improvements

There are many more quality of life improvements:

  • AnyPay Improvements: We've improved our integration with AnyPay, making it even easier to spend your crypto in the real world. Spending crypto should be as easy to spending cash.
  • Better Automatic Node Switching: Nodes connect your wallet to the blockchain. We released automatic node switching recently, and now we've made improvements to the feature so it functions even smoother.
  • Improved EVM Experience: We've optimized everything under the hood so your EVM wallets load faster and run smoother with a refactored code base. We also improved fee estimation.
  • New Navigation Bar: We've redesigned our navigation to be more intuitive and user-friendly. It's a small change that makes a big difference in how you interact with us every day.
  • Duress PIN: This has been requested for years. Imagine a worst-case scenario where someone is forcing you to unlock your wallet. A duress PIN is a secondary PIN that looks like it unlocks your wallet normally, but actually wipes Cake Wallet entirely. It's a safety feature that could make a real difference in an emergency situation. Enable it in Security and backup
  • Dark & Tintable Icons For iOS: Now Cake Wallet will blend in with your other apps.
  • AliasPay Improvements: We've expanded AliasPay to make it even easier to broadcast your Monero address to the world using a .xmr domain. This frees up space in your bio & pinned tweet and makes it easier for people to send you money! Get your .XMR domain today
Set up your .XMR domain on X/Twitter and then anyone can send you money from Cake Wallet by just entering your X username.

Reliability, security and privacy are always our top priority, and features like these show we're thinking about your user experience in every possible scenario.

Ready to Experience the Difference?

If you're already using Cake Wallet, update to v5.6 and feel the difference immediately. If you're new to crypto or looking for a wallet that respects your privacy and puts you in control, there's never been a better time to give Cake Wallet a try.

We are 100% free and open source, so you can rest easy knowing our code does exactly what it's supposed to do.

The Cake Wallet Team

Ready to upgrade your crypto experience? Download Cake Wallet today and discover what "your keys, your coins" really means. No account needed, no tracking, no nonsense—just a secure, private wallet that puts you in complete control.