Sphere by Horizen

Due to a change of the Application ID in v1.2.6-beta, Windows users upgrading from 1.2.5-beta or earlier or setups with multiple user accounts must uninstall Sphere by Horizen first, using the "Programs" utility from the "Control Panel" before installing any version greater than v1.2.5-beta.

Please follow the upgrade guides for Windows or macOS.

Latest Version: v1.19.0

For a list of changes implemented in this version, please view the changelog.

Due to significant improvements to data handling, users who took part in the version 1.0.1-beta or earlier are advised to create new accounts and restore their wallet seeds.

An upgrade mechanism will be included in a future release to remove the requirement on the user to perform this step.

User manual: https://horizenofficial.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ZEN/pages/714604770/Sphere+By+Horizen+User+Manual

About

Sphere by Horizen is envisioned as a launching point for Horizen services. The latest version hosts wallet functions with the following features:

• Full client with both transparent, private transactions

• Lite client with transparent transactions

• The wallet is deterministic, meaning if you lose your account, you can restore cryptocurrency funds through a user-friendly process involving a unique 24-word phrase

• Secure messaging with full client version

• Ability to switch between a full or light client

• Ability to run a full node

• zen-cli restricted terminal for advanced wallet users

• Batch withdraw funds from multiple addresses in a single transaction

• Batch split funds to multiple addresses in a single transaction

• Sweep funds from private keys

• More features coming soon!

Operating System Support Policy

• Windows: Windows x64 Desktop versions currently supported by Microsoft are targeted for compatibility, at the time of writing this includes Windows 7 ESU, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
• MacOS: MacOS versions currently supported by Apple are targeted for compatibility, at the time of writing this includes macOS High Sierra, macOS Mojave and macOS Catalina
• Linux: Debian Stable and Ubuntu versions in support are targeted for compatibility

Recommended system specifications for running in full mode.

• Available memory 4GB (RAM + swap).

• Intel Haswell architecture CPUs (or AMD equivalent) and newer.

• Due to the size of the blockchain at this point we would recommend keeping a minimum of 30GB of storage space free. This requirement will increase over time with blockchain growth.

Verifying authenticity of installer files

• It is highly recommended to verify the authenticty of the downloaded files before installing them by checking the PGP signatures. Alternatively you can verify the file integrity by calculating the checksums. You may do so by following the instructions provided here.

Installation instructions

• All installers are available here https://github.com/HorizenOfficial/Sphere_by_Horizen/releases/latest

• For Windows, download and run the .exe installer package and follow the standard windows installation procedure.

• For macOS, download and run the latest standard macOS package

  macOS packages have the ".dmg" file extension.

  Please install as you would any other non-app store macOS package by launching the file (double click) and moving the app to your Applications folder via the installer window.

• For Linux we supply both .deb packages for Debian systems and also a standalone AppImage to support other Linux based distributions.

  ".deb" images can be opened and installed via a graphical package manager should you have one installed.

  You may also install via the terminal for example.

  $ sudo dpkg -i example_file_name.deb

  AppImage files are self-contained and can be launched by firstly making the AppImage file executable via

  $ chmod a+x example_file_name*.AppImage

  And then run

  $ ./example_file_name*.AppImage

  Licensing

• Use of the software and services is provided pursuant to the following Terms of Use

• Disclaimer Horizen is committed to user privacy. Sphere by Horizen (the “Service”) does not store or collect data that can be attributed to any individual user. The Service includes a Horizen news feed that is served from an NGINX web server. The logs from this web server are fed to our Matomo web analytics platform, which by default anonymizes user data. The Service does not include a tracking code from Matomo and only ingests web server logs. The news feed server logs are deleted after import into Matomo and the visitor ID is anonymized. The service also includes up to date coin price metrics from a Horizen hosted api server. This is served from an NGINX web server. The logs from this server are NOT sent to matomo and are deleted on rotation. These logs are NOT used for tracking in any way.