Dear BitShares community,

the latest BitShares UI release candidate has been published (Version 3.3.191120-rc1) and staged onto

https://staging.bitshares.org/

Release notes for this candidate as well as binaries for a local install can be found at

https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-ui/releases/tag/3.3.191120-rc1

This release has been delayed a bit, but is now finally available. This will likely be the last release of the BitShares UI worker as it is now, see [here for more details](https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-ui/issues/3044).

A vast amount of bugfixes have been completed, and new features added. Highlights are:
![Spotlights.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSMvqgiHCAY9gRGLXVrbu279uMR8CwrvmKLqDRWw9hbEk/Spotlights.png)
 - Spotlight Instant Trade: You just wanna buy (or sell) a certain asset, and simply wanna use going market prices? Then this easy and simply interface is just for you. [Try it here](https://staging.bitshares.org/#/quick-trade)
![Spotlight_Instant_Trade.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmP8bywohPpodbG55C18MgoVcDtNobGSH33j3cWbJFELE1/Spotlight_Instant_Trade.png)
 - Spotlight Prediction Market Assets: This tailored page for the decentralized oracle and prediction market protocol of BitShares. Forecast real-world events and be rewarded for predicting them correctly. The feature set is vast, best [to try it here](https://staging.bitshares.org/#/prediction)
 - Spotlight Merchant Protocol: The merchant protocol allows you to create and pay invoices, recorded on the BitShares Blockchain. [Try it here](https://staging.bitshares.org/#/invoice/request)
![Spotlight_Merchant_Protocol.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQJaDayaXCX5k8yPGN72i48Ak6DaawYQUjU7VB2GVXLzz/Spotlight_Merchant_Protocol.png)
 - Enhanced Referral Program: Tracking cookie is put in place to make sure the initial referrers are honored
 - External Service Providers can now be enabled / disabled to allow users to customize according to their favorites, and reduce unnecessary external calls to enhance performance. Find it [in the Settings](https://staging.bitshares.org/#/settings/general)
![External_Service_Providers.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdmbdvctiYgA75yKBTd9iLtmpxFMQECnyV36pzbgUPfcj/External_Service_Providers.png)
 - If you have experienced connection issues, you can now restrict the UI to only consider nodes that you know are giving you good connectivity
![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNYXqndCQCDS9Kt5SWZvBXFYLsnGd1Uz7HDaNE6sdyP3f/image.png)
 - Lots of user interface improvements to the Dashboard (added customization to the overview as well), the Voting Overview, the Collaterized Debt Position handling and the Exchange
![Dashboard.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZzXiqpFXPQbJEztv4Cd9ozT2Xby3PgZerp9pfZJYdwtx/Dashboard.png)
![Vesting_Balances.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmR8y5FwiuSqdNoJFPxBkwZLuETjsN7nkvnsXT5uesAPjY/Vesting_Balances.png)
 
History and discussion of this and past release candidates are [also posted in the forum](https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=26727)

Any and all comments, suggestions and bug reports are highly appreciated! If you are interested in participating in Integration testing,  please find more information in  [the corresponding issue here](https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-ui/issues/3127).

Best regards,
[The BitShares UI team](https://www.bitshares.foundation/workers/2019-02-bitshares-ui)