PUBLIC CHANGELOG

What changed—and why.

Smelt’s prototype evolves quickly. This log records meaningful product and trust changes without pretending that a website version is a financial-product milestone.

EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 18, 2026

V10SEPTEMBER 18, 2026

The trust and accessibility pass

Reduced event collection to one demo-completion record and added explicit form consent.
Added Cookies, Refunds and Accessibility disclosures plus working acquisition email controls.
Improved contrast, keyboard focus, readable interface labels and the forge animation.

V8SEPTEMBER 3, 2026

The Proof Layer

Added Smart Route and the no-sensitive-data concept checker.
Added category comparison, Evidence Center and capability status.
Published this changelog and fixed one-card research validation.

V7SEPTEMBER 3, 2026

Two ways to experience Smelt

Added desktop and phone simulator views.
Enabled one-card conversions and multi-card consolidation.
Added Pay, bank cash-out and history previews plus full partner, trust and FAQ surfaces.

V6SEPTEMBER 2026

The forge

Introduced the heat, melt, fuse and cool animation.
Made the receipt and value difference part of the core experience.

V5SEPTEMBER 2026

Trust before scale

Added Privacy, Terms, Contact and How Smelt Works.
Required completed sessions before accepting research feedback.

V1–V4EARLY CONCEPT

First fire

Tested whether people understood combining leftover fictional balances.
Established the transparent Original Value and Smelt Value model.

Version numbers are not launch claims

They track the public concept experience. Smelt remains pre-launch and does not accept, hold, transfer or redeem real value.

Inspect current capability status