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Alvin Lang
Feb 24, 2026 15:12

Stellar (XLM)’s Freighter browser wallet cuts initial load time to 1.27 seconds through aggressive caching, batch fetching, and smarter asset icon loading.

Stellar (XLM)’s Freighter browser extension wallet now loads in 1.27 seconds after a multi-week optimization effort that cut startup times by 63%, according to a technical breakdown published by the development team on February 23. The improvements target a persistent pain point for crypto wallet users: waiting for balances and transaction history to appear. For traders who need quick access during volatile market conditions, every second matters. What Actually Changed The Freighter team identified external API calls as the primary bottleneck. The wallet was previously fetching account balances, transaction history, asset icons, and multiple data streams simultaneously at startup—forcing users to wait for everything before seeing anything. The fix? Load only account balances initially, then fetch everything else in the background. Transaction history, asset lists, and icons now load asynchronously after the main interface renders. This data gets cached, so navigating to the History tab pulls from local storage rather than triggering fresh API calls. The Asset Icon Problem One particularly inefficient process involved loading asset icons. The old method required three separate network roundtrips per asset: first fetching the issuer’s account from Horizon, then loading the associated TOML file, then finally grabbing the icon URL. Multiply that by every token in a user’s wallet. The new approach checks asset lists first—since popular Stellar tokens are already catalogued—and only falls back to the multi-step process when necessary. Even then, the team switched to Stellar RPC’s ledger entries endpoint, which returns multiple asset issuers in a single call instead of iterating through them individually. Aggressive Caching Strategy The wallet now caches essentially everything until the…

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Filed under: News - @ February 25, 2026 6:28 pm