TL;DR
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“One username and login to manage them all!” That’s one of the many promises Web3 has made to all of us. The idea is:
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You purchase a Web3 domain name → it acts as your username/digital identity for all Web3 apps (including socials, gaming, messaging, etc.).
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The easiest of those product categories is: messages. A fact not lost on the people at Coinbase! They just announced a wallet-to-wallet messaging feature.
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That’s kind of like Venmo added a chat feature so you can DM your friends and send them money too. (At least the crypto version of it).
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Do we really need another messaging app? Right now – no, not really (but this feels more like a long-term Coinbase game).
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“One username and login to manage them all!”
That’s one of the many promises Web3 has made to all of us.
The idea is:
You purchase a Web3 domain name → it acts as your username/digital identity for all Web3 apps (including socials, gaming, messaging, etc.).
The easiest/obvious first step of the categories listed is: posts.
A fact not lost on the people at Coinbase!
They just announced the rollout of their new wallet-to-wallet messaging feature.
That’s kind of like Venmo added a chat feature so you can DM your friends and send them money too.
(At least the crypto version of it).
The difference is that with Coinbase’s wallet-to-wallet messaging, your username is yours (you own it, not Coinbase, not Facebook, not Twitter – you!)
That’s neat, but do we really need another messaging app?
Right now – no, not really (but this feels more like a long-term Coinbase game).
Is it nice to know that there is a messaging platform where we can actually own our own digital identities (rather than one of a handful of tech giants)?
Absolute!