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polymutex
@polymutex.eth
Wallet interoperability is what makes this very scenario not a nightmare for users. If interoperability is lost, then web3 just created a new form of lock-in. /walletbeat will do its part to preserve wallet interop. 🫡
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Zenigame
@zeni.eth
What are the forces working against wallet interoperability?
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polymutex
@polymutex.eth
The push for embedded wallets as a promise for better onboarding UX. The push for payment processor JavaScript libraries that favor some wallets over others. And protocols like WalletConnect that act as intermediary in the wallet connection process, and sit in a position that can selectively block wallet connections. None of these are problems on their own; they are actually useful and positive things. Where it gets pernicious is the over-reliance and over-acceptance of these solutions as a substitute for the real thing, and the fault for that lies mostly on wallet users.
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Zenigame
@zeni.eth
Appreciate you laying things out for me. What do you mean that the fault lies mostly on wallet users? I feel like relying on end-users for alignment with anything that doesn't affect them directly and immediately is a losing battle, but perhaps I'm misunderstanding your argument.
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polymutex
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Ultimately it's users' usage patterns that dictate where development effort/ecosystem standards goes. Some users can't/won't use external self-custodial wallets, so embedded wallets become a thing, at the cost of interop - a cost that the user choosing to use an embedded wallet may not realize they are incurring in the moment, and which in the aggregate has externalities beyond the user making that choice due to its effect on development efforts and standards. Walletbeat is an effort to make users care about such things that don't directly/immediately affect them, so that wallet development efforts are affected by more than just pure "utility in the moment"-type choices. Perhaps you're right that it is a losing battle! Won't stop us from trying 🫡
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