Unstoppable Domains launches instant messaging with XMTP

Unstoppable Domains (UD) has launched an instant messaging strategy for owners of Web3 usernames, according to an Aug. 23 announcement from main technologist Aaron Quirk. Owners of .crypto, .wallet, .polygon oregon different UD-registered usernames tin present message each different crossed astir apps that usage XMTP, including the UD iOS app and website, Coinbase Wallet, and Lens protocol apps specified arsenic Lenster and Buttrfly. The announcement clarified that the Android mentation of UD volition not supply messaging astatine motorboat but volition supply this diagnostic soon.

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The caller messaging integration relies connected the extensible connection transport protocol (XMTP), an autarkic protocol, to afloat encrypt and nonstop messages to recipients. This means that messages should inactive beryllium disposable adjacent if UD were to cease operations successful the future. “Your messages volition beryllium preserved and accessible to you nary substance what happens to Unstoppable,” the announcement stated.

Web3 usernames person been astir since 2017. They let crypto users to subordinate their crypto addresses — agelong strings of characters representing accounts — with much easy-to-remember names. For example, the highly difficult-to-remember 0xd8dA6BF26964aF9D7eEd9e03E53415D37aA96045 tin go simply “Vitalik.eth.”

These crypto usernames person mostly been utilized to person payments successful the past. But a fewer projects are trying to grow their inferior to see different applications, including messaging. For example, Coinbase Wallet launched an instant messaging system connected July 12, allowing users to connection each different via their .eth oregon .cb.id usernames. The Coinbase Wallet diagnostic was besides integrated with societal media protocol Lens, acknowledgment to the 2 projects' shared usage of XMTP.

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However, this shared strategy did not widen to usernames registered done Unstoppable Domains, specified arsenic ones ending successful .crypto oregon .polygon. According to Quirk’s announcement, this contented has present been solved. Users of Lens apps oregon Coinbase Wallet tin present nonstop messages to each different utilizing their Unstoppable Domains usernames successful summation to different methods.

Quirk besides stated that the institution volition soon merchandise an integration with Push Protocol, allowing username owners to motion up to person notifications from Web3 projects. The projects volition beryllium capable to connection users via the Unstoppable Domains website oregon app.

On April 26, Unstoppable Domains besides partnered with Binance.US, allowing its users to registry names ending successful .BinanceUS. And it called a truce with rival Ethereum Name Service (ENS) connected July 17, allowing ENS .eth names to beryllium sold successful the UD store for the archetypal time.