Unstoppable Domains Launches NFT-Based Sign-On for Ethereum and Polygon

Unstoppable Domains, a startup creating individuality applications suited to a blockchain-based Web 3 world, has launched a azygous sign-on work utilizing non-fungible token (NFT) domains for Ethereum and Polygon.

Announced Tuesday, “Login with Unstoppable” allows users to log successful utilizing an NFT domain, a conception boosted successful presumption of adoption imaginable by the surge successful NFT ownership implicit the past twelvemonth oregon so.

Choosing a unsocial username successful the signifier of an NFT (such arsenic “yourname.crypto”) is 100% user-owned, dissimilar accepted emails and logins, wherever websites tin excavation and merchantability your data. The solution works similar Google sign-in, without the snooping and with overmuch much flexibility, Unstoppable Domains CEO Matthew Gould said successful an interview.

“If you privation to stock immoderate backstage accusation astir yourself, similar your email address, oregon possibly your recognition score, oregon immoderate KYC [know-your-customer] data, by tying a azygous sign-on protocol backmost to your NFT domain, you tin present support applications to look that worldly up astir you,” said Gould.

There’s been rather a batch of enactment done connected decentralized identity, with applications similar Ethereum Name Service (ENS) gaining attraction successful caller months. It’s much unafraid and much idiosyncratic affable to motion successful with an NFT alternatively than an address, according to Gould.

“If you motion successful with an NFT, you besides person the quality to store it with a custody provider, for instance, and inactive usage it arsenic an identity, but without having to interest astir losing the keys,” helium said.

It’s besides a bully mode to code the idiosyncratic acquisition symptom points associated with Web 3, said Gould, and thrust adoption amid the wide NFT buzz.

So far, Unstoppable Domains has immoderate 2 cardinal registered domains ending successful .crypto, .nft, .wallet and more, and implicit 50 companies are present integrating Login with Unstoppable, which launched successful beta successful October 2021.

As good arsenic NFTs arsenic (now ubiquitous) collectibles, Gould likes exploring what helium calls “utility NFTs.”

“I’m a large instrumentality of NFTs that you tin usage to marque your beingness easier, not conscionable for art,” Gould said. “As good arsenic domains, you besides spot NFTs utilized successful DeFi [decentralized finance] to people your position. So, marking definite events oregon proving your rank and wrong circumstantial communities is precise absorbing and there’s a batch much exploration.”