TL; DR
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You can send encrypted messages to other crypto users through your Web3 wallet with products from companies like Coinbase, Lens, and starting today Unstoppable Domains.
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This new messaging platform has its advantages compared to WhatsApp, for example: it is not owned by Zuck, you do not have to share your phone number or email address.
Full story
Do you know how WhatsApp allows you to chat with anyone, anywhere in the world, on different devices, as long as they have a WhatsApp account?
Such a thing exists in the world of Web3, where you can send encrypted messages to other crypto users via your Web3 wallet.
(Lately, more and more wallet providers are starting to support this, such as Coinbase, Lens and from today Unstoppable Domains).
Ok nice…another messaging platform.
Why should we worry, right?
Well, this new messaging platform has its advantages compared to WhatsApp, for example:
Pioneering? No.
A nice option to have? Absolute.