Wallet-to-Wallet Messaging Protocol WalletChat Now Supports Fuse

WalletChat is a wallet-to-wallet messaging platform that has extended support to the Fuse Network blockchain. Fuse users can now use it for messaging via the web app or the Chrome browser extension, while developers building on Fuse can integrate WalletChat into their dApps. 

Blockchains are a breakthrough innovation in processing transactions, but they are usually unsuitable for messaging because of the computational and storage costs involved. Many users would also be reluctant to have their message history preserved forever on an immutable ledger accessible by anyone.

At the same time, the already accumulated experience in the crypto space suggests that there is a strong need for a reliable means of communication between holders of blockchain accounts that would make it possible for participants to be sure that they are actually talking to the holder of a given public address.

The WalletChat project developed a messaging technology that addresses precisely these issues. 

Peer-to-peer messaging for Web3 users

WalletChat is a platform for blockchain wallet-to-wallet communication currently supporting Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible chains. It makes it possible for an owner of one public address to send a message to the owner of another verifiably.

The messaging functionality provided by WalletChat may be useful in multiple contexts. For instance, an NFT owner and potential buyer could connect and discuss the details of an eventual trade. Another category of users that can benefit from WalletChat’s offering is members of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). WalletChat can generally enable arranging communications only among predetermined, restricted groups of addresses.

WalletChat offers two ways of accessing its functionalities. Its web application and Chrome browser extension enable users to sign in and communicate directly inside WalletChat’s encrypted direct messaging environment. Sign-ins take place via signing messages with the public addresses’ private keys; no on-chain transactions or fee payments are required. 

With the help of the WalletChat web app or browser extension, users can sign in using their wallet, such as Metamask, and start chatting with any public address holder who joins the app. Users can also set up notifications for the received direct messages that will be sent to their preferred email address.

WalletChat also enables the creation of communities based on proof-of-attendance protocol (POAP) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or other suitable NFTs. Those can be distributed to users, who can then join community chats based on those NFTs.

Projects on the supported chains can also integrate WalletChat-powered messaging directly into their decentralized applications (dApps) using the WalletChat widget or API. They can enable messaging among their users. Currently, such messaging will be unencrypted, but dApp developers can add their own custom encryption methods.

How Fuse integrates WalletChat

WalletChat has now integrated the Fuse Network blockchain on its platform. This means that Fuse users can now sign in on the WalletChat web app or browser extension and start chatting with other Fuse users, as well as users on other EVM-compatible blockchains.

Project teams building on Fuse can now plug the messaging functionality offered by WalletChat into their dApps.