🌐 🔮 WalletConnect: The Bridge to 2030 - How a Protocol Is Reinventing Web3
$WCT #WalletConnect @WalletConnect
By SEVENTOSHI
July 13, 2025
✅️🌱 Roots (2018): The Beginning of a Silent Revolution
In 2018, in the Cayman Islands, developer Pedro Gomes identified a critical problem in Web3: wallets and dApps spoke different languages. His response? WalletConnect — an open protocol that used QR codes to create encrypted connections between decentralized applications and wallets like MetaMask. With an initial funding of $1.25 million (led by 1kx), the mission was simple: "Connect without compromising security." In 2022, a new leap: $25 million in investments, with Coinbase and Polygon Ventures betting on the vision.
✅️"Without WalletConnect, Web3 would be an archipelago of disconnected islands." — Pedro Gomes, Founder
🌐🚀 The Revolution (2024-2025): Numbers That Speak for Themselves
2024 was the year of explosion:
+340% in connection volume (179 million vs. 41 million in 2023).
4.1 million unique active wallets (+137%).
WCT Token launched: 1 billion tokens, with 50 million distributed in the 1st airdrop.
Decentralization in progress: 16 integrated node operators, aiming for 20+ by 2026.
🔮 Horizon 2025: The Year That Will Redefine Everything
✅️1. On-Chain Governance (Q2 2025)
WCT holders will vote on network upgrades, fees, and strategic partnerships. The "dynamic staking" model allows customization of terms (1 week to 2 years) to maximize rewards.
2. Smart Sessions: The End of Repetitive Signatures
Imagine approving transactions across multiple dApps without re-authenticating. The "Smart Sessions" will maintain persistent connections, while the "Link Mode" will enable instant reconnections between devices.
✅️ 3. AI Agents: Intelligent Automation
AI agents embedded in dApps will analyze data in real-time, suggest trades, and automate recurring payments — all without giving up control of private keys.
✅️ 4. Multichain Expansion
From Ethereum and Solana to Bitcoin and Cosmos, the protocol will be the "universal layer" for interoperability. Projection: +220 million connections by 2025.
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✅️ 💎 WCT: The Heart of the Ecosystem
✅️Tokenomics:
✅️Governance: Voting on network proposals.
✅️Staking: Rewards starting from 12/19/2024 (up to 17.5% of allocated supply).
✅️Utility: In the future, payment for premium services (e.g., message relay).
🌐 Market Predictions (2025-2030):
✅️In 2025 $2.00 in a conservative scenario and in an optimistic scenario $2.50.
✅️In 2030 $3.00 in a conservative scenario and in an optimistic scenario $3.50.
🌐 2030: The Era of "On-Chain Programmability"
Pedro Gomes predicts:
1. Smart Accounts will dominate: Programmable wallets will allow customized workflows (e.g., recurring payments in DAOs).
2. Explosion of communities: Micropayments and tokenized governance will drive unprecedented collaborative models.
3. Global integration: WalletConnect as the standard not only in DeFi, but in digital identity and IoT.
💡 Conclusion: More Than a Protocol, An Infrastructure Layer
From a technical solution in 2018 to a pilot of decentralized UX in 2025, WalletConnect is building the backbone of Web3. With WCT as the governance axis and innovations like Smart Sessions, the future is not about "connecting wallets" — it’s about orchestrating seamless on-chain experiences.
> "In 2030, wallets will be dynamic hubs. And WalletConnect will be the railway that interlinks them." — Vision 2025, WalletConnect Foundation
👉 Want to test the future today? Connect to a dApp via WalletConnect and experience the "One-Click Auth" mode (available in Bitget Wallet and Trust Wallet).
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