WalletConnect: The unseen yet indispensable 'translator' in the Web3 world
In the crypto world, we are always eager to discuss the next hundredfold coin, breakthroughs in certain public chains, or which DeFi protocol has hit a new high in yield. But we rarely focus on the 'taken for granted' infrastructure, those 'screws' that quietly support the entire ecosystem's operation.
WalletConnect plays such a role. It is neither a wallet, nor an application, nor a chain. But without it, the Web3 world we are familiar with today might regress several years.
Back to that 'wild era'
Imagine a time without USB ports, where each device like your mouse, keyboard, printer, or USB drive needed a dedicated, unique port to connect to the computer. Your computer would be filled with all sorts of strange cables, creating chaos.