WalletConnect: A Secure Messenger for User 'Intent'
Title: More Than Just Connection: The Key Role of WalletConnect in the 'Intent' Era
As blockchain technology evolves, the narrative of 'intent-centric' is on the rise. The core idea is that users only need to express their ultimate goals ('intent'), such as 'exchange 1000 USDC at the best price using the ETH in my wallet', while the complex path to achieve this goal (finding the best route, signing multiple transactions) is left to professional third-party 'solvers' to complete. In this emerging architecture, WalletConnect plays a crucial yet often overlooked role as a secure messenger of user 'intent'.
When a user expresses an intent on a dApp, this intent ultimately needs to be packaged into one or more executable transactions and returned to the user's wallet for final authorization. WalletConnect is the most critical communication channel in this process. It securely transmits, in an end-to-end encrypted manner, the 'solutions' (i.e., specific transaction data) proposed by the dApp or 'solver' network that aim to fulfill the user's intent to the user's wallet.
WalletConnect ensures that:
Security: The entire communication process is encrypted, preventing man-in-the-middle attacks. User Sovereignty: Regardless of how complex the 'solver's' path is, the final execution authority is always in the user's hands. Users can clearly see how this 'solution' will affect their assets on their wallet interface and have the final approval or veto power.
As the 'intent' architecture matures, WalletConnect will not just be a bridge connecting wallets and dApps, but it will become the most core and trusted communication infrastructure connecting users' 'high-level intents' with on-chain 'low-level execution'.
