What truly makes Reown a platform is the depth of the toolchain and entry points. The application-oriented AppKit, wallet-oriented WalletKit, and frontend-oriented Web3Modal collectively form the access layer. The evolution of Web3Modal has been very fast in the past two years, with a version update in 2025-06 even adding an automatic registration switch for the Wallet Standard, reducing friction in wallet recognition and access; for developers, these underlying compatibility optimizations often save more time than the new features themselves.
Reown's expansion goes beyond EVM. The 2024-09 team released the Solana AppKit, marking the official launch of native support for the Solana ecosystem in the toolchain. Considering the mobile traffic peaks brought by Telegram and TON, Solana is also a key ecosystem for mobile and high concurrency; when the AppKit organizes Solana’s account model, signing process, and message format into a unified interface, applications can smoothly switch between multiple stacks, reducing engineering switching costs.
Beyond tools, the network makes results public. The Network blog, in its ecological review from 2025-05, lists the detailed indicators of network growth, including cumulative connections, unique wallets, and the number of wallets and projects. For those engaged in investment research and content, these firsthand indicators serve as verifiable baselines; for product teams, they are the basis for channel selection and resource allocation. Placing the version rhythm of AppKit and the network's connection curve on the same graph visually reveals the relationship between entry iteration and traffic growth.
Standardization is also accelerating outward spillover. The multi-chain abstraction of WalletConnect is centered around CAIP-2, and the accompanying Wallet Integration guidelines extend to non-EVM ecosystems like Polkadot; the documentation provides structured paradigms for events, topics, and requests on the wallet side, explaining how to uniformly listen and respond under a multi-chain account model. For large wallets that need to cover EVM, Cosmos, Polkadot, and Solana simultaneously, these documents serve as bridges that translate 'multicultural' into 'universal language.'
Another byproduct of thickening the connection layer is the productized notifications and certifications. The Notify specification pulls wallet-level notifications back from the gray area into the realm of user consent, avoiding the side effect of excessive disturbance; the Sign certification process provides a standardized entry point for login scenarios, reducing the back-and-forth between different dapps regarding SIWE and custom messages. For teams wishing to deeply operate on mobile, being able to complete connection, signing, certification, and notifications within the same SDK saves a lot of time and risk control costs compared to stitching services together.
Do not underestimate the impact of network governance and ecological rhythm on entry points. The team has repeatedly emphasized that the goal for 2025 is to push the network towards an open, permissionless form; this is not only a posture of decentralization but also allows relays and routing to have space for alternatives and competition. For any ecosystem that relies on connections, only when the underlying relay can be replaced, observed, and governed can the long-term stability of the entrance be guaranteed. Including the public commitment of Phase 4 in your long-term observation checklist is key to understanding Reown's future trajectory.
Finally, a page of 'application-side checklist' consolidates everything into an executable layer: the first column lists the version rhythm of the access packages and key SDKs, such as the minor version frequency and destructive update notes for Web3Modal, AppKit, and WalletKit; the second column notes the publicly available connection metrics, unique wallets, and total active wallets curve; the third column records your own connection success rate, signing completion rate, and notification subscription retention rate. As long as these three columns can form positive feedback, you can determine whether the entry point is truly empowering the business, rather than just swapping out for a more popular library name.
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