Most products start life as features; the rare few become commons. @WalletConnect is crossing that chasm by embedding neutrality and community control into the protocol’s economics. Wide wallet support, broad chain reach, and open standards make it the least-path-of-resistance choice for teams that would rather build products than adapters. The introduction of $WCT didn’t add speculation; it added governance, sustainability, and operator incentives—the ingredients public infrastructure needs to outlive any single company.
The network effects are stark. Each new wallet and dApp integration makes the next integration easier, while standardized capabilities (Smart Sessions, Verify, Multi-Chain) lift baseline safety across the board. Fees can be routed by governance to audits, grants, or deflationary sinks, compounding quality and credibility. As with the internet’s lower layers, the ultimate victory is ubiquity without attention: the protocol is everywhere precisely because it asks for nothing but adherence to open rules.
This is how a connector becomes a standard: by refusing lock-in, obsessing over DX and UX, and letting the community hold the purse strings. In a decade, people may barely remember the QR handshake; they’ll just assume connections “work.” That’s the point.
