All about WalletConnect – The core connection layer of Web3.
What is WalletConnect?
WalletConnect is an open-source protocol that allows users to easily link their crypto wallets to decentralized applications (dApps) securely, quickly, and privately. If you've ever connected a wallet like MetaMask or Trust Wallet to a dApp like Uniswap, you may have used WalletConnect without even realizing it.
Launched in 2018, WalletConnect has become the default connection layer of Web3, similar to how Stripe connects fiat payments or Visa is found at every payment point.
Core role in the Web3 ecosystem.
WalletConnect serves as a bridge between:
+ User wallets.
+ Decentralized applications.
+ Different blockchains.
From DeFi, NFT, gaming, staking to payments, any on-chain experience can use WalletConnect as an indispensable connection infrastructure.
Impressive statistics:
+ Over 300 million connections since launch.
+ 45 million users globally.
+ 20 million connections per month.
+ 5 million active users per month.
+ Over 61,000 dApps and more than 700 wallets have integrated.
+ In March alone, just 8 top wallets created 18 million connections through WalletConnect.
+ 106 million WCT have been staked, with over 142,000 holders.
