(She is 73 years old and has regained her childhood spirit on WalletConnect)
“Girl, how do I save this dancing monkey to my album?”
When Grandma raised her phone for the sixth time to ask me, I suddenly realized: the digital world is so unfriendly to the elderly. Until we tried scanning the QR code to connect—
Magic Moment:
I taught her to aim the wallet at the purchasing page of the Dunhuang mural. “Ding-dong!” After the crisp prompt sound, Grandma exclaimed: “Is it connected? Faster than adding friends on WeChat!” All the mnemonic phrases, transaction fees, and network switches that once scared her were hidden behind elegant interactions. Later, I learned that this 'ding-dong' concealed the wisdom of decentralized relaying: messages are encrypted and relayed through global nodes, yet no one can glimpse Grandma's trading privacy.
Time Messenger:
Last week, she took a photo of the digital collectible 'Flying Apsara · Caisson', and this morning her phone vibrated with a message: 'There are 2 hours left for the bidding of your collection 'Flying Apsara · Caisson'.' Grandma, wearing her reading glasses, poked the screen like a child guarding her beloved candy. Behind this notification lies the gentle technology of session persistence: even if Grandma closes the APP, the service node still keeps the notification like a post office holding mail, waiting to be delivered when she logs on.
Intergenerational Contract:
On her birthday, Grandma signed a special contract with her fingerprint: locking the digital version of 'Family Photo · 1987' for 20 years, to be inherited by her grandchildren in the future. As she trembled while pressing her finger, sunlight shone through the confirmation interface, casting a circle of light on the contract. At this moment, encryption technology was no longer a strange term but a trust anchor across generations.
Three months later, she became the 'on-chain artist' at the senior university, teaching her old friends to use the wallet to scan and collect Su embroidery NFTs. As their laughter echoed in the classroom, I suddenly understood: real innovation is not making humans kneel before technology, but allowing technology to gently touch the stories in every wrinkle.
“I used to think digital wallets were for young people, but now it’s a treasure box for me and my old friends.”
—— Grandma Wang's speech at the community seminar
