🛠️ Under the Hood: How WalletConnect’s Infrastructure Powers Web3

What makes WalletConnect more than a QR-scan UX tool? It’s the relay network—a decentralized mesh of Service Nodes that handle encrypted message traffic between wallets and dApps. With 16+ node operators online (as of Q2 2025), the protocol now ensures 99.99% uptime while preserving user privacy via E2E encryption 🔐.

At the core lies Protocol V2—launched in 2022—which introduced:

🧬 Multi-chain sessions

🧾 CAIP identifiers for standardized asset recognition

🔁 Session persistence so users don’t need to reconnect every visit

These building blocks laid the foundation for “Smart Sessions,” an upgrade that allows wallets or agents to approve actions autonomously—ideal for bots, AI assistants, and dApps running user logic.

What’s next? 🧪 WalletConnect is preparing permissionless node onboarding and staking-based governance, turning a once-centralized relay into a fully trustless network.

💡 Bottom line: WalletConnect is more than a feature—it’s becoming a foundational messaging fabric for Web3.

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