Decentralized Communications Protocol Wallet Connect is embarking on the next stage of growth with smart sessions. This is a new standard that “redefines” wallet UX for the Internet’s AI-powered future.
In a new blog post, WalletConnect Foundation founder Pedro Gomes outlined the vision of a “seamless and intelligent on-chain world” powered by AI agents that communicate through smart sessions.
“Smart sessions aren’t just about upgrading UX,” Gomez wrote, explaining that it “a fundamentally restructures the economic dynamics of Wallet Connect.” Instead of “Infinite Wallet Pop-up”, smart session users set clear rules for just one connection wallet Delegating natural language interactions and permissions to apps – “Or increasingly, trade on behalf of AI agents,” Gomez said.
WalletConnect claims to have enabled more than 300 million “seamless and secure connections” for over 45 million users worldwide, connecting an ecosystem of 700 wallets and 63,000 apps. AI agents are set up to drive explosive ecosystem growth and enhance features such as automated trading strategies, autonomous on-chain games, subscription payments, and real-time asset management.
Gomes writes that AI agents will become “first-class citizens” in this model, but they work within well-defined parameters set by users using smart sessions.
Using Smart Sessions, the AI Agent also generates new streams of on-chain activity, opening ways to increase the utility of WalletConnect’s WCT tokens. The WCT, which is already used for staking and governance on the network, is used to pay transaction fees. This scales as more AI agents get online. “The more autonomous agents trade, the more expected demand will be,” Gomes explained.
A bite of apple
Crypto Ecosystem is set to receive a major boost from recent changes to Apple’s App Store policies after the Multivental Electronics giant man has required the App Store to open the App Store to third-party payment providers. A new bill passing through the US Congress would place similar requirements on Apple.
Opening Apple’s App Store will allow Web3 apps and wallets to “have more freedom to guide users into decentralized payment options, external wallets, and on-the-job transactions,” writes Gomes.
Wallet Connect’s smart sessions form a “critical” part of this infrastructure and evolve into “automated on-chain action” to promote “seamless and reliable interactions” between users, distributed apps and AI agents.
I’ll talk Decryption Earlier this year, Gomez outlined his long-term vision for smart sessions, explaining that “changes not only how wallets work, but how we interact with Dapps.” Ultimately, he said that crypto wallets that leverage Wallet Connect’s infrastructure “have a lasting connection that protects you from malicious activity and magically happens in the background.”
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