As a staunch #Solana holder and investor, I found the recent ConnectorKit release from the SOL Foundation quite interesting. While not a major upgrade, it's crucial for future growth on mobile, especially in social, gaming, and payment sectors, where user growth is expected to take off first. 🧐
📝What practical problems does it actually solve?
1️⃣ Enable #ETH developers to seamlessly transition to #Solana
Previously, many teams developing Ethereum DApps used web3.js or Ethers.js to handle wallet connections. However, Solana's toolchain (such as solana/web3.js) differs significantly from Ethereum's, making modifications time-consuming and laborious.
ConnectorKit now integrates interface designs similar to those in the previous version, such as the "connect()" and "signMessage()" methods, which have similar usage. This means that protocols like Uniswap and Aave, if they want to deploy their products on Solana someday, don't need to write wallet logic from scratch and can launch quickly. This implies that more high-quality projects may enter the Solana ecosystem faster, bringing real activity.
2️⃣Solana Mobile Kit Deep Integration As everyone knows, Solana has a phone called Saga, which is powered by their Solana Mobile Stack. It includes a development kit called Kit, which helps developers directly integrate on-chain functions into Android apps.
ConnectorKit natively supports Kit, which is a significant advantage. DApps no longer require users to navigate to external wallets like Phantom. For example, when apps like Stepapp (fitness + Web3) or Kamino (lending protocol) release mobile versions, users can log in, sign, and transact directly within the app, experiencing the same smoothness as a regular app. This elevates the mobile app experience to a whole new level and significantly lowers the barrier to entry for Web2 users.
3️⃣ Supports Passkeys and Kora: Making it easy for Web2 users to get started. Most wallets now require users to remember seed phrase, which is a nightmare for beginners. But ConnectorKit natively supports Passkeys (login with fingerprint, face or Google account) and Kora (Solana's official embedded wallet solution).
Imagine this: You play a Solana game, like @staratlas, click "Sign in with Google," and the system automatically creates a wallet for you. You can then play the game and buy equipment without ever needing to understand what a "private key" or "seed phrase" is.
Isn't this the process that Web2 users are most familiar with? Once it gets going, user growth could explode exponentially.
The upgrades driven by the Solana Foundation demonstrate a shift from the traditional approach of improving performance and stability (as it is already incredibly powerful), similar to other public blockchains, to a completely different user-centric approach. They're prioritizing user experience in upgrading the underlying infrastructure for scalable growth. This is a classic example of American innovation, a direction we highly value. They prioritize building the infrastructure and establishing the rules and regulations, naturally attracting the ecosystem and users.
In summary, this upgrade truly addresses several major pain points in the Web3 experience:
The first wallet is "invisible," with wallet functionality embedded into its own product like building blocks, allowing ordinary users to seamlessly experience Web3.
Secondly, ConnectorKit implements a unified access standard, reducing the variety of wallet access options and avoiding security vulnerabilities.
Thirdly, the focus is on mobile users, especially in emerging markets. Many people around the world don't have computers, but almost everyone owns a smartphone. Particularly in Southeast Asia and Latin America, users are impatient with "registering an account and password," let alone managing seed phrase. Being able to "use it with a single tap" through Passkeys and native mobile integration will greatly increase the market penetration of the Solana ecosystem.
While everyone is focused on TPS and decentralization, Solana is focusing on user experience. After all, even the fastest blockchain is useless if no one uses it. I believe that in the future, Solana will continue to lead the way in DeFi, RWA, GameFi, and SocialFi—scenarios geared towards ordinary people. 🧐
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