Pedro Gomes is the cofounder of WalletConnect, a communications protocol that enables wallets and apps to securely connect and interact.

In this conversation, we talked about WalletConnect v2, and how the WalletConnect protocol is architected. We talked about the the WalletConnect Chat protocol and the second order effects it might have as it enables users and applications to communicate with each other. We also talked about Account Abstraction, and why it might be one of the critical bottlenecks towards the larger scale adoption of crypto.

Timestamps:

0:00 intro

8:00 developing the user experience before creating the product

10:23 account abstraction and the spectrum of security and convenience

20:39 WalletConnect APIs and “Log in with Ethereum”

28:55 how WalletConnect works

37:45 light clients and generalized messaging protocols

45:36 the politics of making big changes to the Ethereum protocol

50:14 connecting wallets with WalletConnect Chat

Mentioned in the show:

WalletConnect - https://walletconnect.com/

EIP2938 (account abstraction) - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-2938

WalletConnect APIs - https://docs.walletconnect.com/2.0