Apple is blocking a release of our @gnosisSafe mobile app because we display NFTs in it. After 2 weeks of back-and-forth, I felt that we need to talk publicly about this to raise awareness.
See the thread for details and why this might affect other wallets and apps as well. 👇
- We are like 6-12 months away from seeing crypto neobank-like products that are far superior than anything tradfi offers today and that have the UX to onboard complete newbies. Tradfi is not ready for this.
- 100 ETH were assumed lost but could eventually be recovered. Here's what happened, how it became a happy ending and what's needed to prevent this from happening again. Context A user of Safe{Wallet} wanted to bridge 100 ETH from Mainnet to Base. But then they realized that theyI lost my life savings in one click using @safe last night. That's after 8 years of holding ETH and avoiding scams. A UX bug within the official Bridge feature, implied the destination address was my Safe on Base. It wasn't. Essentially, due to the age of my Safe, a bad actor had
- Ethereum has been completely shut down in Afghanistan. I think we neglect how dependent Ethereum is on internet access. A censorship-resistant "always-on" ledger isn’t much help if a government can just pull the plug by shutting down the internet.The internet has been completely shut down in Afghanistan, according to our internal data. Our tools help to bypass censorship, but here access has been cut off. We stand against acts like this and believe that both privacy & freedom of speech are human rights. (Timezone CEST)
- On Friday, the @gnosisdao community voted to spin-out the @gnosisSafe project and launch the $SAFE token. A thread on what that means for the future of the project and Web3 in general. 👇
- Replying to @SchorLukas⛔️ This shows how access to Web3 still relies heavily on gatekeepers like Apple ❗️ It's an industry problem, as the same arguments apply to any wallet displaying NFTs or games making use of NFTs 💡 We need to find better ways to make Web3 accessible on mobile permissionlessly
- Today was the toughest day since starting Safe: We are restructuring the teams and parting ways with 14 teammates, people we deeply respect, who've each contributed meaningfully to our journey. We know this is incredibly hard. There’s no perfect way to do this, and no words
- The prediction market platform @Polymarket just crossed $1B in total value processed, making it the most successful crypto consumer app to date. 👏 The secret sauce: Polymarket leverages Account Abstraction (using @Safe Smart Accounts) for easy onboarding and frictionless UX. ✨
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