WalletConnect’s Smart Sessions ‘Redefine’ Wallet UX for Future of AI Agents: Founder
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In brief WalletConnect Founder Pedro Gomes has outlined his vision for a “seamless, intelligent onchain world” powered by AI agents communicating through Smart Sessions. Smart Sessions are a new standard that will “redefine” wallet UX for the AI-powered future of the internet, Gomes wrote. WalletConnect claims to have enabled over 300 million “seamless, secure connections” for more than 45 million users worldwide. Decentralized communication protocol WalletConnect is embarking on the next phase of its growth with Smart Sessions, a new standard that will “redefine” wallet UX for the AI-powered future of the internet. In a new blog post, WalletConnect Foundation founder Pedro Gomes outlined his vision for a “seamless, intelligent onchain world” powered by AI agents communicating through Smart Sessions. “Smart Sessions aren’t just a UX upgrade,” Gomes wrote, explaining that they “fundamentally reshape the economic dynamics of WalletConnect.” Instead of “endless wallet popups,” Smart Sessions users simply connect once, setting clear rules for wallet interactions in natural language and delegating permission to an app—“or, increasingly, to an AI agent to transact on their behalf,” Gomes said. WalletConnect claims to have enabled over 300 million “seamless, secure connections” for more than 45 million users worldwide, connecting an ecosystem of 700 wallets and 63,000 apps. AI agents are set to fuel explosive growth in the ecosystem, empowering functions including automated trading strategies, autonomous onchain games, subscription payments and real-time asset management. AI agents, Gomes wrote, will become “first-class citizens” in this model—albeit operating within clearly defined parameters set by the user using Smart Sessions. Using Smart Sessions, AI agents will also generate new streams of onchain activity, paving the way for greater utility for WalletConnect’s WCT token. Already used for staking and governance on the network, WCT will be used to pay transaction fees—which will scale as more AI agents come…
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