SuperTweets

Project Description:

This project is designed to tackle one of the most significant barriers to Web3 adoption—its poor user experience. Most decentralized applications (DApps) have interfaces that are difficult and intimidating for everyday users, creating a significant gap between potential users and the opportunities that Web3 can offer. Both creators and consumers miss out on the potential of decentralized technologies because they are restricted to unfamiliar, isolated platforms.

Our solution bridges this gap by allowing users to conduct crypto transactions, such as minting NFTs, making wagers, selling assets, and collecting tips, directly on the platforms where they already spend most of their time. This approach minimizes friction, creating a seamless experience by integrating crypto functionalities into familiar environments like their Twitter feed.

Meeting Users Where They Are: One of the keys to unlocking mainstream Web3 adoption is integrating it into the platforms where users already spend their time. Most users are not willing to switch between multiple apps or platforms, especially if they don’t understand the complex blockchain processes behind the scenes. Social media, in particular, is a huge untapped frontier for crypto and blockchain adoption. By bringing crypto functionality to popular social platforms like Twitter, users can easily interact with blockchain features in a setting they are already comfortable with, removing the learning curve and making the process as intuitive as possible. This “meet-the-user-where-they-are” approach will help drive both consumer and creator adoption, allowing them to seamlessly participate in Web3 without needing to leave their everyday platforms. As social media continues to evolve, it represents the next major frontier for Web3 growth, where digital ownership, peer-to-peer transactions, and decentralized assets can thrive naturally.

Problem:

Web3 has poor UX: Despite its potential, Web3 is hindered by complicated interfaces and systems that deter average users. Most DApps are intimidating to use: Decentralized apps often have steep learning curves, which limits their adoption by a broader audience. Missed opportunity for creators and consumers: Both groups miss out on the potential of Web3 technologies because the platforms they are familiar with do not support seamless integration of crypto functionalities. Solution:

Meet the user where they are: Rather than forcing users to navigate entirely new platforms, we enable them to interact with blockchain functionalities on the platforms they already use every day—whether that’s social media, e-commerce, or content creation platforms. Enable Crypto transactions effortlessly: Users can easily mint NFTs, make wagers, sell digital assets, or even collect tips without leaving the environment they are comfortable with. This creates a smooth, user-friendly gateway to blockchain technology. One more thing:

Solana’s Blinks integration was promising, but limited: Solana’s Blinks allowed for some interaction within its ecosystem, but the limitation was that it only supported Solana, and the ecosystem was very closed. Therefore we built this as an add-on that leverages Blinks’ infrastructure, but instead of being confined to one blockchain, it supports all major chains, creating a truly decentralized and interoperable solution. This enables a much wider range of users to participate, across multiple blockchains, without being restricted by ecosystem boundaries.

The core of this project revolves around creating a seamless integration between social media content and blockchain transactions. We built a Chrome extension that interacts directly with the user's Twitter feed. The extension uses the Blinks SDK to dynamically replace standard links within tweets with interactive "SuperTweets" that allow users to engage in blockchain-based activities like minting NFTs, tipping creators, and more, all without leaving the platform.

When a user wants to conduct a transaction, they can easily connect their wallet through the Wallet Context Providers injected by MetaMask. By leveraging MetaMask’s environment, users gain access to all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible chains, meaning they can interact with a wide variety of blockchains, making it a truly decentralized experience.

What’s particularly innovative about this setup is the way we handle the interactions. The Blinks SDK gives us the infrastructure to support a high-speed experience, while the MetaMask integration ensures compatibility with every EVM chain. This combination provides a frictionless and familiar experience for users, allowing them to engage in Web3 activities directly on their Twitter page without needing to jump between different platforms or learn new interfaces.

THE HARD PART:

Was making MetaMask work with all the chains using the browser inject provider also building multiple actions for every chain!