Time to run the technical analysis back! Over the past few weeks I have been itching to jump into some Web3 technologies and I finally decided on the Coinbase Wallet SDK! 📊

Associate Staff @ MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Analyst | Architect | Engineer

Coinbase did an awesome job providing me with an initial template for a React application, thanks guys! With this I was able to access 3 distinct capabilities folks in the Web3 space should be familiar with. 💻

Next is the ability to switch between networks. I was able to update the application to work on Ethereum's layer 2 network Base and configured the options to allow the user to switch between Base Mainnet, the production network, and Base Sepolia the test network. 🔁

Finally was available was the ability to sign a message. Signing a message involves converting the message into a hash using the Ethereum hashing algorithm and signing the hashing using the private key. 🔑

By having another piece of infrastructure to integrate with it really enables web applications to open up the possibilities on what software is able to do. This allows us as users to own our data, transact without intermediaries, earn and trade digital assets, connect seamlessly across different blockchains, ensures tamper-proof records, and enables AI-driven automation. This is the next wave of the internet and it is so awesome to see it first hand! 🚀

First is the ability to connect your custodial wallet to the React application. By selecting which provider, or wallet, you can connect via either the Coinbase Wallet or Metamask. What is epic about this is you can either work with this as a Chrome extension or mobile app. 🔗