European computer company Metavisio will be offering what it is calling the world’s first web3 laptop with built-in cold storage crypto wallet along with other features—but it's yet to have a name. The company plans to to release three tiers of the laptop, the company said, all serving slightly different functions.
Metavisio added laptop users will be rewarded with a future token airdrop.
The laptops, created by Metavisio’s daughter company Thomson Computing, are yet to have their specifications nailed down. All that has been confirmed is that it will have a “secure enclave chipset,” a security measure that Apple has adopted.
As the specs are still yet to be confirmed, the company’s predicted price range is quite broad. The laptops will start at €499 ($523) and run all the way up to €2,000 ($2,100). On top of that, this range accounts for three different laptops; one suited for education, another for gaming, and a final one for “everyday” use.
Stephan Français, Founder & CEO of Metavisio and Thomson, with a laptop. Image: Metavisio.
With details still to be confirmed, including the laptop’s name, Thomson is struggling to put an exact date on the Web3 laptop’s release. It confirmed to Decrypt that its proprietary operating system should be completed by Q1 2025, which would mark the start of development for the laptop’s prototype.
Cold storage wallets are considered safer than hot wallets, like MetaMask or Phantom, as they reduce the risk of being hacked. That’s because the private keys required to authorize transactions are stored offline. Ledger is the most popular hardware solution that comes in the form of an easily transportable USB stick.
Metavisio believes your laptop being your cold wallet is the next step. As such the laptop will have a cold wallet built into it that will support Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) networks, Bitcoin, XRP, and Bittensor—with more to be added in the future.
“The Web3 laptop is designed for a future where you truly own your digital experience,” Stephan Français, Founder & CEO of Metavisio and Thomson, told Decrypt. “By seamlessly unifying Web3 tools, we’re laying the foundation to empower the next billion users.”
The laptop’s operating system known as “Web3 OS” will look to optimize crypto-native experiences such as dApp integration, the aforementioned cold wallet, and reward users with tokens for specific tasks—akin to the play-to-airdrop mechanic that swept the industry this year.
It was confirmed that Metavisio will be launching a token and that users looking to receive tokens will have to complete a know-your-customer (KYC) process. Decrypt did not receive a response when asking what blockchain it will use or when the token will be rolled out.
Edited by Stacy Elliott.
