MetaMask Delegation Toolkit helps popularize Web3 applications
At this year’s Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC), ConsenSys launched a revolutionary tool, the MetaMask Delegation Toolkit, which symbolizes that they have taken an important step in promoting the popularity of Web3 and blockchain. This innovative toolkit is designed to enable developers to create new decentralized applications (DApps) and protocols that revolutionize the user experience.
According to the official announcement, this toolkit will revolutionize the accessibility of Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains, including Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism and Polygon, etc., by leveraging user-operated packagers. While the initial focus is on Ethereum, MetaMask co-founder Dan Finlay emphasized that it has the potential to develop into a chain-agnostic solution and expand its reach.
Image source: X MetaMask Developer announced the launch of the “Delegation Toolkit” function
A recent study conducted by ConsenSys involving 15,000 participants revealed that the complexity of cryptocurrencies is a significant barrier for many users. Only 8% of respondents reported being very familiar with Web3, reflecting the wide gulf between its promise and public understanding. MetaMask Delegation Toolkit addresses these challenges and improves user experience by simplifying user interaction with Web3 infrastructure, automating repetitive tasks, and eliminating cumbersome mnemonic and private key management. The toolkit promises seamless user onboarding without extensions or downloads, ushering in a new era of accessibility and ease of use.
Improve developer flexibility and user experience
Finlay emphasized that the toolkit's flexibility in terms of permissions and execution systems allows users to set custom policies to more granularly control interactions and reduce pop-ups and confirmations that have traditionally hampered the user experience. In addition, the toolkit introduces innovations in gas fee management, providing gas fee-free transactions and flexible fee allocation options, improving transaction efficiency and user satisfaction.
According to the information provided on the official introduction page of "Delegation Toolkit", the tool has five major benefits and six major features, which are:
Five major benefits
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Get Started Instantly: No need to add a browser wallet, mobile app or write down a mnemonic phrase. Let users who are just starting to use Web3 get started frictionlessly. Interact with the user's location. Customize exactly when and how users create, authenticate, and connect to your DApp.
Unlock new Web3 experiences through delegated innovation: Unlock new features like viral growth led by massive peer-to-peer social collaboration, with reward trees or recurring subscription payments that don’t require users to connect accounts to your DApp. Open source, modular and backwards compatible. Customize your next viral DApp with delegation.
Create an uninterrupted user experience: Keep users immersed in your DApp. No more double confirmations. There are no pop-ups. No more switching between DApps and wallet applications. Further delays and reallocation of costs. Create assets on the fly. Automate and precisely control the number of user clicks on DApps.
Building the existing Web3 user base: building the user base that has been the most active and invested in MetaMask. Onboard new users with minimal friction while continuing to build a friendly and feature-rich experience for MetaMask’s millions of monthly active users.
Simplify smart contract development: Stop writing custom delegation code in your contracts and let our flexible and versatile architecture do the heavy lifting so you can focus on the core logic of your application. Reduce smart contract code by up to 95%.
Six characteristics
Image source: MetaMask Delegation Toolkit Delegation Toolkit six features
A toolkit for account-native delegation: The delegation architecture is open source and customizable. Implement it directly in your DApp, or customize it further to suit your application’s specific permissions and functionality.
Flexible account creation and user authentication methods: Flexible account creation options, compatible with custom and one-time EOA signers, third-party EOA signers, multi-signatures and passcodes. Supports multiple onboarding and authentication processes, such as QR Code scanning, invitation link and email.
Flexible account recovery path for users: The delegation architecture is extensible and supports custom account recovery options. Recover the account by delegating to a friend or DApp.
Innovative Gas Fee Handling: Toolkit to help build ERC-4337 compliant accounts. Works with any third party bundler and payment host. Delegation provides the additional functionality of gas-delayed and gas-free, instant asset and account creation.
Compatible with multiple DApp platforms: Available in the Wagmi connector and custom Viem client library, MetaMask delegated accounts can be easily integrated whether you are building a React project or in any JavaScript or Node.js environment.
Supports all EVM chains: MetaMask Delegation Toolkit can support any EVM chain as long as there is a bundler that supports userOps.
The release of this toolkit follows ConsenSys’ acquisition of Wallet Guard, which further strengthens MetaMask’s security and provides digital assets with more features to prevent fraud and theft.
Dan Finlay, co-founder of MetaMask, said in a press release: "The MetaMask Delegation Toolkit will allow users to seamlessly go online and enter a new generation of dynamic and flexible experiences, benefiting from rich collaboration brought only by new licensing and composability paradigms. "
Looking forward to the future blockchain ecosystem
The launch of the MetaMask Delegation Toolkit represents an important step in bridging the gap between the potential of Web3 and public perception. By simplifying user interactions and improving operational efficiency, this toolkit sets new standards for DApp development and blockchain usability, heralding the arrival of a more intuitive and inclusive digital ecosystem.
As more developers adopt this toolkit to create custom DApps and protocols, users will be able to experience smoother and more efficient blockchain interactions. This not only helps improve users' acceptance of Web3, but also paves the way for the application of blockchain technology in a wider range of industries.
In short, the launch of MetaMask Delegation Toolkit demonstrates ConsenSys’s commitment to promoting the popularization of blockchain technology and improving user experience. As this toolkit becomes more popular, we expect to see more innovation and changes to help further the development of the Web3 ecosystem.
