New Web3 ID app lets users find each other based on proven interests

A Web3 app that launched on June 27 lets users prove their social credibility using blockchain technology, according to an announcement from the app’s development team. Called “Quiver,” it lets users connect apps they use regularly, such as Spotify, Steam, Apple Music, and others. Based on their behavior in these apps, Quiver generates blockchain badges that prove their interests or membership within communities, which can be used as a way of identifying users who have similar interests.

The developers told Cointelegraph that Quiver has launched on the Apple App Store, with an Android and web version due to be released in about two weeks. Over 10,000 users created accounts during the beta period of the app.

Per the announcement, Quiver has formed an initial set of partnerships with celebrities and organizations to help build communities through the app, including Ross Butler, Jack Dylan Grazer, Ohio State, Arizona State, Kansas State and Phoenix State. Games included.

In a conversation with Cointelegraph, Quiver co-founder and CEO Ray Lee said that the current version of Quiver can connect to 11 different apps: Spotify, LinkedIn, Steam, Twitter, Apple Music, Apple Health, Instagram, TikTok, Audius and Canvas.

Users’ behavior on these apps determines the badges they are able to receive, allowing them to prove their credentials through their actions. For example, if a user listens to jazz music on Spotify, the person may receive a “Jazz Fan” badge, or if the user plays a fighting game on Steam, the person may receive a “Fighting Gamer” badge.

If users want to record a credential that cannot be proven through one of these apps, they can instead upload a video or image and have it verified by community validators as an alternative form of proof. can review.

Users can browse each other’s profiles and send private messages to each other using Quiver, allowing them to find and chat with people who have proven to share their interests. . In the current version, only private messages are available. But the team is experimenting with ideas of creating “communities and subgroups around conversations” like “validated discord” in the future, Lee said.

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Quiver runs on the Polygon network. However, it does not require users to download a separate wallet or copy and store seed words. Instead, it uses the Magic SDK for login, a type of new wallet technology that does not require seed words.

Web3 app developers continue to compete for a share of the lucrative social media and influencer market. Polkadot-based chat app Subsocial implemented Ethereum virtual machine compatibility on June 8th, and Polygon-based Lens Network built a new “Layer 3” scaling solution for faster posts on April 26th.

Although none of these apps have yet challenged the Facebooks and Twitters of the world, some Web3 experts believe that social apps will be a killer use case for bringing blockchain technology to the masses.