Decentralized Identity
You've seen .eth domains around. They're much bigger than wallet nicknames — they're the beginning of actually owning your identity online.
You may have seen Ethereum Name Server domains like 0xjem.eth on Twitter recently. But what do they do?
Firstly, they’re aliases to wallets. If you want to send me a donation or an NFT, I could give you my wallet address as 0x12342069… This works fine, but addresses are unmemorable and easy to mess up when sharing. On the blockchain there’s no “return to sender”; it’s important to get them right!