Web3 needs the ΞPhone

Below is a manifesto for an Ethereum-native mobile FOSS OS. We have just begun to coordinate around this idea, and feedback is much appreciated!

Web3 remakes the internet with a native payment protocol. There are no gatekeepers or intermediaries in Web3. Because of the composability of Ethereum applications, developers permissionlessly leverage existing apps resulting in an exponential rate of development.

Web3 has kickstarted a technological, economic, and cultural revolution; however a critical component is missing. To allow developers to fully realize the potential on Web3, a native mobile OS for Ethereum is needed. This free and open source mobile OS will contain a native API to connect to Web3 providers (connectors for calling blockchain functions). In time, this OS will run a light-version of an Ethereum node, further decentralizing the blockchain. We will call this new FOSS Ethereum-native mobile OS the ΞPhone.

Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS cannot successfully serve Web3 because they are permission-ed platforms by design. These centralized platforms cannot grant permission to new applications fast enough, and every time they delay or do not grant permission, they break the promise and potential of Web3. In contrast, composability will be intrinsic to ΞPhone apps.

The ΞPhone will enable novel economics and experiences. Apps, ERC20s, and NFTs will expand in potential when paired with the geolocation, camera, and near-field communication capabilities of mobile. New social experiences will become possible, which will integrate seamlessly with the tokenization and financialization of the physical world, human creativity, and experience.

The Ξphone will be the penultimate tool for the creators and explorers of Web3. Until we have a mobile OS that is as permissionless as the blockchain on which Web3 is built, the technological transformation will be incomplete, and the economic and cultural renaissance that Web3 makes possible, will be delayed.

The current goal is an Android fork that can be installed by the user. We are a small and humble group atm, just starting to ideate. Join us!

Here's our discord and github:

https://discord.gg/JfQTE26a https://github.com/EthereumPhone/android_node_test