The Harmony SMS Wallet is the simplest way for people to receive, purchase, and display inexpensive NFTs. Signup and recovery take place through SMS in a matter of seconds, without having to download an app. The user can claim NFTs for free, purchase NFTs and native assets directly using credit cards, and perform some operations via text message commands. Instead of being bloated with a complex feature set aimed at creators or active traders, the SMS wallet is incredibly simple for new users to adopt, with a familiar QR code and SMS phone verification signup flow. The wallet is an exciting way for users to buy and showcase NFTs, make micro-transactions in a game without interrupting play, and to easily claim NFT tickets for IRL or virtual events.
The SMS Wallet allows people to hold crypto assets in a mobile browser in a way that is both non-custodial and secure. The plain text private key never leaves the mobile-browser environment, users do not to make any backup material (such as seed phrases) that may derive the private key on its own, and no server can derive the private key either solely using the information available at the server. The wallet is recoverable using text message verification codes in combination with a QR code saved by the user during the wallet’s creation.