E-mails are somehow the tech dinosaurs that refuse to die. It feels like we have them for so long, but on the other hand it's hard to envision a world without e-mails. I'm getting quite a few of them on a daily basis, mostly commercials of course.
There are plenty of companies that rely a lot on e-mailing for their work and although "it's old school technology" such messaging services have managed to survive over decades. CDs have probably had a shorter life span, although yours truly is still listening to track songs in his old Audi.
So, the question of the day for you guys: Is Blockchain Gonna Disrupt E-Mail Services?
Hell yeah, I'd say, and it's just a matter of time until that happens. Solana has an app built on it, called Secretum, that I've mentioned about in a previous post.
What Secretum actually does is making possible for wallets addresses to send messages between each other in a decentralized and privacy oriented way. E-mails are known to be hacked, with probably not much hustle, and Hilary Clinton's famous e-mail breach from a few years ago is a good example in that regard.
When we talk e-mails we actually talk about an identity tied to that e-mail. There's nothing anonymous about the e-mail exchanges around the world. We usually know who sent us an e-mail or to whom we've sent one, or at least have an image about the receivers and senders.
In the case of Secretum, at least from my understanding, we're actually talking the world’s first and only decentralized, encrypted messaging app. When referring to blockchain technology we no longer talk IDs and identities, or even worse social profiles. It's random letters and numbers and the user behind such addresses is purely anonymous.
How does Secretum actually works?
Secretum creates a completely new ecosystem allowing all crypto and Blockchain asset owners to:
Communicate directly and anonymously by messaging/phone/video with any other wallet owner in the world, based only on wallet addresses.
Trade crypto assets and tokens crypto P2P via an integrated ESC (escrow smart contract) functionality.
Make communications, file storage, and transactions secure from hackers and government interference via a decentralised distributed node network.
Receive rewards for app use and content creation, in addition to paying for additional services/subscriptions, via the SER token.
Allow users to offer premium content on public channels to other platform users, in exchange for payments via the SER token.
As described in the above huge bulk of a description, you can see this service is much more than a messaging app, but it's probably the first step in decentralizing what we currently have as e-mails. When we will get at the point of having multiple such apps as Secretum, built on all sort of blockchains that will allow interoperability we will be close to regaining our digital freedom and lost privacy.
So, to answer this #askleo post myself: yes, I believe blockchain is going to disrupt e-mail services. When you talk DeFi, private networks, smart contracts and so on it's basically impossible not to think of a decentralized blockchain app to revolutionize messaging. The era of resumes, job applications and e-mails is about to end soon.
Have a great Sunday evening folks and see you to the next one.
Thanks for attention,
Adrian