Opera Launches a Dedicated Crypto Browser (engadget.com) 21
Opera has launched its Web3 "Crypto Browser" into beta with features like a built-in crypto wallet, easy access to cryptocurrency/NFT exchanges, support for decentralized apps (dApps) and more. From a report: The aim is to "simplify the Web3 user experience that is often bewildering for mainstream users," Opera EVP Jorgen Arnensen said in statement. A key feature is the built-in non-custodial wallet that will support blockchains including Ethereum, Bitcoin, Celo and Nervos from the get-go. It also announced partnerships with Polygon and others. The idea is to let you access your crypto without the need for any extensions, with the option of using third-party wallets as well. You can purchase cryptocurrencies via a fiat to crypto on-ramp, swap crypto directly in-wallet, send and receive it and check your wallet balance. It even has a secure clipboard that ensures other apps can't data when you copy/paste. The other primary function is support for Web3, aka blockchain-based decentralized internet, aka the buzzy new thing among crypto enthusiasts (and skeptics). On top of providing extra security via blockchain encryption, it allows users to access things like GameFi "where you can earn as you play your way through all sorts of metaverses," Opera notes. It also offers a "Crypto Corner" with the latest blockchain news that also "lets you grow your Web3 skills," according to Opera.
Opera launches new buzz word browser (Score:2)
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and unless Opera is only just now adding https support, it would be a better description too
Hey people, "crypto" means stuff like choosing between aes and ecdsa, which sha to use and if everything should be 128 or 256.
"crypto currency" is something a lot more specific.
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hey, don't ridicule innovation. participate!
i'm thinking of releasing a crypto urinal with the form of a wallet myself. nobody thinks of the children! i'm just finishing the details about how to turn the shit into nft. i mean, the process is very easy, because it's basically the same thing, so it needs some ritual to make it real.
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and the "off-ramp" is just a road that ends abruptly into a chasm, as illustration of the coming crypto crash.
what chu talkin about? Don't you know there's always a "bigger fool"? (Well, until there isn't.)
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Crypto was going to crash for over ten years now, then BTC roars to new heights. All the while, the crypto guys keep getting and driving nicer cars.
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Re:"To data" is a verb now?
It even has a secure clipboard that ensures other apps can't data when you copy/paste.
There was this one girl in college who said "Byte Me!" when I tried to data her. Then she told everyone I was "maleware", and said I was trying to give her a virus. I'll never forget her bits.
WARNING (Score:2, Informative)
Holy garbage in a browser, Batman! (Score:2)
Here's some words I never thought I'd see put together:
"lets you grow your Web3 skills,"
WHAT? Web3 skills? WTF?
I need a new buzzword bingo card. My last one got wore through.
I like it! (Score:1)
Not nerd enough yet. (Score:2)
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Yay, we're all getting free crypto browsers! ;)
Wish I liked Opera (Score:2)
Remember when Opera was not shit? (Score:3)
Like, up to version 11 or so it was legit the best browser available. Now it's just another Chromium skin, with added bloatware to boot.
Hey Opera: Be like Mozilla, not like Musk (Score:2)
Can't say it better than jwz [twitter.com] did about Mozilla:
Everyone involved in the project should be witheringly ashamed of this decision to partner with planet-incinerating Ponzi grifters.