Web3 Phone Numbers?

xReminisce · Feb 19, 2023

Anyone know of any successful and legit Web3 phone numbers out there?

Only one currently i know is 3num.co and solanlab's saga which will expand into web3 numbers eventually

if anyone used 3num before, let me know your experiences.
0.015 eth a year is pretty cheap

besides TG's Tron web3
you can't use them outside of TG apparently.

xReminisce · Feb 20, 2023

Guess noone has Web3 numbers or its not a real thing

Anne Hemingway · Feb 20, 2023

I think this will not stick.

Phone number in general is a big fingerprint you leave all around.

So now link it with your web3 wallet..?

Makes even easier to track you.

xReminisce · Feb 21, 2023

Anne Hemingway said:
I think this will not stick.

Phone number in general is a big fingerprint you leave all around.

So now link it with your web3 wallet..?

Makes even easier to track you.

not really
Look at it this way
you can indefinitely create wallets right
So, why would you link your "main number" into your main web3 wallet.
Thats #1
#2 is, what is the main thing about crypto and NFTs? Ownership
Can you REALLY say you OWN that number you are currently using?
No, you can't.
#3, one of the biggest issues with SMS is Sim Jacking, with an web3 phone number, would that happen, very unlikely.

So, like all crypto things, gotta think outside the box & be strategic where your ntfs, coins and other goodies go

Anne Hemingway · Feb 22, 2023

xReminisce said:
not really
Look at it this way
you can indefinitely create wallets right
So, why would you link your "main number" into your main web3 wallet.
Thats #1
#2 is, what is the main thing about crypto and NFTs? Ownership
Can you REALLY say you OWN that number you are currently using?
No, you can't.
#3, one of the biggest issues with SMS is Sim Jacking, with an web3 phone number, would that happen, very unlikely.

So, like all crypto things, gotta think outside the box & be strategic where your ntfs, coins and other goodies go

Yes. Ok.

So you make some enterprise deal with a Telecommunicatino company to re-sell their sim card. Question is if they allow to sell sim card without KYC. In some countries they do.

Now you offer web3 website w wallet connect where you can buy sim card with crypto for anonymous phone numbers.

But problem is plan pricing around the world, so your service only limited to some country

May be a good idea.

xReminisce · Feb 22, 2023

Anne Hemingway said:
Yes. Ok.

So you make some enterprise deal with a Telecommunicatino company to re-sell their sim card. Question is if they allow to sell sim card without KYC. In some countries they do.

Now you offer web3 website w wallet connect where you can buy sim card with crypto for anonymous phone numbers.

But problem is plan pricing around the world, so your service only limited to some country

May be a good idea.

right but
at the same time, technology is moving, international calling isn't as $$ as before, this aint the early 2000s anymore.
Alot of country nowdays have free international calling or even a ridiculous amount free each month that you wont be able to finish month over month.
Ontop of that, why would pricing be an issue, what is an average monthly phone plan $30, then scaled up when needed...
Lastly, why would the service be limited honestly? Google Voice, Skype Calls, lots of other VOIPs all have service globally. Technology may slightly differ per each service but the core features are the same.
Only main key difference is, you are now the owner of the number and you know you have ownership of the number.
Rather than renting and potentially losing it or being simjacked.

gokucrili · Feb 22, 2023

xReminisce said:
Anyone know of any successful and legit Web3 phone numbers out there?

Only one currently i know is 3num.co and solanlab's saga which will expand into web3 numbers eventually

if anyone used 3num before, let me know your experiences.
0.015 eth a year is pretty cheap

besides TG's Tron web3
you can't use them outside of TG apparently.

what are web3 number used for?

xReminisce · Feb 22, 2023

gokucrili said:
what are web3 number used for?

the same as normal numbers are used for?

Anne Hemingway · Feb 22, 2023

xReminisce said:
right but
at the same time, technology is moving, international calling isn't as $$ as before, this aint the early 2000s anymore.
Alot of country nowdays have free international calling or even a ridiculous amount free each month that you wont be able to finish month over month.
Ontop of that, why would pricing be an issue, what is an average monthly phone plan $30, then scaled up when needed...
Lastly, why would the service be limited honestly? Google Voice, Skype Calls, lots of other VOIPs all have service globally. Technology may slightly differ per each service but the core features are the same.
Only main key difference is, you are now the owner of the number and you know you have ownership of the number.
Rather than renting and potentially losing it or being simjacked.

Well, mainly is 4G which would be pricy international.

And also - Sim jacking might even become easier.

If your wallet is hacked - so is your phone number hacked.

Wallet hack is as dangerous as sim swap.

Wallet hack even more often and easier than sim swap!

So actually it would raise even more risk.

gokucrili · Feb 22, 2023

xReminisce said:
the same as normal numbers are used for?

I mean what's the difference with we2.0 numbers?

xReminisce · Feb 22, 2023

Anne Hemingway said:
Well, mainly is 4G which would be pricy international.

And also - Sim jacking might even become easier.

If your wallet is hacked - so is your phone number hacked.

Wallet hack is as dangerous as sim swap.

Wallet hack even more often and easier than sim swap!

So actually it would raise even more risk.

good points
but let's be real
while there are some security flaws out there which caused wallets hacks
majority of the ones causing people being hacked are due to people itself being stupid, like stayed logged in and have auto-approval on for different sites.
Imagine being logged in 24/7 and accepting auto approvals to your bank account.
your $$ would be drained too.

gokucrili · Feb 23, 2023

xReminisce said:
good points
but let's be real
while there are some security flaws out there which caused wallets hacks
majority of the ones causing people being hacked are due to people itself being stupid, like stayed logged in and have auto-approval on for different sites.
Imagine being logged in 24/7 and accepting auto approvals to your bank account.
your $$ would be drained too.

what do autoapproval mean and how do you avoid them?

xReminisce · Feb 23, 2023

gokucrili said:
what do autoapproval mean and how do you avoid them?

by turning it off
and signing out and disconnecting to daaps/websites when you are done.
leaving "auto approved"/"approved sites" empty when you are done with it.

Nikolaos · Mar 2, 2023

What are web3 phone numbers? Never heard of them.

bgx830 · May 30, 2025

sounds kinda dumb. Fake ass self-custody if u pay more then once, ever. anybody give it a go? I’d rather bind my 20 y.o. # via nft to be used as a defi address for payments. That a thing?

Pardon the necro

And , as an apart from my ^ personal impressions/asks^, cuz I hate to see knowledge seekers left hanging:

Nikolaos said:
What are web3 phone numbers? Never heard of them.

A phone # to which access/use is gatekept via NFT(s) using automated functions in (what I assume would be either) a thusly offered propriety wallet app or smart contracts on chain which verify NFT ownership and let said owner make calls and administrate the #. I’ve only been researching for his for 5 min b4 seeing this post and necro-ing it. Forgive inaccuracies plz.

gokucrili said:
I mean what's the difference with we2.0 numbers?

technically I don’t think that the concept of a web2 number really exists , if anything ~telephony~ as it’s called, would be the incipient technology which web1 was built on, but that existed long before a proof of concept for anything near the interwebs of today.

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