Introducing in-chat transactions: send, pay and request
And rich, wallet-enabled profile pages
Assets and ownership play a central role in the web3 ecosystem, so it’s essential that these fundamentals are deeply integrated in web3’s social experiences, too. We’re excited to share a major milestone for the Tribes web3 messenger:
You can now send, pay or request assets as you chat. Tribes’ new native wallet capabilities make seamless transactions, richer profiles and new reputation signals possible.
Communication will be essential to web3, and starting today, Tribes includes the first and only wallet with a Chat button alongside core actions like Send and Receive. Once you see it there, you can’t imagine going back.
Read on for more about in-chat transactions, wallet-enabled profiles and the “wallette” approach that makes it all possible.
It’s live
In-conversation transactions work on both Ethereum and Solana networks, and are available in the App Store and Google Play store today.
This feature is rolling out now. Tribes Vibes Send it! NFT holders have immediate access.
In-chat transactions
Transactions require a little bit of Social and a little bit of Wallet. You might think of Tribes as the intersection of Social and Wallet capabilities:
- Social tools that help us understand one another (profiles) and communicate (chats and communities)
- Wallet fundamentals that enable ownership (identity), co-ownership (collective action) and the transactions that make those happen (e.g. send, receive, request, vote).
When you can understand who you’re dealing with, you can decide whether to do a deal with them. For example, you might want to:
- Pay and get paid (“Venmo-mode”) — like requesting reimbursement for buying a friend lunch
- Move digital items — like gifting a customer an NFT that unlocks new features
With Tribes, you’re able to Pay or Request all kinds of assets — coins, collectibles, items and memberships; on Ethereum or Solana* networks — right in the chat.
Right! In! The chat!
This matters, because so-called “transactions” are also social interactions, and a quick message or reaction can add context and flavor. Delicious.
Think about the last time you checked out at the grocery store. There were smiles, hellos, thank-you’s and have-a-great-day’s. (And a transaction.)
Transactions are inherently social because people are.
How it works
- You may attach a Payment, Item or Request to any message, to anybody. If you’re chatting, tap the + button to create your attachment. If you’re visiting their profile, you can tap Pay or Request directly.
- When you make a Request, the other person can choose to Accept or Decline it. They can also just ignore you.
- When you Pay or Send an asset, you’ll need to sign to confirm the transaction. As you’d expect, there is no undo.
Profiles do wallet things, too
Before you transact, or heck, before you chat, you often want to better understand who you’re getting in touch with. For example, you might want to:
- Double-check an identity, like: is this the same Hish I met at the meetup?
- Gut-check a new contact, like: is this trade offer legit? Who is this person pinging me?
Tribes profile pages now make it quick to view others’ memberships, assets and other reputation signals.
And if you choose to interact, profiles also include essential wallet actions to quickly start a Chat, Pay or Request assets.
How it works
- Wallet age, the time since its first transaction, appears in the header as a reputation signal
- Essential wallet actions Chat, Pay, Request and Address appear atop the profile page
- A streamlined Profile view is visible by default, displaying any wallet’s web3 names, memberships, NFTs and social activity
- A new Assets tab enables you to view any wallet’s assets and total value
The age of the Wallette
Web3 apps need just-enough wallet
Tribes is a chat app with a baked-in wallet, not a wallet with a bolted-on chat app. Both are valuable, but the difference is important: vertical apps like Tribes require a powerful subset of native wallet functionality to deliver world-class experiences in their verticals — like in-chat transactions.
But these vertical apps don’t need deep wallet functionality. Nobody wants cross-chain bridging or DeFi price alerts in their chat app, for example, nor would a chat app be likely to execute those well. Big Wallet will deliver this.
Embedding these purposefully stripped-down wallets — call them “wallettes” — enables web3 apps like Tribes to deliver seamless in-app crypto flows for everyday customers, while giving advanced users the option of “handing off” key moments like Signing to their favorite Big Wallet apps.
Today Tribes’ wallette enables our customers to:
- View their assets and others’
- Send and receive funds
- Add crypto (onramp from fiat)
- Sign and execute blockchain transactions
We’re excited to show you what more our wallette can do, soon.
Try it
If this profile-and-wallet experience feels familiar, here’s why: it’s informed by Tribes’ co-wallets — group chats that can co-own things.
Our team will continue to explore new web3-native ways to understand one another and get things done together.
We can’t wait to see how y’all use Pay, Send and Request. Get the app today, and message us your feedback. Chat soon.
*On Solana, only Coin transactions are available today — NFTs will follow.
About Tribes
Tribes is a Web3-native messaging and group wallet app to help the next generation of crypto consumers, creators, communities, and DAOs collaborate and build relationships. For more information, visit tribes.xyz.
