Coinbase Wallet users can now send cryptocurrencies to "short human-friendly addresses" as well as ones creating using the Ethereum Name Service (ENS).
Product lead Sid Coelho-Prabhu announced Tuesday that Coinbase Wallet now supports customizable wallet usernames for sending cryptocurrencies, rather than traditional long-form ones such as "0x89136a83664fa0673930be34463e444260775dc."
"We believe these improvements will make cryptocurrency much easier to use and help drive adoption with a more mainstream audience," Coelho-Prabhu said in a blog post.
Sent live Tuesday, users can send cryptocurrencies by asking recipients for their wallet usernames like "@walletfan" and use them as the sending addresses. There is also an option to keep usernames private.
To be clear, the short usernames do not replace 16-digit wallet addresses but instead provide a more user-friendly representative that sits on top. A user can send cryptocurrencies using the associated username rather than typing in the full wallet address.
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The new support also includes an integration with ENS, allowing Coinbase Wallet users to send cryptocurrencies to .eth addresses.
Launching in 2018, Coinbase Wallet provides users with a service to store and transfer cryptocurrencies to one another. Users have been able to use a decentralized web feature since August 2019.