# How Will Crypto Wallets Lead Us To The Wild World of Blockchain Apps?

By [William Mougayar's Blog](https://wamougayar.xyz) · 2023-05-31

blockchain, decentralized-applications, wallets, web3

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_We're a long way from the wallet becoming the next browser. But there's more than one way to get there._

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c694da2655c00501a8975af2495438b0.jpg)

I wrote another article that was published on the week-end in Fortune, entitled [The growth of Web3 depends on crypto wallets—and how we choose to use them](https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/05/28/the-growth-of-web3-depends-on-crypto-wallets-and-how-we-choose-to-use-them/).

The article discusses the question, _Will the popularity of wallets lead users to a Web3 world, or will current web apps move more quickly in that direction by first incorporating built-in wallet functionality?_

It's a bit of a trick question because both paths will be valid, in my opinion.

Having more built-in wallets inside apps is inevitable, and that trend is going to increase. In these cases, the app itself is the main attraction, and the wallet takes a second-class position to it. In these cases, there is tight integration between the app and wallet experiences.

Then what happens when you own a variety of cryptocurrencies? You will need a multi-currency wallet to hold them. That's where the standalone wallet comes in. In that standalone category, there is more than just holding currency. These wallets also function as a bridge to "decentralized apps", ones that use the wallet as a user login or for authentication and pseudo-identity purposes, such as for Decentralized Finance.

Today, we have an abundance of choices in standalone wallets, while there is a shortage of useful apps that use the built-in wallet in a significant and essential way.

With that backdrop as a set-up, I invite you to click on the link and read (no paywall) the full article, [The growth of Web3 depends on crypto wallets—and how we choose to use them](https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/05/28/the-growth-of-web3-depends-on-crypto-wallets-and-how-we-choose-to-use-them/).

**P.S.** The image above was generated by [starryai](https://starryai.com/) with the prompt _"A bridge depicted by cryptocurrency wallets."_ I was pleasantly surprised that it also included the hamburger menu alluding to apps, although I didn't give it that directive.

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*Originally published on [William Mougayar's Blog](https://wamougayar.xyz/how-will-crypto-wallets-lead-us-to-the-wild-world-of-blockchain-apps)*