Vi Core Applications

Vi provides a set of first party applications known as Vi Core. These are first party applications built on top of the API layer for all to use. In general these are intended to be core infrastructure primitives that form the foundational layer for interaction, integration, and futher development.

Rolodex (Vi Core)

At launch, Vi Rolodex is the first core application.

This is essentially a global public address book. It holds public wallet addresses associated with every social media account.

In practice, this looks like a web-facing search page where anyone can search a X/Twitter username and see the .vi Base and Solana addresses associated with that username.

This opens up on chain interaction with any user on X. Use your imagination for all the possibilities that this unlocks. You could use this to send crypto to your favorite creator. If you are a project lead, you could reward followers who create valuable content or engagement.

We anticipate that Rolodex will dramatically empower builders and already enable substantially new paradigms around crypto x social, accessible to even those builders without programming knowledge.

Vault (Vi Core)

Vi hosts an online wallet that is gated behind OAuth social media login access.

For security reasons and to prevent permanent compromise of the Vi social identity, the functionality of this wallet is strictly scoped. This wallet supports send, receive, and swap functionality.

As a mental model, Vi Vault can be considered like a public PO box or safety deposit box. Anyone can send crypto to your address, but only you have the key. The key in this case comes in the form of the login to your X account.

If someone looks up your address on rolodex and sends crypto to you, you can access it through your Vi wallet. You would simply login with X or your other social media account.

You then have the option to exchange it to another token (routed through a liquidity aggregator such as Jupiter on Solana). You can also choose to withdraw your assets to a wallet of your choice (such as your Coinbase deposit address, or your own custodial wallet). The wallet works on a similar principle as Bonk Bot or Photon, where you are free any time to deposit or withdraw additional funds. Vi takes a 1% fee on swaps, comparable to other wallets such as Phantom or Metamask.

Note that Vi is currently in pre-alpha stage. At this time, only fungible token send/transfer capabilites on the Base network are supported.