- Jessica Greenwalt co-founded Unstoppable Domains to give users full control over their digital identities using blockchain-based domains.
- She also works as Creative Director at Vayner3, helping major brands adapt to Web3 and blockchain technology.
Despite the flood of blockchain technological breakthroughs, one name remains prominent: Jessica Greenwalt. Originally regarded as a gifted digital designer, she is now one of the main figures behind Unstoppable Domains, a project altering public perception of digital identities. But the road to this position was not easy—and like many great ideas, it all began with an apparently small difficulty.
Making Crypto User-Friendly: The Birth of Unstoppable Domains
Jessica Greenwalt is not a person who just emerged in the cryptocurrency space. She had already developed a career in design and technology before exploring blockchain. Having a solid experience in UX/UI, she knew one thing many digital innovators sometimes ignore: if something is difficult to use, it will limit its adoption.
That was clear when she first entered the Web3 space. Greenwalt came to see that even if blockchain technology provides security and decentralization, it still presents many obstacles for ordinary users. Long and complex wallet addresses are one of the main issues since they usually cause transaction mistakes.
“Just picture this,” Jessica remarked during an interview. “We do not have to type our IP address every time we visit a website. Why then should we still have to transmit crypto using a lot of arbitrary numbers and letters?
That straightforward query led to the creation of Unstoppable Domains, a solution allowing users to have a crypto address in the form of a basic domain—akin to a personal website name.
Building the Future of Digital Identity
Launching Unstoppable Domains in 2018, Greenwalt and his team have one primary objective: provide users total control over their digital identities. Domains on Unstoppable Domains are for life rather than annual renewability since they are kept straight on the blockchain.
This isn’t just about making wallet addresses easier to remember. It’s also about giving people real control over their data, making transactions smoother, and bringing digital identity closer to full decentralization.
Still, the voyage has not always been easy. Early on, blockchain technology was not very popular and many questioned if blockchain-based businesses were truly necessary. To make Unstoppable Domains publicly accessible, Greenwalt and her colleagues have had to put in a lot of effort developing relationships with big platforms such as Coinbase, Brave, and Polygon.
“Imagine if everyone could have a unique, permanent digital name—like an email address—but that was totally their own,” Jessica says. “It’s about freedom as much as convenience.”
Jessica Greenwalt’s Next Mission: AI-Driven Digital Identity in Web3
Unstoppable Domains has developed over time beyond only being a domain name supplier based on blockchains. With features like Web3 social profiles, encrypted chat, and NFTs directly linked to a user’s domain, the platform today is increasingly important in Web3 digital identity.
Jessica Greenwalt stays on top of this innovation in the interim. She keeps searching for ways to increase Web3’s influence, talks about the need of data ownership in the digital era, and visits worldwide crypto conferences. Her present major focus is on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into digital identification, thereby providing a safer method for user validation.
More and more businesses are paying attention to technology nowadays; even some traditional financial institutions are thinking about using blockchain domains to enhance transaction security.
