DApps can now send push notifications to Ethereum wallet users

An Indian startup has built a decentralized notification protocol dubbed Ethereum Push Notification Service allowing DApps to send push notifications to Ethereum wallet users.

She explained that Gmail or Orkut did not send notifications in their early days as they do now.

Joshi emphasized that this was what intrigued them to bring push notifications to the decentralized world and pull the industry out of the "Stone age era of communication."

Further explaining how EPNS works, she stated that EPNS is a decentralized communication layer that follows the Web 3.0 ethos and is "Capable of carrying notifications to any platform including crypto wallets, mobile apps or even web browsers."

Joshi said that EPNS would serve the same purpose for decentralized apps and services as Apple Push Notification Service does for iOS platforms.

It will act as the decentralized middleware and verify the source, ensure spam protection, and only let notifications through to a wallet user if they have consented to receive them.

"The protocol allows users to be in direct control of what services they get notifications from, it imposes rules on the services including spam protection for users, limiting their ability to add wallets as subscribers, etc."

DApps and other decentralized services will have a better chance at pushing their services to the cryptocurrency community with the help of push notifications.

Similar to how the Chromium-based Brave browser rewards its users for viewing ads, EPNS would also provide incentives to cryptocurrency wallet users that opt-in for push notifications sent through the notification protocol.

Cryptocurrency wallet providers that allow EPNS to send notifications to their users will also receive a part of the revenue generated from the system, Joshi concluded.