Heavily-Backed DeSo Makes Waves With Controversial Google Login Feature
Decentralized Social (DeSo), a blockchain designed to power Web 3.0 decentralized social networks, has integrated a "Login with Google" feature to all of the apps built on its platform, which has sparked a backlash from the crypto community.
Nader Al-Naji, head of the DeSo Foundation, announced the news via a Twitter thread, arguing that such functionalities would expedite mainstream adoption. "Lowering the mainstream's barrier to entry, as DeSo Identity does, is *required* for mainstream adoption of crypto," he said.
Lowering the mainstream's barrier to entry, as DeSo Identity does, is *required* for mainstream adoption of cryptoIf we didn't do it, someone else would haveNow that we've shown it's OK, I expect many to follow by releasing iFrame wallets as well
Al-Naji acknowledged that Chrome extensions like Metamask are more secure, but said that ordinary users would never install them due to user interface (UI) / user experience (UX) and other technical complexities.
"Instead of yelling at our users about security best practices, we did something radical: We met them where they are today. We built DeSo Identity as an embeddable iFrame," Al-Naji said, adding that raw seed phrases are also not a suitable option.
As previously reported, Al-Naji is also the creator of a controversial decentralized social media protocol on the DeSo blockchain, Bitclout, which he claimed was created "as an early prototype." Following the launch of DeSo, the CLOUT token was renamed to DESO.
Notably, DeSo saw a private token sale worth over USD 200m to high-profile investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Social Capital, TQ Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Blockchain.com, and a number of other well-known names in the
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