Decentralization has revolutionized security and trust. AR.IO harnesses this power to offer seamless access to permanent data and create consistent digital identities across Web3. Tools such as applications and services have enabled users to perform transaction processing, data storage, and identity management with just the click of a button. The Finance sector has received an edge in simplifying complex tasks, signing messages, and sending and approving transactions, which have been major attestations to the infrastructure built by decentralization.

Ar.io, the leading decentralized access network to the permaweb, has harnessed this power of decentralization to offer users secure, uninterrupted access to permaweb data. You can access permaweb data securely through their gateway network, utilize their Arweave Name System to create censorship-resistant names for faster accessibility to stored data on the permaweb, and integrate their services into any system or sector without compromising users' privacy and experience. With decentralization at its core, Ar.io has ensured the maintenance of seamless usability and a privacy-structured environment.

Even with its recent reform into the world's first permanent cloud network, Ar.io is looking to ensure that identities are preserved and maintained across Web3 applications. This novel feature is possible through its Arweave Name System tool known as the Primary Name Protocol.

The Primary Name Protocol

The Primary Name Protocol allows users to establish a unified, decentralized identity across Web3 applications, ensuring consistency and personalization without reliance on centralized systems. A new tool that provides wallet-to-name mapping and personalization across Web3 platforms. This is what the Primary Name Protocol is all about, users through the Arweave Name System, can enable a specific name of their choice that appears as their identity wherever they find themselves on the Arweave blockchain.

The Arweave Name System, at its core, replaces complex cryptographic hashes with human-readable aliases of your choice that aid in the visibility and accessibility of stored data. This new tool makes it possible to easily navigate towards and interact with data stored on the permaweb thereby enhancing visibility on decentralized platforms like Ardrive. Primary Names ensure that your permweb footprints are more identifiable and aid users in navigating the decentralized web more easily.

Developers can use the AR.IO SDK to resolve wallet addresses into Primary Names, streamlining user interactions in dApps like NFT marketplaces or DeFi platforms. This integration fosters trust and makes applications more user-friendly. This also means that as long as more applications integrate this, created identities stay intact no matter where you find yourself.

Anyone, anywhere can use this tool. To set up a Primary Name, users must update their Arweave Name Tokens (ANTs) which establish ownership and trading of ArNS names to the latest source code. Then, log in to arns.ar.io, navigate to the 'Manage Assets' section, and select a Primary Name from their collection. Here is also a video walkthrough to understand this process.

Wrap Up

Created digital identities in the Web3 world are as important as physical identification; your digital imprints can be kept under a self-created alias thanks to the Primary Name tool. While currently exclusive to the Arweave network, the Primary Name Protocol is designed for broader integration across blockchains and dApps, ensuring secure and personalized digital identities. Get started with AR.IO today and shape the future of decentralized identity management.