thirdweb acquires Web3Onboard by Blocknative

Plus, we dive into the latest thirdweb updates including thirdweb Nebula's integration with ElizaOS, the launch of Soneium mainnet and more.

January 20, 2025

Hey builder!

Welcome back to thirdweb weekly, where we highlight how web3 adoption inspires new business models, empowers users to take ownership and disrupts industries across the board.

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thirdweb acquires Web3Onboard by Blocknative

Onboarding has been one of the biggest challenges for any project in the web3 ecosystem. While web3 culture has come a long way since its inception, the user experience is still far from optimal. Using web3 is still challenging for non-crypto natives.

At thirdweb, we understand the barrier onboarding poses to mass adoption, which is why we launched Connect, offering a simple solution for developers to create:

🖱️ web3 sign-ins or social logins

💳 seamless in-app wallets

🧠 & smart wallets powered by account abstraction.

But the ecosystem is evolving and so is thirdweb. That’s why thirdweb has acquired Web3Onboard by Blocknative - to take our existing onboarding tools to the next level.

Web3Onboard by Blocknative is a powerful and trusted product, responsible for onboarding 1000+ apps like Safe, Curve Finance & Synthetix.

And now, it joins the thirdweb family to further our web3 onboarding mission.

Soneium Mainnet Goes Live

Soneium Mainnet went live this week! That means you can now access all of thirdweb’s web3 development tools for building apps on Soneium mainnet, including:

🔌 Connect: Wallet infrastructure for SIWE, In-app wallets, Smart Wallets & thirdweb Pay

✍️ Contracts: The tools to build & deploy smart contracts

⚙️ Engine: Backend infrastructure to scale seamlessly

💡 Insight: Index, transform & query onchain data

🤖 Nebula: Build AI powered web3 apps

Ready to start building? Get started with Soneium Mainnet x thirdweb!

FRESHLY SHIPPED 🚢 

Want to know what thirdweb has been up to this week? Check out what we just shipped 👇️ 

thirdweb Nebula integrates with ElizaOS

ElizaOS is a framework that allows developers to create autonomous AI agents. ElizaOS agents have captivated the market, with their ability to complete tasks without support, such as managing Discord communities or replying to users on twitter. One of the reasons it’s so powerful, is its ability to integrate with multiple platforms, giving users a choice on which model they want to use.

To extend that power, ElizaOS has now integrated thirdweb Nebula, meaning you can now create autonomous AI agents which can also access and interact with the blockchain —using their own wallets!

Check out this demo to see how you can use ElizaOS x thirdweb Nebula as a Blockchain Bouncer for digital spaces 👇️ 👇️ 

Ready to build a crypto AI agent of your own? Learn more about thirdweb Nebula and get building! 👇️ 

thirdweb Engine just got a major upgrade

We just unlocked a ton of new functionalities to make thirdweb Engine even more powerful!

thirdweb Engine is a comprehensive solution for scaling your web3 app to the millions, offering backend wallets, gasless transactions, and seamless behind-the-scenes processing.

And now, it’s also capable of:

  • Atomic Transaction batching → Allowing you to execute all or no transactions

  • Multi-Contract Read Batching → Removing complexity from complex ecosystems

  • Enhanced Tracking → Improving your Data Analytics capabilities

Learn more about thirdweb Engine’s upgrades here. And get started with Engine below 👇️ 

What we’re reading 📚️ 

Did you know that Uranium has outperformed the S&P 500 over the last 5 years? With the rise of decentralized trading platforms, it was only a matter of time that blockchain revolutionized commodity trading too.

Uranium.io, powered by Tezos, gives you the power to buy, own and trade Uranium onchain. And was built using thirdweb’s complete web3 development toolkit!

Remember we told you all about thirdweb’s fourth Startup Program Cohort, which explores the intersection of web3 x AI? Applications are set to close this week (on Wednesday!)

If you’re a builder who wants:

🌑 Early access to thirdweb Nebula

🧑‍🏫 To learn directly from the builders of thirdweb Nebula

🏗️ To build the next big web3 x AI platform

…get involved!

 Learn more about the Startup program here and sign up using the form below 👇️ 

That’s all for this week folks!

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