“Openfort has been pivotal for Kropot. We’ve onboarded over 300,000 users with simple social logins and effectively removed the traditional on-chain barriers for our mobile audience.” — DJ, CTO of Kropot.
What is Kropot?
Kropot is a mobile rewards application that allows users to earn assets through in-app activities like daily quizzes and brain-training games. To reach a mainstream audience, Kropot integrated the Openfort React Native SDK to provide "invisible" smart wallets. This allows players to earn and swap points without ever seeing a seed phrase or paying for gas, creating a native mobile experience where digital rewards are as simple as traditional loyalty points.
Kropot, a mobile application from Kroma, is a mobile earn rewards with in-app activities. Daily quizzes and games to boost their users brainpower, have fun and collect rewards at the end.
The Challenge: Simplifying On-Chain Tech for Mainstream Mobile App Users
Like many applications venturing into the blockchain space, Kropot faced significant hurdles in making on-chain tech intuitive for a broad mobile audience. The primary challenges included:
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Complex Wallet Onboarding: Traditional wallet creation processes, often involving the secure management of seed phrases, presented a steep learning curve and a point of friction for everyday mobile users unfamiliar with blockchain technology.
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Transaction Complexity and Costs: Requiring users to understand and manage gas fees for transactions added another layer of complexity, potentially deterring engagement and frequent use of token-based features within the mobile app.
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Maintaining a Smooth User Experience: Integrating powerful smart wallet functionalities without disrupting the intuitive, native feel of a mobile application was crucial. Kropot needed to avoid a fragmented experience that could arise from redirecting users to external wallet applications or cumbersome interfaces.
The Solution: Seamless Onchain Integration with Openfort's Invisible Wallet
To address these challenges, Kropot chose to build its mobile application using Openfort's React Native SDK. This decision enabled Kropot to embed sophisticated onchain functionalities directly and invisibly within their app, offering a user-friendly experience. The Openfort integration provided several key capabilities:
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Embedded Non-Custodial Wallets with Social Logins: Openfort's technology allowed Kropot to create over 300,000 [non-custodial wallets](https://www.openfort.io/embedded-wallet\) for its users directly within the mobile application. Users could effortlessly get their wallets by logging in with familiar and trusted authentication methods like Google or Apple, bypassing complex setup procedures for onchain apps.
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Simplified Onboarding: By leveraging social logins, Kropot dramatically streamlined the onboarding process. This removed the intimidating step of seed phrase management, making it easy for users new to onchain apps to get started.
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Sponsored Transactions: Openfort's infrastructure enabled Kropot to implement sponsored (or gasless) transactions. This meant Kropot could cover the transaction fees on behalf of their users, leading to a frictionless experience where users could interact with onchain features without needing to acquire or manage cryptocurrency for gas.
The Results: Rapid Growth with Over 300,000 Wallets and 20,000 Sponsored Transactions
The integration of Openfort quickly translated into significant achievements for Kropot, demonstrating the power of simplified onchain onboarding in a mobile environment:
Now, the Kropot users start their journey with Kropot Kroma ID. They can swap points earned into crypto for an extra source of income and transfer the collected crypto anywhere and cash them out easily!
Related reading
- Kropot's invisible wallet experience is a textbook example of embedded wallets -- learn more in our explainer on what embedded wallets are and how they work.
- The sponsored transactions powering Kropot's frictionless UX rely on gas sponsorship -- see our technical deep dive into gas sponsorship for the details.
- Kropot is built on the Kroma network. Read about Openfort's integration with Kroma and what it unlocks for developers.