# 1.1. What is Obscura

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**Obscura is a wallet-native messenger for Solana where your wallet is your account and your key.**
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### Wallet-native messaging on Solana

Instead of signing up with a phone number or email, you connect your Solana wallet (Phantom first). You instantly get a private inbox tied to your wallet address. There is no extra login layer. There is no username. There is no personal data required to start chatting.

### End-to-end encrypted wallet DMs

Your device encrypts every message before it leaves your screen. The server stores and forwards only encrypted payloads. It never sees message content. A database dump reveals ciphertext, not conversations.

You can think of Obscura as a wallet-native DM layer for Solana. If you know a wallet address, you can treat it like a contact. You can send a message that only the wallet owner can read. The goal is a normal chat experience with a stronger cryptography and privacy model than traditional messengers.

### What Obscura enables

* Private inbox per wallet address.
* Send DMs to any Solana wallet address.
* Pseudonymous identity by default.
* No email, phone number, or account signup.
* A simple flow: connect wallet, open inbox, send message.

### Who it’s for

Obscura is built for people and projects that already live in crypto. This includes DAO contributors, small teams, on-chain communities, and tools that want to message users by wallet. It also fits anyone who prefers keys over accounts.

### Related reading

* [Core principles](https://docs.obscura.now/overview/1.2.-core-principles)
* [Why wallets, not accounts](https://docs.obscura.now/overview/1.3.-why-wallets-not-accounts)
* [Privacy as a built-in property](https://docs.obscura.now/product-concepts/2.5.-privacy-as-a-built-in-property)