1.1. What is Obscura

Obscura is a wallet-native messenger for Solana. Connect Phantom to get a private inbox tied to your wallet address, with end-to-end encrypted DMs between wallets.

Obscura is a wallet-native messenger for Solana where your wallet is your account and your key.

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

• Why wallets, not accounts

• Privacy as a built-in property