5.1. What Obscura is (and isn’t)

Obscura is a messaging tool that lets people with wallets (Solana / Phantom first) send each other encrypted messages where the content is only readable on the ends: on the sender’s device when writing, and the recipient’s device when reading. The server is architected to work as a storage and relay layer for encrypted blobs, not as a place where plaintext messages live.

This means Obscura is not a traditional “account-based” messenger. There are no phone-number accounts or email accounts managed by the service. The primary identifier is a wallet, which can remain pseudonymous if the user wants. That removes some of the usual risks around phone-based registration and linking messages to real-world identity at the account layer.

Obscura also is not a guarantee against every possible attack. The design focuses on making sure the backend cannot read message content, and on avoiding storage of personal identifiers like phone numbers. It does not claim to solve all metadata privacy issues (who talks to whom, when) in the MVP, and it does not protect against malware on a user’s device. Those are important limits to understand.

In short: Obscura is a wallet-native, end-to-end encrypted messenger with a backend that only sees ciphertext and basic routing information. It is not a full anonymity system and it does not handle endpoint security for you.