# Relay Profiles - web3 Identity Aggregation

**Published by:** [Agent Protocol + Chainagent](https://paragraph.com/@agentprotocol/)
**Published on:** 2022-08-17
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@agentprotocol/relay-profiles-web3-identity-aggregation

## Content

Relay is missing something. We created the initial encrypted wallet messaging products on XMTP, but there’s an issue everyone encounters. Who is messaging me? Who is this 40 hexadecimal character address? or who is this ENS name? So we made something better than sleuthing through Etherscan for context. Introducing Relay Profiles, an aggregator of your web3 identity. There is now a rich set of public data points for an address, and now is the right time to start showing them off and creating new connections. We already have ENS for the Ethereum-wide account username. So what else is there? This summer saw the launch of: new decentralized social graphs — Lens new verifiable credentials — Disco, MintKudos, POAP new Sybil resistance — Gitcoin Passport These combine into a strong and diverse “portfolio” of your web3 identity, and Relay is aggregating these into one simple profile. You can share yours, or you can learn about others. Yet there is an issue with this. So far every web3 social interaction requires finding the address owner on Twitter, or Discord, etc in order to communicate. The fix to this is a very natural pairing with our current relay.cc wallet message client — decentralized & encrypted with XMTP — now web3 profiles can message each other and web3 messaging has the context of profiles. This is such a clear benefit of connecting open protocols, and only possible now by building on the work of XMTP and Lens. We hope you find Profiles and Relay messaging extremely useful, and will be continually adding new web3 identity integrations. Reach out to us on Twitter or message the creator at relay.cc/u/seanwbren.eth. Bonus: Not convinced? Here’s a list of different user experiences this solves: Going from profiles to messaging, you can explore Relay Profiles of:NFT collectors, to message them buy or sell offers (with asset-validation)DAO members, message them about DAO votes or updates or callsDAO delegates with influence, message them about a proposalNFT creators, message them about past/upcoming mintsHackathon/conference friends, see what DAOs/events/NFTs they likeFellow members of your NFT collective, such as BAYCGoing from messaging to a profile, you will need Relay Profiles if:Someone you don’t know messages you on Relay and you want more context on who they areSomeone messages you about a friend or a possible new hire, and you’d like to see their profileA friend messages you out of the blue and you’d like to see what’s been happening in their lifeA new user of your project messages you for support help and you see if their account has the correct NFTYou join a new DAO group chat and you want to see what other DAOs the members are part ofAs an NFT creator/collector, someone messages me about buying a valuable NFT and I go to their profile to see if they have the assets to do soYou’re in a large telegram group for an event and you’d like to know more about who’s in it, so you look up their ENS name on Relay So look out for relay.cc profiles, and get your Lens handle if you don’t have it yet!

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