# TSC - Wallets Working Group

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Page last updated; 2024-07-29
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## Purpose / Goal

To further the development of Cardano’s wallet ecosystem. By providing a place for wallet stakeholders to share insights and work towards solving existing and future problems.

### Motivation

* Unlike other blockchains Cardano has a large and diverse wallet ecosystem, this brings strength via diversification, but introduces complexity in coordination.
* Via the wallets working group, we want to address issues of wallets and their stakeholders.
* By working together we want to be able to tackle the largest and toughest ecosystem-level problems.
* We want to amplify the voice of the quiet, to identify and improve wallets for all.

## Working group leads

* [Ryan Williams](https://twitter.com/Ryun1_)
* [Vladimir Kalnitsky](https://twitter.com/klntsky)
* [Adam Dean](https://twitter.com/adamKDean)

## Working group members

Calls and communications open to all, no set attendance.

## Working group deliverables

### Wallets Product Backlog

WIP, dependent on maturity of Cardano backlog committee.

### Wallet Connectors Initiative

* [See folder in shared drive.](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wctnLBRQsEc-kWzDGmaIjLjqci-wtF23?usp=drive_link)
* Cardano does not have an optimal state of connectors.
* The majority of issues on CIPs repo are CIP-30 related.
* Although CIP-30 facilitated the launch of dApps on Cardano, we believe we as an ecosystem are out growing it.
* Once we have described the issue we can then talk about how to solve it.

#### Deliverables

* [CPS-10 | Wallet Connectors](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/tree/master/CPS-0010) ✅
* CIP-???? | Extensible Wallet Connector Framework ⏳
* CIP-???? | Extensible Wallet Connector  Connection - Injected Javascript  ⏳
* CIP-???? | Extensible Wallet Connector  API - Legacy Interface  ⏳

### Query Layer Initiative

* Lead by Vladimir 💪
* [See folder in shared drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1baSYHfWJdUh5dwRkHjY7qnaufjuO8sP2?usp=drive_link)
* Cardano lacks a standardized query layer. This can lead to suboptimal tooling, dApp and wallet architecture.
* Every data provider creates its own query layer, this adds complexity to wallets and dApp designs.
* By having a standardized query layer we could allow users to choose data providers for their wallets.

#### Deliverables

* [CPS-12 |](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/625) [Query Layer Standardization](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/625) ⏳
* CIP-???? | Standardized Query Layer ⏳
* [CPS-11 |](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CPS-0011) [Universal JSON Encoding for Domain Types](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/blob/master/CPS-0011) ✅
* [CIP-116 | Standard JSON encoding for Domain Type](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/tree/master/CIP-0116) ✅

### Other Work

* [CIP-???? | Wallet Best Practices](https://github.com/cardano-foundation/CIPs/pull/815) ⏳

## Collaboration channels 

* Shared meeting calendar [Luma calendar](https://lu.ma/wwg)
* [Discord channel](https://discord.gg/gCw5HQJsxG) via CIP discord
* [Shared Google drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gYGeVJBLmDhCGEp1mTkCrsJYspd5hSoM?usp=sharing) (with all meeting recordings/slides)

## Working Group Meeting date and time

* Every fourth Thursday 4pm UTC.
* Shared meeting calendar [Luma calendar](https://lu.ma/wwg)