Getting adoption for a new paradigm like web3 works best when you’re integrated into everyday user habits.
Mask adds these missing web3 features to the platforms you already use: wallet profiles tied to social handles, lucky drops, encryption, NFT frames, and — of course — decentralized file storage.
When you post on X, you’re entrusting a centralized file server with your media. Part of X policy is to prune old data or wipe entire accounts if they fall inactive. By using Mask inside X, users have the option to make their data permanent.
We’re excited to announce that Load Network’s Load0 storage layer is now integrated with Mask’s Chrome extension, powering lightning-fast EVM-native uploads, backed by Arweave and Load Network.
Load0’s optimistic cache means data is able to be posted and retrieved almost instantaneously: web3 that feels like web2.
Mask: a user’s perspective
With Mask installed, users access a kind of parallel web3 version of the social platform they usually use. Without jumping between apps, and with full context on the link between a user’s social handle and their onchain life, users get:
- Decentralized wallet-linked profiles (via MaskID), enabling in-app transactions and profile identities tied to your wallet.
- Encrypted messaging and posts, making it possible to share private content with decryption rules.
- Lucky Drops, distributing tokens or NFTs directly from the timeline.
- NFT support & frames, letting users showcase NFTs and integrate them around posts.
- Decentralized file storage, enabling permanent photo/video hosting via Arweave, Load0, and IPFS instead of relying on centralized servers.
- DAO and governance tools, allowing participation in community votes and DAO proposals from the timeline.
- Aggregating multiple integrations including Farcaster, OpenSea, Mirror, Lens, ENS
Together, these features reduce web3 friction while unlocking privacy, permanence, and ownership.
What Mask brings to Load0
Load0 brings high-performance permanent storage to Mask, and Load0 inherits some very cool features in the process. Today, Mask is the most friction-free way to post encrypted data to Load Network. Here’s how:
Get started
Download the Mask extension from the Chrome webstore, or update your existing version to 2.33.3.