WeChat, the most popular messenger in China,blocked a third-party blockchain-based application for contract agreements between WeChat users, Caijing reported on Wednesday.
Mini-application Xiao Xieyi, launched just one day before being blocked, was designed to initiate Ethereum-based contract agreements and provide a unique social ID for WeChat users. These features were supposed to guarantee the authenticity and reliability of both content and users’ identities.
The company’s explanation read as follows:
“Xiao Xieyi has been suspended due to violation of the service. We apologize, the content of the program has been suspended due tot he fact that the content is not authorized on the platform.”
WeChat is the fifth largest social platform in the world, with 1 bn. active users per month. Most of them are located in China.
By Nadya Astam