First ‘Web3 Laptop’ Promises Cold Storage Wallet and Token Airdrop

European computer company Metavisio will offer what it calls the world’s first Web3 laptop with a built-in crypto wallet for cold storage and other features, but it doesn’t have a name yet. The company plans to release three tiers of the laptop, the company said, each with slightly different functions.

Metavisio added laptop users will be rewarded with a future token airdrop.

The specifications of the laptops, made by Metavisio’s subsidiary Thomson Computing, have yet to be determined. All that has been confirmed is that it will have a ‘secure enclave chipset’, a security measure that Apple has adopted.

Since specifications are yet to be confirmed, the company’s predicted price range is quite wide. The laptops start at €499 ($523) and go up to €2,000 ($2,100). Moreover, this series includes three different laptops; one suitable for education, one for gaming, and a final one for “everyday” use.

With details yet to be confirmed, including the laptop’s name, Thomson has struggled to put an exact date on the Web3 laptop’s release. It confirmed that Declutter that its own operating system should be completed in the first quarter of 2025, which would mark the beginning of the development of the laptop prototype.

Cold storage wallets are considered more secure than hot wallets, such as MetaMask or Phantom, because they reduce the risk of hacking. That’s because the private keys needed to authorize transactions are stored offline. Ledger is the most popular hardware solution that comes in the form of an easily portable USB stick.

Metavisio believes that your laptop as your cold wallet is the next step. As such, the laptop will have a cold wallet built-in that supports Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) networks, Bitcoin, XRP and Bittensor – with more to be added in the future.

“The Web3 laptop is designed for a future where you truly own your digital experience,” said Stephan Français, founder and CEO of Metavisio and Thomson. Declutter. “By seamlessly unifying Web3 tools, we are laying the foundation for empowering the next billion users.”

The laptop’s operating system, known as “Web3 OS,” will attempt to optimize crypto-native experiences like dApp integration and the aforementioned cold wallet, and reward users with tokens for specific tasks – similar to the play-to-airdrop mechanism that swept the industry this year.

It was confirmed that Metavisio will launch a token and that users who want to receive tokens will have to complete a know-your-customer (KYC) process. Declutter received no response as to which blockchain it will use or when the token will be rolled out.

Edited by Stacy Elliott.