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Why get an X1ID

An X1ID handle is a small thing to claim and a big thing to have. But the reason it matters most comes first:

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You own it — forever

Most names you can register somewhere are really rented. Miss a renewal and your name lapses, and someone else can grab it. For a name people send money to, that’s dangerous: an expired handle picked up by a stranger silently redirects payments meant for you. X1ID doesn’t work that way. You pay once and own your handle outright — no renewals, no expiry, no subscription, no chance of losing it because you forgot to pay or stopped using it. It changes hands only when you decide to transfer or sell it. That permanence is the whole point, and it’s what sets X1ID apart from every naming system that expires.

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What else you get

Yours, forever

Pay once and own it. No renewals, no expiry dates to miss, no chance of losing your name because you forgot to pay. It can’t lapse and it isn’t custodial — it’s genuinely yours.

One name, every chain

@you points to your addresses on X1, Solana, Ethereum, and Bitcoin. Share one name; get paid on whichever chain the sender is using.

Fewer costly mistakes

People send to @you, not to a 44-character string. A readable name is far harder to fat-finger than raw base58 — and mistakes on-chain are permanent.

A real identity

Add an avatar, a website, your socials, and a link to your decentralized site. @you becomes a profile people recognize, not a random address.

Prove it's really you

Verify your handle and use it to sign in to apps. Others can tell a genuine @you from an impostor.

A safety net

Set up recovery so you can get back in if you lose access, and lock your handle instantly if you think your key is at risk.

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Who it’s for

  • Anyone who receives crypto. Creators, freelancers, merchants, friends splitting a bill — hand out @you once instead of a fresh address every time.
  • People who use more than one chain. If you hold on Solana or Ethereum as well as X1, a single handle covers all of them.
  • Anyone tired of copy-pasting addresses. Set @you as your primary name and apps show your handle instead of a string of characters.
  • People who want to be recognizable on-chain. A handle plus a profile is how others know a wallet is really yours.
You don’t have to use every feature. Many people claim a handle just to receive payments to a name they can share. The profile, verification, subnames, and marketplace are all there when you want them — and cost nothing extra to skip.

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Ready?

Claim your handle

It takes a couple of minutes on app.x1id.io.

See what a handle can do

The full feature set, explained in plain language.