A growing number of lawmakers have discussed crypto on Capitol Hill, but how many representatives have actually gotten hands-on with the tech?
That question motivated Rep. William Timmons (R-SC ($0.00)) to engage with a South Carolina constituent, who helped set the Republican up his own digital wallet last week. Using the Ethereum Name Service, aka ENS, Rep. Timmons effectively initialed his self-custodial wallet “wrtiv.eth.”
The goal was to gain some familiarity with technology enabling financial sovereignty, Timmons told Decrypt on Tuesday. The day before, he added his wallet’s custom address to his profile on X (formerly known as Twitter), tacking it on at the end of his profile’s description.
“We can read legislation, we can try to understand policy, but experiencing it is also important,” Timmons said. “Putting ‘.eth’ in my Twitter bio was the least I could do to show that I am trying to help solve this challenge that’s before us.”
The challenge Timmons referred to is honing and passing a
