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NAME

$ Web3 Wallet Connection: The 2025 Stack

DESCRIPTION

WalletConnect v2, RainbowKit, wagmi, viem — the modern wallet stack is great, but only if you wire it up in the right order. A pragmatic guide.

DATE
2025-04-15
DURATION
1 min read
TAGS
web3ethereumreact
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CONTENT

The Web3 frontend stack consolidated in 2024. If you're starting a new dApp in 2025, the answer is almost always:

  • viem — the typed Ethereum client (replaces ethers.js)
  • wagmi — React hooks built on viem
  • RainbowKit — the wallet UI
  • WalletConnect v2 — the multi-wallet protocol underneath

The 5-minute setup

npm i wagmi viem @rainbow-me/rainbowkit @tanstack/react-query

Wrap your app in WagmiProvider > QueryClientProvider > RainbowKitProvider (in that order — order matters), drop a <ConnectButton />, and you have wallet connection in 12 lines.

The gotchas

SSR. Wagmi reads window at import time in some paths. Lazy-load the provider on the client only, or use the ssr: true wagmi config and persist via cookies.

Chain mismatch. Always show the user what chain you expect. useSwitchChain + a banner beats silent failures.

Read vs write. useReadContract works without a connected wallet. useWriteContract needs one and a chain match. Don't conflate the loading states.

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