From 5d63ab22f4b7cd80cc5b0000b559532b17e1b7dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Finlay Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 11:10:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add extension store description for easy reference --- docs/extension_description/en.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/extension_description/en.txt diff --git a/docs/extension_description/en.txt b/docs/extension_description/en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..53bc4780d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/extension_description/en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +MetaMask is an extension for accessing Ethereum enabled distributed applications, or "Dapps" in your normal browser! + +The extension injects the Ethereum web3 API into every website's javascript context, so that dapps can read from the blockchain. + +MetaMask also lets the user create and manage their own identities, so when a Dapp wants to perform a transaction and write to the blockchain, the user gets a secure interface to review the transaction, before approving or rejecting it. + +Because it adds functionality to the normal browser context, MetaMask requires the permission to read and write to any webpage. You can always "view the source" of MetaMask the way you do any extension, or view the source code on Github: +https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-plugin \ No newline at end of file