Introduction
Utopia is a P2P client that allow the users to chat, e-mail, and have conversation with each other in a decentralized way. The system provides anonymous payments and it is a very useful application for many users who prefer privacy over other things. I have installed the desktop client of Utopia and I was intrigued by the interface. The UI of Utopia desktop client was very simple and user-friendly. The user interface of the client is very nostalgic, it remind me of the days of Windows XP, in those days most of the applications used to have similar interfaces. The client has many features like chatting, e-mailing, and there are channels where you can communicate with other members of the community.
Installation
Utopia client comes with a well-packaged installer especially for windows operating system. The installation was very easy and super fast. I used a pretty basic spec laptop that had intel m3 7y30 processor, 8 GB ram, and a simple hard drive. Even with those specs the installer was super fast and I had no issues during installation. It took almost 1 and half minute to compete the installation. After the installation I launched the Utopia client and the registration window popped up.
After clicking on create new account button I came to the following page where I entered my nickname, my first and last name, and clicked on next button.
After that step the registration page took me to this page where I selected the Encrypted Container location and chosen a password and clicked on Finish button. The registration was completed and I came to Utopia client.
It took me around 3-5 minutes to complete the installation and registration. The process of installation and registration was smooth without any slowdowns or any kind of lagging. Following is the picture of the interface that popped up after I clicked on the registration page.
Now that I had access to the interface I started exploring the features of the Utopia Client. I first clicked on file and a window popped down that included the following sub-windows: My Profile, Export Database, Change Password, Backup Private Key, Wipe Encrypted Container, uNS Database, Lock application, Sign out, and Exist. After that I clicked on Edit, then on Search, and then uMail, and finally on Uwallet.
Channels I have clicked on the channels from the main interface window, and I joined some channels of the client. But, I found that most of the channels had few users and even the channels that had some users were almost silent. I have clicked on a channel name Utopia Chat Lobby and sent the message “Hello Utopia community.” I joined some other channels and found that the channels were pretty fast and there wasn’t any delay in loading of the channels.
After observing deeply I found that there are around 3900 channels on Utopia client so I decided to create my own channel just for testing purpose. I clicked on create channel button and I selected the basic settings, from those settings I named the channel as “Testing” and clicked on preview channel button, and after that create channel button appeared I clicked on that and the channel was created instantly.
After that I clicked on uWallet and I was taken to uWallet window. At uWallet windows there were many features available such as send CRP or Get CRP, and create Crypto Cards, Shop with Cryptons, Swap, uVocher, Request Cryptons, Mining, History and others.
Once I viewed the features I started testing them one by one. I started clicking on Get Cryptons button and I was taken to Crypton exchange. The exchange was simple and had the options to buy and sell crypton for other stable coins like USDT. I clicked on send and I was taken to Send Cryptons page. At that page I saw the following options. I had the option to send CRP and my balance was 5 CRP, but I had no public key of the users or their crypto cards so I skipped that page.
SwappingI clicked on swap window and I was taken to a page where I had the option to swap CRP with UUSD. I started testing the feature by swapping 1 CRP, and at the time of swapping the price of 1 CRP was equal to 0.52 UUSD. After selecting the amount I clicked on exchange button.
The transaction was fast it took few seconds only. Once I swapped the CRP to UUSD I tried to swap it back to CRP but this message appeared “The minimum exchange amount is 1 UUSD,” and I have gone to swap some more CRP into UUSD so that I could swap the UUSD back into CRP. This time I started swapping 1.2 CRP for UUSD and the amount in UUSD was around 0.63, I clicked on exchange. This time the transaction took 2 minutes to complete. After this step something happened that I didn’t like about the client and I think that thing should be changed. I was trying to swap the UUSD back to CRP but when I clicked on available UUSD on Receive window the swapping happened inversely. Instead of it getting swapped to CRP, the more CRP were swapped into UUSD. After that I was thinking that what’s happening, and I started swapping once again this time I selected the amount of UUSD in send window rather than in receive window and clicked on exchange. It almost took around 2 minutes again and the transaction was completed.
Creating of a Crypto Card
Once I was done with swapping I clicked on Crypto Cards window. I have entered my name on card and selected the color yellow and clicked on Create Card button. The fee for the card was around 3 CRP and after clicking on the Create Card button a window popped up with message “Do you want to proceed to create new Crypto Card now?” And there were two buttons one was of yes and other was no, so I clicked on yes button and the card was created instantly. This feature is really awesome and the cost of Crypto card is far cheaper than others.
uVoucher After creating the Crypto Card I clicked on uVoucher tab and I was taken to a page where I had two options one was “Activate uVoucher” and the other was “Create new uVoucher.” I had no uVoucher to activate so I clicked on Create new uVoucher, and created a uVoucher of 0.01 CRP, the network fee was around 0.15% and the total amount to pay for creation of uVoucher was around 0.010015 CRP, and I clicked on Create uVoucher button. A message appeared “Waiting for network confirmation” and within 10 seconds the uVoucher was created. After that I copied the code of uVoucher and pasted it into Activate uVoucher window and clicked on arrow sign button. A message appeared “Activating uVoucher,” and within few seconds the uVoucher was activated.
uMail
I checked the uMail feature to see that how it works. The mailbox appeared to be similar to other e-mail services but I like the simplicity of the interface. The following features were present in the uMail, Inbox, Sent, Outbox, Drafts, Trash, and some other features were also present in the mail. I clicked on the button to send someone a mail via the uMail, but I was unable to send anyone a mail because I had no one uMail address so that I can send the mail to the person. I think the uMail will work for Utopia users only because I tried to send a mail to my Gmail account but I was unable to do so.
Utopia AI
I must say that the Utopia AI is truly a good feature in the client. The AI assistant was pretty fast and answered my question quickly. I even asked it that how I can play games, the AI came with a very long answer similar to ChatGPT. This feature makes Utopia unique because now with the help of this feature we can easily communicate with the AI assistant and get our answers quickly without any lag or any issue of login that we face with ChatGPT. However, I recommend Utopia team to add another AI assistant dedicated to Utopia own client so it can provide only information regarding the client and its features.
uNS Records
I clicked on uNS records and tried to create my own uNS record but unfortunately the cost was way higher than my expectations. The fee for registration of the name was around 1024 CRP which is higher than $500 USD, and that’s why I had to skip that feature because the fee is way high for the feature.
Idyll Browser
I tried to use this browser but I was unable to visit any website with this browser. I even entered web URL addresses myself to test the browser, but unfortunately it didn’t worked for me. I still tried sites like Google, Bing, CNN, and others to check if it might work with any of them, but still it wasn’t loading any site. I think this feature can only load some sites that might be of decentralized nature. However, I was unable to find any such sites on Utopia Browser and that’s why I stopped testing the browser any further.
uMaps After testing the Idyll browser I came to uMaps feature. The feature took me to a map similar to google maps but with very basic settings. Once in the maps feature I noticed that the client showed the location of the channels that were present on the client. I clicked on some coordinates that included number over them, I found many channels and their location on map. The feature is not helpful in decentralization but still it’s a good feature for locating channels of your own language.
Web Proxy
After testing the uMaps I clicked on web proxy feature. The feature took me to Idyll browser and entered a site named “https://proxy.tt” and the site was working very well. I searched google on that page and it took me to Google’s page, and I searched trace IP to check that which country’s IP was given to me. After tracing the IP address I found that the server was located in Seychelles. I must say the feature is a good one and can help you to browse the pages that are restricted in your jurisdiction.
Utopia Poker
After testing all other features, I finally had to test the poker game. I really love playing poker and when I found it on Utopia I decided to give it a try. In order to play the poker I needed to create a table. So, I created a table with blinds range 0.002/0.001 CRP, and that’s the lowest we can select. After that I named it as “Test Game,” and set minimum Buy-in at 0.1 CRP. The table was created and soon a player joined the table. I played a round with the guy then he left the table. The game worked like a charm and I think it’s also among the best features of the Utopia Client.
Conclusion
The Utopia client is truly a very innovative application that has many features in a single package. Although, the UI is very basic, but it is so nostalgic experience. The feature of swapping works like a charm, and we can play poker with anyone who use the client. The Web Proxy works very well for browsing restricted sites, and the channels help us to communicate with others. The chat function and uMail are truly the way to have anonymous conversations. The Utopia AI assistant is like a friend who will listen to you and answer your questions very accurately. Overall, the experience of using Utopia was phenomenal and I recommend everyone to try this application.
