Musings on the Future of Actually Smart Wallets
paragraph.xyz Musings on the Future of Actually Smart Wallets |
AI summary of the linked articleThe author, who works at Moai, argues that smart wallets need to go beyond storing assets to become programmable tools for opportunities, social recovery and protection. The article says transaction costs fell from about $100 to 1 cent with the move to L2s, and that EIP-3074 gas sponsorship helped make wallets easier to use. It proposes that wallets could suggest or automate yield and trading moves within user-set limits, let trusted contacts help recover access, and isolate or return unwanted tokens and NFTs, with some measures taking months and deeper blockchain changes taking years. |
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1 comment Good summary, I have two comments. First, I don't believe in social recovery getting real adoption. I know Vitalik believes in that path, but I don't think an average Joe would do that. Let's look at this this way: Can you imagine normal people giving a group of friends & family access to all their money in a traditional bank account? It doesn't matter what the game's theoretical calculation behind; it just feels off. Also, many people are just lonely and don't have enough people they can trust. Plus, sometimes trusting people can be complicated, especially when one of them convinces everyone that you have mental problems - ask Britney Spears. Second, I would love to see doubling down on the security where you have multiple vaults in one wallet. So let's say I have my main wallet where I trade memecoins. I want to be able to transact quickly, of course. But when it comes to some assets - like, e.g., my ENS NFT - I'd like it to be in an in-wallet vault. So, e.g., to move some assets from this vault, two other of my wallets need to sign a TX. Like a matrioshka: multi-sig inside multi-sig :) |
