Re:Funds of every Trust Wallet browser extension could have ...
by rini17 on Monday May 01, 2023 @09:09AM
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But for that, general population to be able (and willing!) to manage secret keys properly is sorely needed.
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Re:Funds of every Trust Wallet browser extension could have ...
by misnome on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:35AM
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This is never going to happen, and nor should it. Any system that you can lose your entire life savings without any recourse by forgetting, revealing, or being hit by a wrench, for one number - is irreparably flawed and extremely unsuitable.
Re:Funds of every Trust Wallet browser extension could have ...
by G3rn0ti on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:40AM
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Yes, handling private keys is very inconvenient. I also can’t imagine my mother (although rather tech-savy for her age) handling all her financials with crypto wallets.
However, one of the next Ethereum upgrades (ERC-4337) will make it possible to safely recover wallets without a key seed phrase. Its implications seems to be huge but I am not deep enough into it to explain how exactly it is going to work. Perhaps somebody more competent than me can elaborate on that.
Re:Funds of every Trust Wallet browser extension could have ...
by lxgr on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:53AM
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You can't eat your cake and have it too: Either you are the only party controlling access to your accounts – which then necessarily includes the possibility of losing everything – or you don't, in which case somebody else does.
This isn't a tradeoff unique to cryptocurrencies: Cash works exactly the same way (qualitatively, if not quantitatively, in terms of the risks of losing access to it) – if you store your life savings under your mattress, they can be stolen easily or burn down together with your apartment.