Crypto: The Game

Undercover ops. Spreadsheet drama. Emoji puzzles in piss-scented alleys.

Incredible write-up from WIRED on going undercover for CTG S3 that reads like a spy thriller.

If you've ever wanted to know what it feels like to play Crypto: The Game, read this: https://www.wired.com/story/crypto-the-game-undercover/

This is so so so so so cool. 

So not Privy related at all but super proud we got to build a tiny sliver of what helped Dylan and the team focus on crafting a unique, incredible experience (Cult? Movement?) on the web. 😍😍😍

My feed:

- we have built superintelligence with access to the world’s knowledge rails. 
- can you turn all my family photos into Ghibli content?

On the whole, i feel good about humanity’s prospects today.

fc-updates

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

nf.td/varun

Who should use this feature? 

1. You have a Warpcast Wallet, but are not able to use it due to geo restriction.

2. You are a developer, and know how recovery phrases work, and want to test something in your own client. 

3. You are an advanced user, and want to import your Farcaster wallet into another app.

In all cases - if you make a mistake and store it insecurely or get tricked into inputting it into the wrong app, you will lose your account and your funds! 

We do not recommend using this feature unless you absolutely have to.

Release + user manual -- underrated major release practice.

Learning from @v !

GN! Ready to AMA -- happy to chat anything @privy, building better UX for distributed systems and lessons on crypto product building, key cryptography, or why @dwr.eth's rosé swilling memes are so distatesful for the French. AMA

Data privacy on the web. Keeper of the fabric @privy.

Fmr Protocol Labs consensus work. Before that YC S14 🇫🇷🌐🍊

OMG you're a real one... anybody that references that scene... extra h/t to you for your work with privy and for this salient argument, good sir 🫡

If you want to feel something tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ucBVz_IFGk

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Always happy except for when I have dry eyes | @maysquarepants on X |  prev. @lunchbreak

Nice, thank you, can't wait 🫡 

A follow-up only if time permits since I just noticed your X banner lol: Why is For a Few Dollars More better than The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? 

Fun fact - just found out *apparently the latter is Tarantino's all time fav

france

Still no one asks me about @dwr.eth 's numerous missteps with the French :(

Working on Farcaster and Warpcast. Longer thoughts at https://dwr.email

Founders

Reminder to get your questions ready for the Builder AMA with @henri tomorrow!

The easiest way to bring all your users onchain, regardless of whether they already have wallets | Customer love at privy.io/love

Lets go! The leadership team at Privy is genuinely one of the best I have ever encountered. Bullish on this.

Our CTO is incredible at managing technical challenges and teams to push stuff out at the rate we do, she also has an incredible depth in everything! 

Our CEO is likely one of the nicest people you will meet in crypto and does multi-weekly updates about where they see the future of the space with such nuance that I am regularly blown away.

The team at privy is genuinely top tier all round and I'm glad I joined, I've been pushed hard and get challenged by the work, I can feel my brain working out!

🤩 we are hiring! https://www.privy.io/careers

privy

Outstanding 👏💜🔐🙌

Probably shared this with you  already, the first time I used privy it felt magical like the first time I used an iPhone. 

Keep going🔥🚀

1/ Announcing our latest round of funding led by Ribbit Capital.

Thank you to our users and our customers for enabling us to bring crypto rails to everyone, everywhere.

We’re excited to keep building with you.

Our next builder AMA series on Farcaster will be @henri the cofounder of Privy on Thu 7:30pm ET. Get your questions ready!

First AMA! Come one, come all! I'm excited to chat :)

Customizing MFA cache duration ⚙️

Every Friday, we ship features to improve @privy's product experience

You can now customize how long MFA approvals last for your users (until they need to re-MFA). 

Massive thanks to Vector.fun and many others for encouraging this buildout!

In the medium term:

1. Dedicated wallets are for power users
2. Mobile is what matters for consumers
3. Average consumers use apps. Wallet functionality is part of the app.

cc @binji.eth 

https://x.com/binji_x/status/1900327228317282710

Identity is a byproduct of (app) usage. Not the other way around.

embeddedwallets

1/ Defense in depth: transaction policies

Even in the event of an infrastructure takeover, policies can keep your funds safe.

We believe that robust security comes in layers that can be resilient against many flavors and angles of attack.

Here’s our latest thinking at @privy 👇 

https://privy.io/blog/policy-engine

Defense in depth means working in security at every layer: team, arch, infra, transaction engine, interfaces

Policies let you mng what a wallet can do and who can do it, from allowlisting contracts and recipients to tx limits and time-based session keys.

Colfax breaks it down.

The best trading platforms need fast infra

That's why teams like Hyperliquid, Pump, and Vector use @privy embedded wallets.

We use key splitting reconstituted in a secure execution environment on-device, optimized for speed.

<20ms signing latency with Privy.

1/ Launching deposit webhooks ✅

Each Friday, we (@privy) ship to improve our product experience, and today's is a big one!

We now emit webhooks whenever a server wallet receives a transaction for a registered asset! This means you can keep your product in sync with onchain activity.

Feature Friday: deposit webhooks!

Monitor addresses for user self custodial wallets to trigger events when assets are received. 

Onchain 🤝 offchain