Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Should we have a single address for everything? 1. The average new user doesn't care. They just care if it works. In the near term auth addresses should make "it just work" for mini apps both on web and in other apps, e.g. Recaster or Coinbase wallet 2. There are nice properties for for having different addresses. a) Creating a new custody address means a pre-existing wallet isn't required to sign up. This especially important in consumer apps and on mobile. b) Auth addresses remove the need to have users move seed phrases between apps. This is clunky and bad security UX (for most users). c) Not all users 1) want 2) can be supported for a spending wallet d) Verified (i.e. connected addresses) allow you to import reputation and other information to Farcaster, e.g. token-gating. 3. In the longer term, I could see the argument for combining custody addresses and spending wallets, esp. once 7702 happens and it's easy to upgrade everything to smart wallets.
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meta-david 💥| Building Scoop3
@metadavid
I like the idea of single. I agree the average user won’t care and even a more experienced one like me is good with 1. Yeah, there are use cases for being distinct but I’m a little iffy if they’re high value. Kind of reminds of how everyone thought they wanted to cut the cord and go al la carts, but fast forward a few years later and people just want 1 subscription for everything instead of all this fragmentation.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
What problem does having a single address solve?
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