walletbeat

New wallet attribute: ⚓ 𝗟𝟭 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

"Trust but verify" isn't real if wallets don't actually verify.

Walletbeat now rates wallets based on whether they verify L1 chain state by running a light client like Helios (cc @ncitron.eth).

Raising the bar.

building open source public goods @a16zcrypto

Contributor @ /walletbeat.

Censorship resistance requires privacy.

love this direction. pretty cool there is a section on privacy too. 

another vector to track: is it functional talking to custom RPC nodes, or is it a dependent on third party APIs?

Ethereum

Recasting: 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁: What is "Ethereum alignment" for wallets?

My take: It is a set of attributes around:
Security, privacy, self-sovereignty, user experience, and transparency.

Breakdown as a thread. 🧵

Yep, those are all tracked or going to be tracked.

See this thread for a list of planned attributes:

Yep, those are all tracked or going to be tracked.

See this thread for a list of planned attributes:
https://warpcast.com/polymutex.eth/0x0ec3e0c8

Wannabe contributor for /walletbeat.

Censorship resistance requires privacy.

👑 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆 is the desirable property of properly-decentralized system, and one way to encode the "walk away" test: how dependent is a wallet on third parties?

- 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗲: Can users use their own Ethereum node for L1 interactions?
- 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: Can users self-broadcast a transaction without being blocked by a third party?
- 𝗟𝟮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗹𝘀: Can users withdraw their funds from L2s trustlessly?
- 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀: Can users use popular dapps trustlessly? (e.g. via IPFS or ERC-6860 frontends)

Today's wallets depend a lot on third parties; even if untrusted via light clients, they are still dependent on their 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. This makes them a censorship vector.

Specifically for wallets letting users use their own node:

Specifically for wallets letting users use their own node:
https://warpcast.com/polymutex.eth/0xd68290d1