Would you ever trust someone with your wallet’s private key?

Even in centralized systems, we don’t just rely on passwords — we add MFA, authenticators, passkeys, and more.

So why in web3, where self-custody is core, do some products still encourage users to hand over their private keys?

This should never be normalized — not even as a fallback option.

If you’re building for web3, make it crystal clear: asking for or importing a user’s private key is bad practice. Educate your users. Protect them.

Instead, empower users to connect external wallets.
If they’re using a competitor’s wallet, encourage safe asset transfers — not insecure key exports.

This isn’t a race to hoard users.
It’s a collective effort to defend decentralization.

Build accordingly.