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EIP to validate passkeys on-chain with a precompile: https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-7212#motivation

This would be huge for AA wallets. 

I'm curious if anyone has a pulse on how likely this is to pass, seems like there's usually a lot of contention around adding precompiles.

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But what are Passkeys good for in crypto? You can‘t see the payload of what the app is proposing to sign. I‘m not trusting websites, I‘ve been trusting wallets. Is this flipped now?

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Yes it can, but all of web3 has been built on the assumption that you cannot trust the website, but that you can trust the wallet. So that is a very big departure from what we trained users on and what these system's assumptions are.

Theoretically the website can show you the payload before you sign no?

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makes sense. So passkeys is mainly an API for wallets then

I see this argument pop up a bunch. I don't think it really makes sense.

Most wallets rn will ask you to FaceID before signing, this is like saying the FaceID UI doesn't show you any payload.

It is the wallets responsibility to show the users the payload before the passkey.

It’s a good point, all signature requests show “sign into dapp with passkey” with current webauthn capabilities. The messaging would need to improve. We need to give users confidence their intent is being fulfilled.