Nearchos

Software developer, open source enthusiast, privacy advocate.

Clear Wallet Open-source privacy focused wallet: https://clear-wallet.flashsoft.eu/


If you separate the requirements from the implementation, I think it's easier to see why eoa's aren't solving the needs of actual use cases- driving the compromises coming from the adoption crowds. 

Requirement: a secure way to self-custody data without reliance on a  'web2' product, such as email, social, phone, etc.

Revealed user need: the ability to manage a fixed web3 "identity" while maintaining the ability to rotate keys/signers as a reasonable security practice 

With this in mind, it becomes apparent that the current implementation of EOA's is not meeting user needs. Of course users will seek workarounds that are familiar, without concern for the consequences of a decision that they don't fully understand yet.

This reminds me of the story of Bertha Benz. 

She and her husband, Karl, invented the Benz automobile.

She is known as "the woman who taught us to drive". She made the first long distance automobile journey, driving her son's from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany and back in 1888 (without her husband's knowledge, as he sat hand-wringing in the shop, obsessing over the design).

She proved what the automobile was capable of! She also learned some things that led her to inventing a few things (several of which along the way!)

1. A network of fuel stations
2. Replaceable Brake lining
3. Lower gear ratios for hills

She made so many insights by just using the thing and realizing what people would need to make it work as a part of their lives.

We have to be constantly pushing ourselves to be like Bertha and learn to prioritize studying actual use cases and defining our requirements to meet user needs. 

Otherwise the users will make compromises they don't understand the consequences of, and that's on us!

Building /veil - ZK Privacy Protocol for Base

I'm on my first but I love it!

Bertha Benz is definitely one of the coolest car nuts ever!

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thank you bertha! currently driving my third benz. i know @apex777.eth is also a fan.