custodying your own crypto is like running your own mail server

where things start, but not where they end (for better or worse)

i am optimistic the end-state of crypto custody will be superior to the current state of mail clients, though (where you can arguably no longer run your own server bc of spam issues..)

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Moxie Marlinspike famously said that people don’t want to run their own servers.

I also think most people don’t want to secure their own seed phrases.

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yes, loosely speaking I think programmable / multi-institutional custody is the future

I wonder if we’ll enter a mixed state of both, like how Warpcast uses sharded keys for Waprlet

The more the $ sized self- custody, the more it feels akin to having nuclear code responsibility. public / private signature schemes need to evolve for onchain to be the next online

Multisigs, enclaved keys, step in right direction but whitelists, directories, paymasters worth exploring as ossified railways and new protocols

Self-custody is the starting point not the final UX.