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Show HN: No more 12-word seed phrases

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Re: Show HN: No more 12-word seed phrases

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Post by jhunter1016 »

I'm one of the founders of SimpleID. As a Web3 app developer, I have first hand experience hand holding users through the complicated on-boarding process. I built Graphite, a popular dApp, using traditional Web3 auth and I just recently cracked 10K users after 2 years...

The status quo today expects users to navigate pop-ups, install extensions, and of course manage their 12-word key phrase! What I've learned is that people don't really care about decentralization. They should, but they don't — at least not yet. What people do care about is protecting their data privacy and convenience.

Therefore, we built SimpleID, a suite of developer tools that lets you easily on-board users to Web3 apps. If your users are tech-savvy and want a 100% truly decentralized solution, you're probably not going to be very interested in SimpleID. And that's OK. We want the other 98% of people to actually use dApps, and have that "ah ha" moment about what data ownership truly means.

Our solution is all about choice — we don't force you into any specific blockchain, identity, or storage provider. At login, users automatically get wallets (Ethereum, Bitcoin), DID (ENS, Blockstack), and storage (IPFS, GAIA). We also plan on supporting other protocols, and more importantly hope to get rid of passwords all together!

[1] Demo: https://www.simpleid.xyz/#examples

[2] Sign up for free: https://www.simpleid.xyz/#app

Re: Show HN: No more 12-word seed phrases

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Post by rman666 »

jhunter1016 wrote: post #2

I'm one of the founders of SimpleID. As a Web3 app developer, I have first hand experience hand holding users through the complicated on-boarding process. I built Graphite, a popular dApp, using traditional Web3 auth and I just recently cracked 10K users after 2 years... The status quo today expects users to navigate pop-ups, install extensions, and of course manage their 12-word key phrase! What I've learned is that…

I haven’t explored your technology or solution yet, but I can say that your website is great looking and clear! Keep up the good work!

Re: Show HN: No more 12-word seed phrases

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Post by prabhaav »

saag4dinner wrote: post #4

Didn't see this on your site, but is there a roadmap for future support (i.e. EOS or others)?

We've been moving fast trying to get SimpleID in as many hands as possible, but we absolutely want to support other blockchains. More in-depth Ethereum support is next up, then we want to look at adding support for blockchains like EOS, Steem, and more. It'd be great to get feedback from others on what blockchains to support!

Re: Show HN: No more 12-word seed phrases

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Post by jhunter1016 »

rman666 wrote: post #3
jhunter1016 wrote: post #2

I'm one of the founders of SimpleID. As a Web3 app developer, I have first hand experience hand holding users through the complicated on-boarding process. I built Graphite, a popular dApp, using traditional Web3 auth and I just recently cracked 10K users after 2 years... The status quo today expects users to navigate pop-ups, install extensions, and of course manage their 12-word key phrase! What I've learned is that…

I haven’t explored your technology or solution yet, but I can say that your website is great looking and clear! Keep up the good work!

Thanks! We went back and forth on the site design for a while. We actually just released the new website last night.

Re: Show HN: No more 12-word seed phrases

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Post by jhunter1016 »

VanGoux wrote: post #8

Pretty cool idea, but does this solution actually give users ownership of their identity?

It absolutely does. All we store is an encrypted version of the user's master keychain (the 12-word seed phrase we're trying to eliminate). We can't access that keychain without the user's consent. The user is emailed a copy of this encrypted keychain and can take it with them to any service that supports bip39 seed phrases.

Try getting Google to let you do that ;)

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