1. Welcome ALL [image]
- Welcome to the weekly dose of public good goodness
2. Jam corner with the PG band aka @Sov
- Metalicaaaa
3. Miscellaneous ENS updates of general interest
- Celonames are live!
- Built by Namespace SP in collaboration with cLabs and ENS Labs
- Buenos Aires ENS event: ENS in Buenos Aires · Luma
4. ICANN report is up
- The ICANN report put together by Emily post Dublin has been shared.
- The report contains information discussed in the call and more.
- All reports will be added to the thread for visibility.
5. multisigned
Credibly Neutral Passkey Infrastructure for Ethereum presentation: multisigned is open-source key infrastructure that lets any developer host their own passkey-based authentication for Ethereum applications. Built for the social side of Ethereum where users want seamless login. The innovation: client-side encryption means developers can run their own infrastructure without being able to read users’ keys or hold them hostage. This eliminates vendor lock-in while keeping setup simple.
- Convenient, trustless pro-privacy wallet.
- Traditional wallets (Metamask, Rabi) – safe, self-custodial, but hard to set up.
- New wallets (Rainbow, WaaS like Privy, social wallets like Farcaster):
- More user-friendly, but less safe, less self-custodial, and sometimes dysfunctional.
- Some wallets are becoming extractive.
- Regulatory capture is a concern, especially for wallets hosted in the US.
- None of these wallets embrace privacy.
- Multisigned Aims to combine the best aspects of both types of wallets.
- “Chromium of Crypto Wallet” - open source, collaborative, and with good UX.
- Generates an Ethereum seed phrase in the browser and encrypts it with a passkey-derived PRF encryption key.
Why Multisigned?
- Safe: Keys are segmented by domain/app.
- Easy to set up: No need to switch apps; passkeys are widely available.
- Neutral: Funded as a public good; all code will be open source.
- Beautiful UX: App developers can customize the code.
- Privacy-focused: Supports privacy natively.
- Not regulatory capturable: Open source project.
- No extractive behavior: Run as a public good.
- Standard compliant: Can be used in any common web browser or app.
Funding Request
- Asking for an endorsement of ENS.
- Wants to use 1-2 ETH to finish initial research.
- Grant has been approved!
Links and resources:
- Presentation Slides.
- Whitepaper (work in progress).
- Telegram group.
- Wallet Dapp Dilemma – talk by Tim.
6. European Decentralisation Institute updates
- The European Decentralization Institute started in April this year and has a team of almost 20 people.
- The institute is a think tank dedicated to advancing decentralization as a strategic foundation for Europe’s society and economy.
- The first roundtable was held in Brussels two weeks ago to discuss digital sovereignty and decentralization.
- Digital sovereignty is a huge topic in Europe, with governments concerned about dependency on big tech.
- The goal is to create a next step in self-sovereign digital identity, making it more private and decentralized than current proposals like the European Digital Identity Wallet.
- Opportunities exist to influence policy, especially in the UK, where discussions are ongoing about government-issued digital identity and the wallet’s design.
- The aim is to provide solutions and engage with policymakers and regulators, using examples from countries like Switzerland.
- The goal is to create a model based on successful examples that can be applied to other countries in Europe and beyond.
- The policy cycle will evolve to allow input and lobbying, similar to the DRC’s efforts in the U.S.
- Aricle: Europe can reclaim digital sovereignty throuh decentralization.
- Presentation slides.
7. Open floor for all questions, proposals and other presentations etc.
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