Self-custodial wallets often represent the first point of contact for crypto users that venture away from centralised exchanges. As a result, their security and user experience should be paramount. This often explained Metamask’s first mover advantage and the users’ reluctance to change. However, as infrastructure evolves, new wallets are equipped from the get-go with features that are designed for normie adoption, such as: account abstraction, gas fee abstraction, easier on- and off-ramp, etc. Zeal was envisioned as a day-to-day wallet solution, allowing users true freedom to transact, both on-chain, as well as off-chain (i.e. real world spendings).

Topics covered in this episode:

Hannes’ background
Existing wallet solutions and Zeal’s userbase
Wallet UX, account abstraction and passkeys
Security assumptions and passkey recovery
Smart contract interactions
Zeal’s mobile-first focus
IBAN & Gnosis Pay integrations
Capturing market share
Banking the unbanked
Gas fees
Cross-chain interoperability
DeFi & staking
Monetisation
Privacy
Zeal’s backend
Growth & business scaling in Web3
Zealot recruitment

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Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io
Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one

This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.

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