Roadmap: Specs discussion

[arisgk]

Based upon the feedback for the community, dapp developers, and platform founders, Phase 1 focus is key management software. Phase 2 we will be moving over to hardware device for key management. Universe targets onboarding dApp users with one setup for all major platforms.

• For v1, we will focus on managing users' “less secure” private keys and most importantly sign up on the top 5-10 services all at one time
  • Less secure would mean, social app identity
  • More secure (something we’ll do later) - identity key management for serious apps that manage your health data, government id, etc.
• We want 1 single place to go for our MetaMask, Blockstack, DID, Solid, U-port, Civic, etc. identities and phrases, keys, or whatever else people are calling crypto passwords backups.
• We want a password because passwords work.
• We will need to pay attention to how each platform signs up its users, then sign them up on each platform and then encrypt and store their backup phrases.
• Universe is a fail-safe place for users to go when they forget their back up phrases.
• Despite we want to use a shared decentralized identity standard like the one developed at Decentralized Identity Foundation, we want to figure out an alternative way if things are moving slowly with the standard.

[guylepage3]

@arisgk this is spot on. I think we now need to start pulling in dapp developers to confirm that our findings are correct and that we're not missing anything. But I think you've nailed. it here. Great job!

[arisgk]

@guylepage3 I think we should add a spec

• We don't want to use a centralized server / data store

[guylepage3]

@arisgk, great add.. I feel that making things decentralized is very important. I had a call with @aseoconnor yesterday and that came up as well. I think we need to define when that should be applicable though. I feel that in the beginning "alpha" version we should have banners letting people know that this is in alpha and that everything is encrypted but centralized and manage their expectations.

[faddat]

"Universe is a fail-safe place for users to go when they forget their back up phrases."

I like it.

How will we make it work?

[guylepage3]

Backlogging.

[guylepage3]

Closing issue