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by adrianwaj 1 day ago
Homepage is nothing but "Sign in to continue" .. wow. Perhaps run an anonymous twin of the entire service too. See how they diverge over time. Expect massive legal and KYC stuff too. Maybe don't use a bank account anywhere and just accept direct crypto deposits?

Knowing where funds are spent can be very valuable market research. Useful in due-diligence. Best of luck.

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Hey! Thanks for the message.

> Homepage is nothing but "Sign in to continue"

The main homepage leaves a lot to be desired but point noted - I'll update the link to direct there instead.

> Perhaps run an anonymous twin of the entire service too. See how they diverge over time

not 100% sure what you mean here. Could you explain further?

> Expect massive legal and KYC stuff too

Noted. The banking provider forces KYC which users go through on sign up before the account details & Privy managed ( https://www.privy.io/ ) wallet that stores the USDC is all provisioned.

> Maybe don't use a bank account anywhere and just accept direct crypto deposits

This would avoid a lot of legal + KYC but I'm aiming to target "power users" who don't necessarily need to know how to on-ramp & off-ramp crypto. This product may be too early for this wave of users but I'd like to have something that just feels like you've opened up a debit / savings account that you can give to your agent instead of providing access to your own details.

Thank you!

anonymous twin - if you're ever hacked, make sure the attacker can't identify users. Don't ask for emails or phone numbers. Provide users with 10 login strings that must be used sequentially. To login, use #1 string first + PIN and as soon as #2 string + PIN is used, #1 is automatically cancelled. They are not one-time logins. Can be used repeatedly.

Have an emergency passcode to be used for a new set of 10 after a fortnight time delay that neutralizes the previous 10. I am just making this up - I don't even know if any of this is truly necessary.