#Stellar keybase install#
#Stellar keybase password#

Finally, it will ask users to sign it and once done, invoke the window.parent._handleSignedTransaction method and pass in the signed transaction as a parameter. The HTML Widget would take an XDR as a GET parameter, exactly like Stellar Laboratory ` …` and would present a user-friendly explanation of the operations that are happening inside that transaction. In its simplest form, by using an that serves the Widget in a bespoke domain, the parent website cannot access its content or modify it1 as the communication happens from child to parent, meaning the Simple Signer Widget can communicate with the parent, but not vice-versa. The technical implementation that makes the Simple Signer is rather trivial. The Simple Signer will initially allow users to sign with their private key, but just as easily, it can allow users to connect their favourite wallet directly from the widget, and abstract the complexity of integrating with each individual wallet for Stellar developers, thus helping the community market their products faster. Today there are many wallets for Stellar Albedo, Freighter, Rabet, etc., and developers have to integrate their projects with each one of them in order to provide the best range. Browser extensions are still extremely convenient as they allow multi-account handling and other advanced functions which are outside of the scope of this project (such as providing liquidity directly from the extension, as is the case with Albedo). The Simple Signer Widget is a great entry point for crypto newbies to get started with the Stellar network For the tech-savvy, it is no suitable replacement for browser extensions. Into the Future: Help devs create secure Stellar applications faster The Simple Signer HTML Widget will be open-source to ensure transparency and auditability. The Widget will then return the signed transaction to the requesting website, never exposing the user’s private key.

Hosted in a trusted website, the Simple Signer comes in the form of an HTML widget that takes a transaction and offers the user to sign it inside the widget using their private key. The Simple Signer is a simple, yet secure approach that tackles this problem. What if the website is malicious? It could then use their private keys to perform unwanted transactions. The cognitive load is greatly reduced if people simply enter their private key into a website, but at the same time exposes them to a security problem.

Stellar Secret Keys are passwords in themselves (with the caveat that they cannot be changed).

#Stellar keybase password#

People are familiar with passwords they have been around for a very long time, and anyone with internet access has had to use their password to authenticate at some point.

The only way to implement this workflow today is to use the private key directly on the website that generates the transaction, but users can’t be certain of what the website will actually do with their private key. However, “Enter your password to complete this operation” is very well understood by any user who has ever done any financial transaction online (including mainstream online banking). It is complex workflows like these that, in part, deter users from getting started in their Stellar journey. You will use this browser extension to sign for transactions on other websites”, most users would find this user experience to be too convoluted.

#Stellar keybase install#

With many people still hampered by tech-illiteracy (or specifically crypto-illiteracy), the concept of installing a browser extension can be daunting: “Go into BrowserExtension website and create another account which will hold the keys for the Stellar account you just created, then install this browser extension and enter the details of your BrowserExtension account. In order to operate with the Stellar network, a user must: Create a stellar account, buy XLM, and either install a browser extension or use their private key directly on the website where they wish to spend their assets. The Simple Signer project has one clear objective in mind: Reduce cognitive complexity to enter the Stellar ecosystem by providing a secure way to sign for Stellar transactions without installing a browser extension, and without providing your private key to the website that generates the transaction.