Hi, what happens if the DApp using web3auth goes bust or the web3auth project gets deleted for some reason? Can the DApp users who use social login be able to recover their account/ private keys?
Great question, I’ve been wondering this as well.
My understanding is that there are custom verifiers and default verifiers, and recoverability depends on which one we go with. If you go with a default verifier, I believe users should be able to log in to other dapps that also use the default verifier. But then the question becomes, what happens if web3auth goes down…?
If you go with a custom verifier and your DApp goes bust or web3auth project gets deleted, then you would need to access that custom verifier in some way to access the account… I believe the custom verifier is a smart contract, but not sure how to access it independently of web3auth and if it will work if the web3auth project for that verifier goes down.
Would be great to get clarity on this from the web3auth team.
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As long as you have access to the number of shares more than threshold, you could reconstruct the private key.
You also could get your dapp’s device share at app.openlogin.com
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This uses our open source SDK to construct keys using your shares directly, without Web3Auth Network being involved. Being non custodial in nature, Web3Auth SDK makes it easy for anyone to reconstruct keys even when our services are not available.
Also as CW mentioned here, our hosted web3auth app.openlogin.com for plug and play is where people can check their key factors and reconstruct their keys on different devices.
To take this one step further, we’ll soon be developing a user facing platform to help anyone recover keys intuitively as well. However, since all of these SDKs are open source, it is quite easy for anyone to get this recovered easily.
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answer here might be helpful for you as well: If web3auth were to shut down, what would be the process for users to recover their private keys?
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