The future of non-guardian models in a post-coin world

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While dust settles from the last wave of phishing attacks, raped and increased regulatory pressure, one thing becomes very clear – The era of the centralized crypto guard reaches an inflection point.

Coinbase can always be standing as the display of the adoption of the exchange, but its growing vulnerabilities expose a systemic defect.

Users are always invited to trust a third party with their assets, their confidentiality and their security. In a post-organic world, this model of confidence is no longer durable.

The next chapter of the crypto focuses on non -guardian infrastructure – Models that refer control to the user without sacrificing security, conviviality or speed.

The philosophy “not your keys, not your pieces” evolves with a rallying cry in an architectural plan for the next generation of cryptographic platforms.

The crisis of confidence and its training effects

Recent events, such as the 300 million dollars estimated in losses linked to phishing on Coinbase, as investigators like Zachxbt point out, means that centralized platforms are pushed to serve as banks, technological companies and compliance agents at the same time.

But in doing so, they inherit the worst vulnerabilities of each model.

Confidence users place in these intermediaries become a unique point of failure, used not only by pirates, but by poorly aligned incentives and opaque systems.

We now see users, in particular the next wave of adopters, demanding platforms that work as Coinbase but without care.

They want seamless on / stop railings, an intuitive user interface and fast exchanges – But without abandoning sovereignty over their funds.

What a post-coin model looks like

Most so-called “non-guardian” platforms always expect users to jump through hoops just to make the foundations.

Meanwhile, centralized giants like Coinbase have built empires by prioritizing the ease of use in relation to the principles of central cryptography. This compromise is no longer acceptable.

The real opportunity is now to create platforms that do not ask users to choose between control and convenience.

The crypto must be as simple as exchanging tokens in seconds. No connection, no account creation, no delivery of your identity to a black box.

Most Fiat ramps always make users target users by third parties that work like disguised banks. The future is native of the portfolio – not focused on the broker.

We need KYC (know your customer) and the payment infrastructure that supports sovereignty and not the platforms that deal with users and the responsibilities to be monetized.

And let's kill the fantasy that users go “bridge” and “wrap” and “take place” each time they move through the chains. Is not nobody got time for that.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos – They should all work from a single interface. No jargon, no jump through the tabs. If your product still requires a tutorial, it is not ready for mass adoption.

Finally, security cannot mean telling people “don't forget your seed phrase” and call it one day. It's lazy.

Non-guardian platforms must cook in real protection – Recovery options, phishing defense, smart defect default – Without transforming each user into their own computer service.

We can no longer allow ourselves to rename the old game book.

The real change occurs – In Tools that feel as transparent as Coinbase but do not ask yourself to put your keys, your data or your confidence.

Pauline Shangett serves as a CSO to To modifyA prominent cryptocurrency exchange platform by seeing $ 1 billion in volumes per month. Since he joined the cryptographic space in early 2018, Pauline played a decisive role in the conduct of ChangeNow's strategy and the promotion of its growth within the blockchain community.