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INTU Accounts

INTU accounts are a fundamentally different way of interacting with on-chain applications. It is core to the INTU protocol and the advantages of INTU’s next-gen tooling.

What makes INTU accounts different?

  • Trustless, Decentralized Account Generation

  • No private key to manage

  • Interacts on-chain using signed messages and transactions, ensuring broad compatibility with networks and on-chain applications

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An INTU account requires a minimum of 3 participants, and can support many more. These participants are assigned dynamic key shares, which are used to form the signatures required for on-chain interactions. A minimum threshold must be met in order to form a valid signature, e.g. 2 out of 3 minimum.

Participants can take many forms - more information can be found on [General INTU Architecture] page. These include user devices such as mobile phones and computers, hardware wallets, and cloud-based co-signers.

The keyshares assigned to the participants are dynamic, which makes a lot of the INTU magic possible. Some benefits of dynamic keyshares include:

  • Account Recovery: Remove lost keyshares, or assign new ones to maintain access to an INTU account

  • Proactive Security: Issue new keyshares on a regular basis to ensure long-term safety of the INTU account

  • Progressive onboarding: On-board users with 1-click SSO, and encourage better account hygiene over time, including 2FA, Account Recovery, and Hardware back-ups

  • Custom Custody: Empower end-users to true self-custody with no third party dependencies, or share custody for added convenience