Decentralizing Safe

Safe web app

• Dependent on the Safe transaction service (indexer)
• Alternatives
  • If the Safe web app is down
  • E.g. Apps that run their own parallel instance of the Safe transaction service
    • Coinshift: coinshift.xyz
    • Multis: multis.com
  • Safe command line interface (Safe CLI)

Safe command line interface (Safe CLI)

• Safe CLI tutorials
  • Common use cases
  • GitHub: github.com/5afe/safe-cli
  • Trustless interface by Safe
  • Summoning a Decentralised Safe Registry by Daoism Systems

Safe transaction service features

1. Off-chain signature aggregation
   a. This is difficult to built in a more decentralized approach
   b. Potential solutions
   • Use Waku for signature aggregation
   • Post the signatures to a significantly less expensive execution layer instead of mainnet
2. Transaction history
3. Show token balances automatically
   a. Cannot be handled with a simple RPC connection, it requires an index

Opportunities

Simple app for users

• A working UI where users can use basic Safe account features if the main Safe Ecosystem Foundation hosted service is unavailable
• E.g. Basic app hosted by IPFS
  • Enables onchain approvals (signatures) only
  • Or it could present approvals to the user for manual aggregation/import/export
  • Also useful for deploying infrastructure on chains that don't yet have Safe transaction service support

More distributed backend service for builders

• Alternative backend services for developers to build on that are not reliant on the Safe Ecosystem Foundation hosted service
• E.g. Use Ceramic + ComposeDB to move towards a more distributed framework that also allows apps to perform a high amount of transactions
  • Summoning a Decentralised Safe Registry by Daoism Systems
  • Setting up a decentralized Safe registry with ComposeDB by Daoism Systems
  • ceramic.network/composedb

Risks

• IPFS hosted solution will not be sufficient due to the backend service dependencies
• Maintaining a workable app with good UX is not trivial and requires ongoing support and resources

Sample apps

Powered by Waku

Waku

• Site: waku.org
• About
  • Decentralized messaging service for transaction history data (indexer)
  • Uses zero-knowledge encryption
  • Powers the Status app: Peer-to-Peer Messaging – Where Whisper Falls Short and Waku Picks Up by Status

Safe apps

• Waku Powered Gnosis Safe: github.com/Soptq/gnosis-safe-waku
• Rugged Multisig: github.com/shafayeatsumit/rugged-multisig

This is not financial, technical, or legal advice. Consult professionals and do your own research.