Vitalik Buterin trust that social recovery wallets could help newcomers feel safer in a world where everyone wants to be their own bank.

Social recovery wallets work like any ordinary wallet, except that they add guardians to the equation. Guardians are a group of people with the ability to sign a petition from the original wallet owner to facilitate access if the owner loses or forgets their keys for any reason.

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