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Side by side, on a bad day.
Where Auro is stronger, where it is weaker, and what each one does on a bad day.
Honest next tothe alternatives.
Where Auro is weaker, it says so.
| Question | Auro | A normal phone wallet | A hardware wallet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who holds the key | Our server holds a vault key for each account. You have to trust us. | Your phone. | The device, kept off the internet. |
| A stolen, unlocked phone | Still needs the PIN, the password and the other checks. | Can often send straight away. | Nothing alone. The device must confirm. |
| A stolen password | Not enough. A send also needs your trusted phone. | Depends on the wallet. | Nothing alone. The key stays on the device. |
| Lost phone and lost 24 words | Nobody can help. | Nobody can help. | Nobody can help. |
| Approval steps per send | Seven. | Often one tap. | One confirm on the device. |
| Cost to set up | No hardware to buy. | No hardware to buy. | A device to buy. |
| Code risk | No smart contract, but our server code can have bugs. | App bugs, and approvals you sign. | Device and app bugs. |
| Where it runs today | Solana devnet only: test coins. | Mainnet. | Mainnet. |
A stolen phoneis not a stolen safe.
Your unlocked phone is taken
A normal wallet
- Opens the app and taps send.
- The coins are gone in seconds. There is no undo.
Auro
- A send needs your face, your PIN and your password.
- You lock the safe from any other device. Every send stops and waiting ones are cancelled.
- Unlocking needs your trusted phone, your PIN and your password, then waits 1 hour.
Only your password leaks
A normal wallet
- Depends on the wallet.
Auro
- They see a read-only safe. A send also needs your trusted phone.
Talked into a sendAuro makes you wait.
A normal wallet
- One tap approves.
- The coins are gone in seconds. There is no undo.
Auro
- Seven approvals slow you down. The last two read the address and amount to you again in plain words.
- You can set a wait for new addresses, for example 1 hour, and another for large sends.
- While a send waits, you can cancel it.
Be plain about it: finish all seven and let the wait run out, and the send goes. Auro cannot tell a real request from one you were talked into.
No safe is magic.
- A hacked phone can still approve what you tap.
- Someone talking you into a send can still win.
- Our own code can have bugs.
- Lose your phone and your 24 words, and nobody can help.
Where a hardware walletis the better choice.
Your key stays on the device.
Auro keeps one signing key per vault on our servers, so you trust us to follow the rules.
It runs on mainnet today.
Auro runs on devnet only, with test coins and no audit yet.
A hacked phone cannot make the device confirm.
On Auro, a hacked phone can still approve what you tap.
Auro is for people who want strong protection without buying and carrying a second device.
Audit andopen questions.
- 01No third-party audit yet.
- 02Devnet only: test coins.
- 03Server code can have bugs.
- 04Web app first; phones later?
- 05Company name, support email and X handle are still to be set.
