Secure Login Revolutionized with Self-Custodial Passkeys
Pera’s Liquid Auth implementation allows users to save passkeys to their crypto wallet to log into any website securely.
Today, the Algorand Foundation and Algorand-based Pera Wallet announced the launch of a new, decentralized passkey manager designed to offer users a free and secure way to manage login credentials.
Originally introduced in 2024 and based on Algorand’s cutting-edge Liquid Auth standard, Liquid Auth allows users to easily save passkeys and log into websites without compromising their security or privacy. With Liquid Auth, users can easily log into Web2 websites using their Web3 Pera Wallet, instead of using email and password combinations or third-party logins via email.
“Liquid Auth means anyone, from privacy-minded Web3 natives to Web2 users, can manage their passkeys in a fully self-custodial way,” said Marc Vanlerberghe, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of the Algorand Foundation. “They no longer have to rely on Apple, Facebook, or anyone else for online logins, nor are they restricted to using centralized password managers to maintain online digital security. The age of deplatforming risk has been replaced by data sovereignty.”
Driving Adoption of Decentralized Security Standards
The Algorand Foundation is championing Liquid Auth as the new standard for decentralized security, actively driving its adoption so that other platforms can provide users with the same security and convenience. Initially, the service will be available to users of Pera, a popular crypto wallet based on the Algorand blockchain. However, the Algorand Foundation developed the Liquid Auth technology as open-source, which means it can be integrated by any crypto wallet on any blockchain.
“Liquid Auth gives individuals full control over their most sensitive data, ensuring their passkeys remain private, easy to use, and locally stored, protected by the user’s private keys,” said Will Beaumont, Pera Wallet’s Head of Engineering. “By implementing Liquid Auth, Pera makes it easy to retain ownership and security of your credentials. We hope other wallets follow suit to help build an online ecosystem where sovereign identity, privacy, and security are the norm, not the exception.”
This is the first phase of a full Liquid Auth implementation. The Liquid Auth standard also enables decentralized connectivity between wallets and dApps, hereby replacing centralized solutions.
Liquid Auth: A Free and Secure Alternative
Liquid Auth is a secure and decentralized third-party login management alternative, offering the same password management functionalities as centralized options like Google Chrome and Apple iCloud Keychain. Access to crypto funds held in the Pera Wallet is never at risk by using Liquid Auth, nor are funds required to be held in the Pera Wallet to utilize the passkey feature.
Liquid Auth is free to use and available on Android and iOS. More information about the Liquid Auth standard and adopting Liquid Auth can be found at liquidauth.com. To use Passkeys in Pera Wallet, users can download Pera at perawallet.app/download.
About Algorand
Algorand’s mission is to power a world where information has integrity and innovative ideas can scale. Launched in 2019, Algorand (ALGO) has grown into a vibrant ecosystem of developers, entrepreneurs, and enterprise partners. Its institutional-grade certainty, low fees, and instant finality appeal to the protocol's millions of users, and developers appreciate the ability to use common programming languages like Python and Typescript. Builders on Algorand are creating protocols and companies that solve important problems at a global scale: tamper-proof on-chain credentialing, instant payments in war and disaster zones, self-sovereign identity for the disenfranchised, supply-chain traceability for global commerce, and the tokenization of assets, to name a few. To learn more and start the journey on Algorand, users can visit algorand.co.