Are Seed Phrases Becoming Outdated?
Seed phrases have been central to crypto self-custody, but remembering and securely storing 12 or 24 words can be intimidating for newcomers. Newer approaches such as passkeys, smart accounts, social recovery, and alternative key-management systems are trying to make self-custody easier without completely giving up user control. As wallets become more sophisticated, could seed phrases eventually disappear from mainstream crypto, or will they remain the simplest and most reliable form of self-custody?
