Blockchain startup Cubist is proud to announce the public launch of its groundbreaking “wallet-as-a-service” (WaaS) product. This innovative solution aims to address the challenges of wallet management, providing both accessibility and security for account keys. With CubeSigner WaaS, users can now request signatures through revocable signing sessions instead of directly accessing raw keys. This breakthrough technology ensures the constant safety and instant availability of keys, even in the face of internal threats and breaches.
The versatility of CubeSigner is unparalleled, as it serves as a key manager for Ethereum validators, expanding its reach to diverse applications such as consumer wallets, loyalty programs, gaming platforms, trading platforms, and custody services, among others. With support for a wide range of chains, including Secp256k1, Ed25519, BLS, and Stark curve signing, Cubist has created a product that can easily adapt to support new signature schemes when needed.
The Unique Features of CubeSigner
CubeSigner’s website proudly showcases its two key selling points: “hot wallet speed” and “cold wallet security.” The product has already garnered a strong client base, including prominent companies like Ankr, Ava Labs, and Everstake. The CEO and Co-Founder of Cubist, Riad Wahby, explains, “We built CubeSigner so that no one has to choose between fast, safe, and easy to use. With its unparalleled security features, flexible social login, built-in minting services, powerful key recovery capabilities, and broad chain support, CubeSigner represents a significant advancement for the Web3 ecosystem.”
Enhancing Custody Setups and Empowering Users
After extensive collaboration with customers from various industries, CubeSigner’s functions have evolved to support a wide range of custody setups. Organizations now have the option to offload risk by including a qualified custodian or trustee, making self-custody effortless. Additionally, CubeSigner allows users to create Web2-like wallets, giving end users full control over their own keys while leveraging CubeSigner’s advanced features, such as social login and seedless account recovery.
Furthermore, CubeSigner enables applications to establish per-key usage guidelines, such as mandating two-factor authorization for significant transactions. Each CubeSigner deployment also includes real-time monitoring to detect potential breaches, suspicious behavior, and signing requests that violate usage policies.
“As a result of the Cubist team’s decades of academic and industry work securing production systems, CubeSigner protects keys with best-in-class security.” – Riad Wahby, CEO and Co-Founder of Cubist
The Founding Principles and Recent Success of Cubist
Cubist, co-founded by computer science professors from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California San Diego, has rapidly gained recognition and support. In a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital, Cubist secured $7 million, with contributions from esteemed venture capital and strategic investors like dao5, Amplify Partners, Polygon, Blizzard, and Axelar. Following this successful investment, Cubist released its inaugural product, a non-custodial Web3 private key manager, designed to assist infrastructure engineering teams in securing and effectively managing their private keys.
“CubeSigner represents a quantum leap for the Web3 ecosystem.” – Riad Wahby, CEO and Co-Founder of Cubist
The non-custodial key manager developed by Cubist empowers validator operators by allowing them to lock their keys in secure hardware and utilize short-lived revocable privileges instead of the keys themselves for automated transaction signing and validation message processes.
