The Decentralized Recovery Protocol is Complementary to Password Managers. Here’s Why.
One common question we get at the DeRec Alliance is “Why can’t I just use a password manager to do what DeRec does?” It’s actually a great question. First of all, it helps to know just exactly what is meant by the phrase “password manager.” In the same way that the DeRec Protocol can be […]
What is Decentralization and Why It Matters to the Protection and Recovery of Secrets
As concepts go, the idea of “decentralization” is not only core to the blockchain ethos and culture, it describes a principle of secure computing that’s highly disruptive to today’s widely prevalent status quo of centralized architectures. The best way to understand the main benefit of decentralized computing architectures is to reflect on how our decades-long […]
Calling All Wallet Developers: Protect Your Users with the DeRec Protocol
The open and royalty-free Decentralized Recovery (DeRec) Protocol can backup and recover mnemonic phrases (aka “seed phrases” or “secret recovery phrases”), private keys, or both.In fact, it can back up and recover pretty much any secret (see Understanding the Types of Secrets That Can Be Protected with the DeRec Protocol). But it’s important to know […]
Understanding the Types of Secrets That Can Be Protected with the DeRec Protocol
There is no limitation to the types of digital information that can be backed up and recovered using the open Decentralized Recovery (DeRec) Protocol. There is also no limitation on the number of secrets that can be protected during a single engagement with the DeRec Protocol. It’s just as easy to protect 1000 secrets as […]
Charles Hoskinson and Dr. Leemon Baird Discuss the Decentralized Recovery Protocol
In February 2025, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson and Dr. Leemon Baird joined each other on stage at HederaCon in Denver, CO to discuss the Decentralized Recovery (DeRec) Protocol, the DeRec Alliance (the organization responsible for the development and promotion of the protocol), and the future of the blockchain industry. The session was moderated by Genfinity […]
DeRec Alliance to Discuss Decentralized Recovery Protocol at Winter 2025 Blockchain Conferences
Alliance officials including Charles Hoskinson and Dr. Leemon Baird to lead conversations about the open DeRec Protocol at blockchain conferences in Denver, Colorado.
Web3 Wallet and All-in-One NFT Platform Provider Kabila Joins the DeRec Alliance
Kabila joins the ecosystem-wide initiative founded by Algorand Foundation, Cardano Developer Input | Output, Hashgraph, Ripple and XRPL Labs to bolster security and trust in the Web3 and crypto industries. The Decentralized Recovery (“DeRec”) Alliance, a community-driven organization focused on the creation and maintenance of an open industry-standard protocol that enables the decentralized protection and recovery of blockchain…
Cardano Developer Input | Output and Hedera Join the DeRec Alliance as Final Founding Members, Alongside Algorand Foundation, Hashgraph, Ripple, and XRPL Labs
Research and engineering company & Cardano developer Input | Output, and Hedera, the open source, leaderless proof-of-stake network, have joined Algorand Foundation, Hashgraph (formerly Swirlds Labs), Ripple, and XRPL Labs, as the final Founding Members of the Decentralized Recovery (DeRec) Alliance, with two-year seats on the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC). DLT Science Foundation, Hashpack, Oasis Protocol Foundation, and Palisade…
Ripple and XRPL Labs Join Hedera and Algorand Ecosystems As Founding Members of DeRec Alliance
Ripple, the leading provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions and XRPL Labs, the company that develops wallets and other software for the XRP ledger, have joined Swirlds Labs and the Algorand Foundation as the Founding Members of the DeRec Alliance, with two-year seats on the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC). Acoer, BankSocial, Blade Labs, The…
Hedera and Algorand Ecosystems Join Forces to Form DeRec Alliance, Enabling Mass Market Decentralized Recovery
Entities from across the Hedera and Algorand ecosystems, including the HBAR Foundation, Algorand Foundation, the Hashgraph Association, Swirlds Labs, the DLT Science Foundation, and industry partners The Building Blocks and BankSocial, are partnering to develop a new interoperability recovery standard which will dramatically simplify the recovery and adoption…