Just wanted to open this topic to introduce me and my teammates’ project for #WCHL25
Since it’s 4 round competition, we decided to split our roadmap to 4 milestones, however - based on the same milestones - we will have quite impressive product by end of the 2nd round.
Idea is very straightforward - build password manager on ICP and utilize VetKeys for encryption.
For round one we built a UI concept, which can be seen here - please note, this is just an UI to get through round 1.
Here’s project roadmap as we imagine it
National Round: Fully Functional dApp
Complete vault management system with CRUD operations
Advanced search and filtering capabilities
Password strength analysis and breach monitoring
Secure sharing between Internet Identity principals
Regional Round: Mobile Application
iOS and Android applications
Offline access with encrypted local caching
QR code sharing for secure credential transfer
Global Finale: Cross-Platform Ecosystem
Browser Extension: Chrome
Auto-fill and auto-save for web forms
One-click login for websites
Secure password generation
Desktop Application: Windows, macOS, Linux native apps powered by Tauri
All the milestones above are planned with ‘if we get there’ assumption - however, it seems like fun project to me personally, so some of them can be ‘even if we don’t get there’ milestones - depends mostly on Community’s involvment and adoption, frankly)
What I would love from you - is feedback - what would you like to have in your ‘dream password manager’ - I believe community’s feedback on this stage is the most valuable advice we can get.
Thanks for attention
p.s. Screenshots from UI we submitted - in case you don’t want to click on strange link (I’m with you on that one )
Also, how do you plan to fund this? Paid plans for extra features / limit on passwords stored? I think if this could be used as a 2FA tool, that’d be rock solid.
This looks to be a Web 2 password manager like a decentralized LastPass. The issue I see with this is that every major web browser and mobile OS has their own password manager that features their own security features that most users may not want to switch away from. That’s why I’m wondering how OP’s going to be funding the app outside of the hackathon prize money should they get it.
Just my personal opinion the biggest selling points to a consumer Password Manager is cross device compatibility and the frontend. The edge cases of handling filling in passwords and info is hard. The backend is nice but less compelling
Maybe there is a specific niche this can fill vs initially taking on the password manager market for the end user
At the moment we don’t have socials, will take care of that in August when we roll out some useful version of our backend and frontend canisters. Meanwhile I’m gonna use this forum thread topic and personal X account (@blockcraft_tech) to post updates
100% agree on subscription-based model. Personally I use 1password and I pay a lot for family plan - and it’s not just me - in 2024 password manager software market size was valued around $2.5b and is growing rapidly - so there is a very good chance that IC-based solution could drive significant revenue
Like the other Web2 password managers do - subscription-based model, with paid enhancements (e.g. deploy your own private password manager canister and it will live on-chain forever - for $99 - it sounds like lifetime subscription plan for password manager, which - again - web2 users are paying
Update on this thread - we decided to pivot to XFusion | Many Tokens. One Trade to have more viable path forward for competition
HOWEVER
I believe Kerberos is a good project. I can’t promise I’ll dedicate as much time to it as to XFusion, but I’ll find 10-15h/week to push it forward. Probably will open-source it as well at some point - it’s a quite good way to explore VetKeys.
National Round: Fully Functional dApp
Regional Round: Mobile Application
Global Finale: Cross-Platform Ecosystem
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