dGEN1 The Hardest Hardware Wallet | Markus Haas at Pragma Prague 2025

Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM

In this talk at Pragma Prague 2025, Markus Haas introduces the dGEN1 hardware wallet from Ethos, designed to revolutionize mobile crypto security. He explains how the device implements account abstraction at the OS level, creating a seamless smart wallet experience across all apps while maintaining EOA compatibility. The presentation covers Ethos's journey from forking Android to developing secure enclave technology, the benefits of their account-abstracted EOA approach, and their vision for making crypto a first-class citizen on mobile devices. 00:00 Introduction to Markus Haas and Ethos 00:56 The mobile crypto UX problem in 2021 01:32 dGEN1 hardware wallet launch 02:09 Account-abstracted EOA concept 02:48 Bridging AA wallets with dApps 03:21 Seamless user experience benefits 03:52 Instant smart wallet setup 04:25 Solving AA fragmentation 05:01 Cross-chain gas management 05:32 Unified wallet across all apps 06:10 Open-source vision for Android 06:48 P256 secure enclave security 07:26 Invisible UX improvements 08:05 Making crypto first-class on mobile _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 🇨🇿 *Pragma Prague* Pragma Prague 2025 was held on May 29th at Holešovice Market in Prague, Czech Republic and was an in-person summit for builders and leaders in the web3 ecosystem. This event was in collaboration with ETH Prague. Watch the full Pragma Prague YouTube Playlist here: ETHGlobal's Pragma series takes place in cities around the world, and is designed to be a different kind of event. Pragma is a one-stage conference with founders-only on stage, bringing together a small group of curated attendees and speakers to discuss the future of web3 and reflect on the past. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ✅ Follow ethOS X: https://x.com/EthereumPhone ✅ Follow Kartik Talwar X: https://x.com/TheRealKartik ✅ Follow ETHGlobal X: https://x.com/ETHGlobal​ Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/ethglobal Website: https://ethglobal.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCfF9ZO8Ug4xk_AJd4aeT5HA _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Are you interested in Ethereum development and entrepreneurship? 👉 Sign up for the next ETHGlobal event: https://ethglobal.com/events 🎁 Get exclusive access and perks with ETHGlobal Plus! https://ethglobal.com/plus 📣 Want us to throw an event in your city? Tell us where! https://ethglobal.com/city _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _