Professional Guardian-as-a-Service for Safe Social Recovery

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Hi Safe community :waving_hand:

I’m exploring an idea and would really appreciate feedback from builders and users who actively use Safe wallets.

The idea

A professional Guardian-as-a-Service for Safe wallets using Social Recovery.

The core concept is simple:

  • Users keep full self-custody of their assets.

  • I do NOT hold funds.

  • I do NOT have unilateral control.

  • I act as one of multiple guardians in a social recovery setup.

  • I only participate in the recovery process (never in normal transactions).

  • I can never be the sole guardian (off-chain rule + required threshold).

The goal is to provide a reliable, professional, and neutral guardian for users who:

  • Don’t want to rely only on friends/family

  • Don’t fully trust centralized custody

  • Want redundancy beyond personal devices

  • Are managing meaningful amounts of capital

Proposed Features (MVP)

  • :white_check_mark: Guardian for Safe Social Recovery (n-of-m threshold only)

  • :white_check_mark: Never the sole signer

  • :white_check_mark: Manual recovery verification process (off-chain identity confirmation before signing)

  • :white_check_mark: Time-lock period respected before owner change is finalized

  • :white_check_mark: Clear Terms of Service and transparency about role and limitations

  • :white_check_mark: Activity logging

Questions for the community

  1. Does this solve a real problem in your opinion?

  2. Would you consider adding a professional third-party guardian?

  3. What would make such a service trustworthy enough for you?

  4. What are the biggest risks you see?

  5. Does something like this already exist in the Safe ecosystem that I may be missing?

Thanks in advance :folded_hands:

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