The digital security revolution begins with Algorand and Pera Wallet

In the ever-evolving digital security landscape, managing credentials is one of the most sensitive and important challenges.

Today, Algorand Foundation and Pera Wallet announced a groundbreaking development: the launch of LiquidAuth, the world’s first decentralized passkey manager.

This innovation promises to redefine the concept of secure login, eliminating reliance on centralized authentication apps and giving users complete control over their digital identity.

LiquidAuth: What it is and how it works

LiquidAuth emerged as a response to the increasing demands for privacy and autonomy from web users. This new standard, based on the Algorand blockchain, allows users to store and manage passkeys directly within their Pera wallet.

In fact, users can use Pera Wallet to securely access any website without having to rely on email and password combinations or logging in through external providers such as Apple or Google.

The technology behind LiquidAuth was introduced in 2024 and is based on the innovative Liquid Auth standard, which enables simple and secure access to Web2 sites through Web3 tools.

This represents a fundamental shift that puts users at the center of the digital ecosystem, ensuring their privacy, control, and autonomy.

The era of data sovereignty

According to Marc Vanlerberghe, chief strategy and marketing officer at Algorand Foundation, LiquidAuth ends the reliance on large, centralized platforms to manage online access.

“Liquid Auth allows anyone from the privacy-conscious user to the casual web surfer to manage their passkeys in a completely self-custodial way,” Vanlerberghe said.

“You no longer need to rely on Apple, Facebook, or other intermediaries for online login, or use a centralized password manager to ensure digital security. The risk of deplatforming takes away your data sovereignty.”

The Algorand Foundation is promoting LiquidAuth as the new standard for decentralized security and encouraging other platforms to adopt this solution to provide the same level of security and convenience to their users.

Although the service is currently available to Pera Wallet users, LiquidAuth technology is developed as open source and can be integrated into any crypto wallet on any blockchain.

Security and control in your hands

One of the most innovative aspects of LiquidAuth is that it gives you complete control over your credentials.

Will Beaumont, Head of Engineering at Pera Wallet, emphasizes, “Liquid Auth gives individuals full control over their most sensitive data, ensuring that passkeys are private, easy to use, and stored locally, protected by the user’s private key.”

The implementation of LiquidAuth in Pera Wallet makes it easy and secure to maintain ownership of your credentials, and we hope that other wallets will follow suit, creating an online ecosystem where sovereign identity, privacy, and security are the norm.

This is just the first phase of a broader implementation of LiquidAuth. In fact, this standard also enables decentralized connections between wallets and dApps, replacing centralized solutions and paving the way for a more open and secure web.

A decentralized alternative to traditional password managers

LiquidAuth positions itself as a secure, decentralized alternative to centralized password managers like Google Chrome and Apple iCloud Keychain.

It offers the same password management features, but without putting the crypto assets held in your Pera wallet at risk. Additionally, anyone can access the service as there is no need to hold assets in a wallet to use the passkey feature.

Using LiquidAuth is completely free and available for both Android and iOS. More information about the LiquidAuth standard and how to adopt it can be found on the website liquidauth.com.

To use Passkey with Pera Wallet, simply download the application at perawallet.app/download.

Algorand: Blockchain for innovation

The arrival of LiquidAuth fits perfectly into Algorand’s mission, which since 2019 has aimed to power a world where information is consistent and innovative ideas can scale.

Today, Algorand (ALGO) is a vibrant ecosystem of developers, entrepreneurs, and corporate partners. Blockchain’s institutional certainty, low fees, and instant transaction finality have attracted millions of users and developers.

Algorand helps build protocols and companies that address global issues, from tamper-proof on-chain authentication, to instant payments in war and disaster zones, to sovereign identity for the unbanked and supply chain traceability.

Asset tokenization is just one area where Algorand is establishing itself as a leading platform.

Towards a secure and decentralized digital identity future

With the launch of LiquidAuth, Algorand and Pera Wallet laid the foundation for a new standard in digital security and identity management.

Users are now in control of their credentials, without having to rely on a centralized provider or risk losing access through deplatforming.

Thanks to its open-source approach, LiquidAuth technology is now open to the entire blockchain ecosystem, hinting at a future where privacy, security, and digital sovereignty are finally accessible to everyone.

A decisive step towards a freer, more secure, and truly decentralized web.