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<cite>Paul Puey is the CEO and co-founder of Edge</cite>, <cite>a self-custody cryptocurrency wallet company headquartered in San Diego, California</cite>. <cite>He is an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate of UC Berkeley</cite>. <cite>He held lead engineering positions with Nvidia and Chromatic Research, then owned and operated several non-technical small businesses in California.</cite> <cite>He came into the crypto industry in 2013, drawn to bitcoin's disruptive potential.</cite> <cite>He co-founded the company in 2014 as Airbitz</cite>, <cite>and he is CEO and co-founder of both Airbitz and Edge.</cite> <cite>He has said he started the company because the user experience of securing self-custodied funds was severely lacking.</cite> <cite>He has spoken at conferences including Consensus 2022, SXSW 2018 and The North American Bitcoin Conference.</cite> His current focus is Edge's self-custody wallet and its privacy features.
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Latest interview · Jan 12, 2019Paul Puey on Edge wallet and controlling your own private keysWatch the episode →
Key points
- Edge encrypts and automatically backs up private keys for users without requiring them to manually manage seed phrases or write down recovery information.
- The wallet features a modular architecture that integrates multiple blockchains including Monero, Ripple, and Stellar, and connects to multiple crypto exchanges to find best prices automatically.
- Edge had between 500,000 and one million accounts created on the platform with daily user acquisition ranging from 500 to 3,000 accounts depending on cryptocurrency market conditions.
- The platform plans to encrypt and backup KYC information so users can reuse it across multiple exchanges rather than repeatedly entering personal details.
- Edge aims to become a globally recognized non-custodial brand offering both cryptocurrency storage and fiat-to-crypto purchasing through localized exchange partnerships.
In their own words
“We encrypt and secure and back up those keys automatically for the user where they don't have to deal with seeing 24 words writing something down on a piece of paper.”
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