Ika and Human Tech Reveal Wallet-as-a-Protocol (WaaP)
Ika, the fastest parallel MPC network, announced a partnership with human.tech introducing Wallet-as-a-Protocol (WaaP), a new decentralized wallet infrastructure secured by Ika's 2PC-MPC cryptography.
No vendor lock-ins. No more renting your wallet. Full interoperability.
From Wallet-as-a-Service to Wallet-as-a-Protocol
Previous Wallet-as-a-Service solutions gave apps full control over user wallets, creating custodial risks and limiting multi-app functionality. WaaP replaces this model by keeping user key shares local while Ika's decentralized network operates the co-signing share under zero-trust conditions. The framework ensures that no single entity — including human.tech — can access or reconstruct the full private key.
The Technology Behind WaaP
Ika's 2PC-MPC protocol divides private keys into two independent shares:
- User share: held and authorized locally
- Network share: operated by Ika's decentralized network
Both shares are required for signatures, and the full key is never reconstructed. This creates a zero-trust signing environment resistant to local compromise and network-level collusion while delivering sub-second signing latency.
Why It Matters
The partnership establishes new wallet architecture standards through:
- Decentralized Security: removing single points of failure
- Censorship Resistance: preventing any entity from blocking user intent
- Zero-Trust UX: human-readable intent validation with secure policy enforcement
- Protocol-Level Composability: universal wallet across applications without iframe custody
A New Foundation for Builders
WaaP supports Bitcoin and Solana, and is EIP-1193 compliant for Ethereum and EVM wallets. Integration reportedly takes minutes with copy-paste examples. Developers gain seamless onboarding, programmable policies, gas sponsorship, and MFA enforced cryptographically.
A New Era for Secure UX
The model combines user sovereignty with developer simplicity, extending to cross-chain coordination through Ika's MPC network on Sui.
"2PC-MPC changes what a wallet can be." — David Lachmish, Co-Founder of Ika
"Wallet-as-a-Protocol is what Wallet-as-a-Service wanted to be." — Nanak Nihal Singh Khalsa, Co-Founder of Human Tech
