they think that you can recover them even if the keys are just gone and plead for me to do something about it.
It's an aside but I think it's insane we haven't developed a solution for this already. It's absolutely something we can fix.
For example you could designate a list of accounts who can reset your keys with X of Y approval (eg. list 10 accounts and require 8 of them to agree). Then like with HBD savings, Hive Powering down, it takes N days (maybe a full week) for your keys to reset, and if you have the original keys you can cancel the transaction.
There's a really small security trade off, but even if all your trusted peers conspire to steal your coins, you still have days to catch it and stop it, and it would be opt-in in the first place.
We need to break the taboo, keyless recovery is a feature, not a bug. It can be done with a high level of security - one where people can choose the trade off for themselves.
Interesting idea, basically a multisig key reset.
Yeah, but the time-security element is key in reducing the risk of conspiracy against you. For whatever reason we are the only chain that appears to include this really basic but powerful security element.
One of the problems we still see is the difficulty people have in keeping their keys safe. Having a tool that allows recovery would be interesting, although many users might choose not to adopt this feature.
I think that big companies and even banks will provide cryptocurrency custody services precisely so that the most inexperienced users do not have to bear the responsibility of keeping their own keys.
I understand that it goes against the idea of decentralization because now you have a third party involved, but this is already common and breaking the status quo is difficult.