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Welcome to the anchor wiki!

What is Anchor?

Anchor is a desktop cryptocurrency wallet.

What blockchains does Anchor support?

Currently Anchor supports the Steem Blockchain exclusively, though is being designed in a manner to be easily adaptable to other similar blockchains.

What problem does Anchor set out to achieve?

As it exists today - almost all steem-powered applications require you to either input your (posting) private key into a web browser or grant authorities on your account to a 3rd party for signing transactions. These existing solutions require that you trust the web application you're using, which should not be required of a user.

Anchor is designed in a way to create a trustless environment, where you can use any steem-powered website without compromising the security of your account. This is done by using a custom URI scheme (steem:[data]) to allow your web browser to initiate actions on behalf of your account, while signing/broadcasting all transactions locally on your device.

You shouldn't have to trust a random website with access to your account in order to be able to use it.