Vitalik: Open-source wallet and contract reading functions can improve the user experience, such as viewing addresses in multisignature wallets.

Vitalik posted on the X platform that this morning, without the Safe app installed on his mobile device, he needed to verify the signer's address of a multisignature wallet. He obtained the necessary information directly by searching for the address on Etherscan and using the "Read Contract" function. Users will have a better experience if the wallet or application remains open source and passes the "walkaway test." Providing alternatives for users in common scenarios where the Safe website is not directly accessible can be helpful. Due to privacy concerns, this workflow may eventually change—an equivalent privacy-friendly solution is for users to save a "view key" containing additional private information. Block explorers can support this feature by including the private information in the URL's tag section, keeping it on the application client. However, considering the risks of users pasting keys into URLs or web pages, ultimately, more operations will still need to be completed directly through the wallet.