On its tenth anniversary, decentralized wallet imToken announced its strategic direction for the next decade, proposing to evolve from a "trusted master wallet" to a "personal control interface" to help users better control their assets, identity, permissions, and intelligent actions in an open and intelligent internet.
imToken states that over the past decade, the core value of its wallet has primarily revolved around Store, Send, and Stake: helping users securely hold digital assets, freely transfer value, and participate in open network activities such as staking, DeFi, and governance. Looking towards the next decade, as AI agents gradually acquire greater autonomy, individuals in the digital world will need to manage not only assets, but also identity, authorization, permission boundaries, automated tasks, and AI agent behavior. Around this shift, imToken proposes a fourth core product concept: Sign.
In imToken's view, Sign is no longer just about "signing a transaction," but will become the fundamental interface for users to express intent, grant permissions, set rules, delegate actions, and revoke authorizations. In the future, users may need to sign not only an on-chain transaction, but also an authorization, a strategy, a delegation, or a revocation. AI agents can help users propose solutions, execute tasks, and improve efficiency, but their actions should be based on clear, verifiable, restrictive, and revocable authorizations from users.
Ben He, founder and CEO of imToken, stated, "Over the past decade, imToken has helped users truly own their digital assets. In the next decade, we hope to help users continue to take control of their digital world in the age of intelligence. AI will make autonomy increasingly abundant, but what will truly be scarce will be control. imToken is not just about adding AI functionality to wallets, but about thinking about how to ensure that people still retain ultimate control in the AI-native internet."
This strategic direction aligns with imToken's long-standing brand proposition. For the past decade, imToken has adhered to the core product principle of "Digital Assets, Under Your Control," emphasizing users' self-custody and ultimate control over their digital assets. Looking towards the next decade, imToken is upgrading its brand proposition to "Your Digital World, Under Your Control," expanding the scope of control from digital assets to identity, permissions, data, AI agents, and intelligent actions.
imToken stated that it will continue to develop in three directions. First, it will continue to uphold the underlying principle of self-custody, ensuring users retain ultimate control over their assets and key powers. Second, it will expand beyond transaction security to include authorization and action security, helping users identify new risks such as prolonged authorizations, excessive limits, erroneous delegation, and automated mis-execution. Third, it will build product capabilities focused on permissions, delegation, policies, and revocation, allowing users to more clearly define who can act on their behalf, what they can do, the limits, the duration, and how to suspend, revoke, and retroactively execute permissions.
As AI, blockchain, and the demand for personal control converge, imToken believes that the role of wallets is naturally extending from an asset gateway to a trusted control interface in human-machine collaboration. Future wallets will not only help users manage their assets but also help them understand, approve, restrict, and audit actions performed on their behalf by intelligent systems.
Ben He stated, "The essence of a wallet is not simply asset application, but a crucial infrastructure for personal control. Keys are the root of control, signatures are the expression of authorization, permissions are the setting of boundaries, and revocation is the guarantee of freedom. We will continue to move forward as builders, with less slogans and more products; less chasing trends and more long-term trustworthiness."
About imToken
Founded in 2016, imToken is dedicated to creating a secure, reliable, and easy-to-use digital wallet that supports easy access to and use of over 50 mainstream blockchain networks, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tron. Through deep integration with hardware wallet imKey, payment network Rivo, cryptocurrency exchange platform Tokenlon, and DApp browser, imToken provides trusted non-custodial wallet services to millions of users in over 150 countries and regions worldwide.
For more information, please visit the imToken official website: https://token.im
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