The Architecture of Trust
The Rune
CLAVI’s portable biometrically gated secure storage ("physical key") that holds private keys and requires fingerprint, gesture, or PIN to sign transactions.
Definition
A portable biometrically gated secure storage device, or "physical key", that distributes cryptographic authority. Secured by a capacitive fingerprint scanner which doubles as a gesture input system, and PIN codes, it holds and is the signer with your private keys. The Rune is dock-powered with no internal battery to minimise attack surfaces. Unlike seed phrases that concentrate all power, Runes implement threshold signing — requiring multiple devices to authorize any action.
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