Today, we're taking an unprecedented leap forward for mainstream crypto adoption:

* BitClout signup is now one-click, no seed phrase needed.

* You can buy BitClout with USD.

This is it. Joining BitClout is now as easy as joining Instagram (actually, it's even easier).

For every person who understands seed phrases and owns Bitcoin, there are 10,000+ people who don't.

Until today, that 99.99% of people would never use BitClout because it's "too hard" to sign up.

Not anymore.

And the fear of seed phrases and Bitcoin goes even deeper. Common things we've heard:

* I was getting all my friends to join BitClout but then I stopped because signup was too hard.

* I love BitClout, but my followers will never understand seed phrases or Bitcoin.

Not anymore.

With a signup flow that is as easy as Instagram, BitClout can finally ascend from being a niche app to being the mainstream gateway into crypto we all want it to be.

There is so much more to do, but we think this is a huge unlock for the BitClout ecosystem, and crypto overall.

On top of all that, this one-click login is automatically available to third-party apps as well.

So the entire BitClout ecosystem benefits from this change.

This is the magic of BitClout's totally open approach to development.

How did we do it? Actually, it's very interesting.

Everything on BitClout still runs off seed phrases. You still fully control your account.

But when you login with Google, we use a secure Google Drive enclave to store your seed phrase.

All totally invisible to the user.

Your seed phrase never touches our nodes.

All data is still on-chain, and still fully self-custody. This is just a zero-effort way to securely store your seed phrase.

So we get a 100x better onboarding experience for virtually no loss in decentralization or creator control.

Elegant solutions like these are what it will take to bring crypto mainstream.

As far as we know, nobody has ever achieved something this low-friction while maintaining full decentralization.

And it's all totally open-source so the entire world can benefit from this innovation.

Of course, if you still love the bare-bones purity of managing your seed phrase yourself, you still can. 

The seed phrase login flow will remain as an anonymous option for the hardcore crypto people.

Huge thank you to @maebeam and @lazynina for working tirelessly to make this happen. And shipping on a Sunday during Memorial Day weekend.

And big thanks to the Wyre team for making USD BitClout buys possible.

Higher USD limits are coming soon. Apple Pay works best right now.

Finally, you can read more about our ultimate vision for BitClout here:

docs.bitclout.com/the-vision