In an era defined by rising geopolitical tensions, trade wars, and active conflicts, the integrity of our global technology supply chains is no longer a guarantee. For anyone relying on hardware for security, a critical question emerges: can you trust the chip you're holding? When manufacturers can be pressured or coerced by state actors, the risk of hardware supply chain attacks becomes a real threat. This is especially true for security-critical devices like hardware wallets, where a compromised chip can mean a total loss of assets.

Multi-Party Computation (MPC) is a game-changer for Web3 security. It eliminates the single point of failure of a traditional private key by splitting it into multiple pieces, or "shards." But it introduces a new, critical question: where do you back up those shards?

In the world of enterprise Web 3, custody is a constant balancing act. On one end of the spectrum, you have the lightning-fast usability of hot wallets on employee devices. On the other, the iron-clad security of a Hardware Security Module (HSM) that can take hours of operational delays to approve large transactions.