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 tbh: I don't like this terminus "non-custodial".

why should I describe sth positive with "non"?

rather "sovereign" - much better.

example?

"The universe of Nostr applications is growing, join it with Nsec.app — a safe non-custodial key storage with remote signing."


wIP (wording ...):

The universe of Nostr applications is growing, join it with Nsec.app — a safe sovereign key storage with remote signing.

 
 I agree, it's confusing because it seems like the user doesn't have custody  
 Sovereign isn't very precise. Non-custodial has much more exact meaning of 'not giving your keys to us'. But I agree that this terminology only matters for small number of people, so it will probably evolve. 
 Self custodial makes more sense to me. I have my keys in self custody, I'm the custodian. 
 Agreed 
 yep, "evolve" is what will happen ..

We talk about UX all the time. This usually relates to the technical side of things. UX in terminology is probably also important.
The vocabulary used in the space is a hard nut to crack for newbies.

 
 Ya but the confusion is " non custodial" for who? 
 Well, maybe you're right, the common meaning of "non-custodial" might not be obvious for most people.