Pure Proxy

An intro to Pure Proxies

Pure proxies are very different from other proxy types. The proxies we described so far are existing accounts assigned as proxies by a primary account. These proxies act on behalf of the primary account, reducing the exposure of the primary account's private key. Remember, the more often we use an account's private key to sign transactions, the more we expose that key to the internet, increasing the visibility of that account. The purpose of a proxy is thus to draw the attention of potential attackers away from the primary account, as proxies' private keys will be used most of the time to perform actions on behalf of the primary account.

Pure proxies are new accounts that are created (not assigned) by a primary account. That primary account then acts as any proxy on behalf of the pure proxy. Pure proxies are keyless non-deterministic accounts as they do not have a private key but they have an address that is randomly generated. Also, in some sense, nobody owns a pure proxy as nobody has a private key to control them.