As a founder, I’ve been trying to move away from relying on one seed phrase to protect everything I own onchain.
So should YOU.
I came across
@TrezuApp, which uses a non-custodial multisig to remove the single point of failure that comes with relying on one wallet or seed phrase.
Here’s a quick TL;DR ↓
1️⃣ Architecture
The treasury is a multisig smart contract on
@NEARProtocol.
Trezu uses a multisig setup where each team member connects with their own wallet.
Nobody shares one login, and Trezu doesn’t hold the team’s private keys, so all the funds remain under the treasury’s control onchain.
More importantly, responsibilities are separated by permissions:
→ Requestors can create payment, swap, staking, or withdrawal requests, but can’t approve them.
→ Ops team can approve or reject requests, but can’t edit them or change the treasury setup.
→ Governance controls members, voting thresholds, and request settings, but can’t approve normal payments.
In a nutshell, an employee from the Marketing department can prepare a $100K payment without having the ability to actually move $100K.
Execution still depends on the approval threshold the company configured, for example, a 2-of-3 multisig.
As a founder, you can delegate operations without delegating unilateral control of the money.
2️⃣ Approval Layer
When someone creates a payment request, they have to enter the wallet address, token, amount, and network before it goes to Finance or Ops for review.
The responsible department sees exactly who's getting paid, how much, which token, and any comment the Requestor left with it.
And because the request can't be edited once it's submitted, nobody can change the details after the first person has looked at it.
If there aren't enough tokens in the treasury, the payment can't be approved until the team tops it up. Once it's completed, Trezu generates a PDF receipt as proof of payment.
I know it sounds like boring admin stuff, but crypto payments are irreversible, and having the details tied to the request means more than "trust me bro".
3️⃣ Bulk Payments
For bulk payments, a Requestor can upload a CSV with wallet addresses and amounts, or enter them manually. The whole batch goes through as one request.
One limitation worth knowing is that everyone in the batch needs to be paid in the same token.
So it’s ideal for
$USDC contractor payments, but not for one batch where everyone wants a different asset.
Finance then reviews the batch before funds move and can reject it if anything looks off.
I bet you won’t find many founders who enjoy clicking through a million separate wallet prompts lol.
4️⃣ Self-Custody Layer
This is one of the first things I look for with any self-custody product:
→ The funds aren’t sitting in a Trezu-controlled account!
They remain onchain and are controlled by the treasury setup and the team’s signing wallets.
If the Trezu app becomes unavailable, the company can still interact with the treasury through alternative onchain interfaces or command-line tooling.
5️⃣ Multichain Infrastructure
Trezu supports treasury management across networks including
@ethereum,
@solana,
@Bitcoin,
@0xPolygon,
@NEARProtocol,
@SuiNetwork,
@ton_blockchain, and
@Cardano.
For a company operating across multiple ecosystems, that matters.
Instead of rebuilding completely different operational processes every time the company starts using another network, the team gets one place to manage treasury activity and approvals.
IMO, most teams don’t think seriously about treasury infrastructure until they DO.
Once a company has its one-year runway onchain, one compromised laptop, employee, or seed phrase shouldn’t be enough to drain everything.
That’s the real appeal of multisig that not many people get:
Delegate the work without giving any single person unilateral control of the treasury.
Trezu is free to create and has no asset or user caps. They’ve already processed $194M+ in transactions, manage $100M in assets, and are used by 433 teams.
If you're a founder struggling to manage company funds onchain without relying on one wallet or one person, check out:
trezu.org/