How approvals work¶
Every transaction and important change in Hex Safe goes through two checks:
- The person who starts it confirms it in their Hex Safe Mobile App.
- The required number of approvers approve it in their own mobile app.
No third party can bypass this process.
Who starts and who approves¶
| Request | Started by | Approved by |
|---|---|---|
| Withdrawals, staking, and dApp transactions via WalletConnect | Initiator | Approver |
| Adding, editing or deactivating users | Admin | Admin Approver |
| Changing the Admin Quorum | Admin | Admin Approver |
| Counterparty Book and whitelisting changes | Admin or Initiator | Admin Approver |
See User Roles for everything each role can do.
How many approvals are needed¶
Approvals use a quorum: at least t approvers out of the n possible approvers must approve a request.
- Vault requests, such as withdrawals, follow the vault's approval scheme, set up when the vault is created.
- Enterprise-wide and admin requests follow the enterprise approval scheme and the Admin Quorum. Admins can change the Admin Quorum in Settings › Admin Quorum. It can't exceed the number of Admin Approvers who have paired the mobile app. See Manage users.
To change a vault's approval scheme, contact clients@hextrust.com. See Enterprise and vault approval schemes.
Approve or reject a request¶
- Open your Hex Safe Mobile App and make sure you're signed in.
- Find the pending request and review it carefully.
- Tap Approve or Reject.
On the web, requests waiting for an Approver appear under Pending Approval in Active Transactions.
When withdrawals need approval¶
- Safe vaults that have an approval scheme set up in the Hex Safe Mobile App.
- All Safe Plus vaults.