On 3 November 2015 at 10:47, Asbjørn Ulsberg <asbjorn@ulsberg.no> wrote: > 2015-11-03 5:33 GMT+01:00 Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>: > > > The current approach for the WebDHT is to loosely couple identifiers and > > the keys that you can use to prove that those identifiers are yours. > > > > For example, the WebDHT enables you to specify a set of keys or other > > identifiers that should have write access to the entry in the DHT. This > > means that even in the event of a key loss, you can recover that > > identifier by asking people (or services) that you trust to associate a > > new device/keypair with the identifier. > > I'm sorry if this has been mentioned already, but what you describe > sounds a lot like Keybase. How does WebDHT compare to it? > > https://keybase.io/ keybase is still in early stages, and there is not much in the way of web standards there, so IMHO it would benefit I think from using the work on the credentials CG from what I see the same (or at least very similar) technology e.g. for signing is used in both credentials and webDHT I think combining this technology with a keybase like identity system and payments is a good idea *disclaimer* im working on an early stage open source system to do exactly that :) > > > -- > Asbjørn Ulsberg -=|=- asbjorn@ulsberg.no > «He's a loathsome offensive brute, yet I can't look away» > >
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