+1 Bob Mike Prorock mesur.io On Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 11:45 Bob Wyman <bob@wyman.us> wrote: > I think I'm missing something in the scenario you describe. If the private > key has been discarded, how can a signature generated with that private key > serve as anything more than a checksum? If a checksum is all you need, why > not just provide a checksum? Why bother with the signature? > > bob wyman > > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 11:50 PM Michael Herman (Trusted Digital Web) < > mwherman@parallelspace.net> wrote: > >> If an NFT (for a photo, a calf, or a kiss, etc.) or a unique >> one-of-a-kind business document (a specific purchase order, invoice, >> waybill, delivery confirmation, etc.) is represented as a (signed) >> verifiable credential, once the proof is generated for the VC, is it >> necessary to persist the private key used to sign the VC? >> ...can't the private key be thrown away if it is no longer needed to sign >> anything further? >> ...that is, only the public key needs to be persisted and keyed to the >> VC's outer id and stored in the corresponding DID document? >> ... inspired by the early part of Sam's KERI ssimeetup talk. >> >> Michael Herman >> Founder >> Trusted Digital Web >> Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> >> >
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