Re: DID Method utilizing PGP/GPG keyservers for seamless on-boarding

On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 9:00 PM Filip Kolarik <filip26@gmail.com> wrote:
> I’d appreciate any thoughts or feedback on this idea, as well as
> insight into whether there is interest or alignment with the goals of
> this group.

There was a previous attempt at a did:pgp, but I don't think it really
went anywhere. I think the general thinking has been: "Yes, but how
many people have an active PGP key... and would they be interested in
converting that to a DID?" -- and the answer seems to be: "Not many"
and "Probably not".

I think a more likely bootstrap would be SSH keys, because developers
need to use them, but again, the developer population is really small
compared to the user population. If we look at the largest deployment
of DIDs to date, BlueSky, I expect that next to none of those 25M+
people know they're even using a DID (which is where we need to be).

Just some thoughts... not saying not to do a did:pgp, just noting
we've had some discussions in the past and it didn't seem to go
anywhere the first time around.

-- manu

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Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
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Received on Friday, 13 December 2024 13:49:48 UTC