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

Thank you for the feedback. GPG keys are widely used, for example, by
GitHub users to obtain verified badges (alongside SSH keys), for
signing artifacts published on Maven Central, and Ubuntu has a
built-in key manager connected to key servers. These are just a few
examples, and I’m sure there are many more.

Focusing on a smaller group (perhaps in the lower hundreds of
thousands?) at this stage of adoption could be far more beneficial for
the community than attempting to find a use case targeting millions of
non-technical users who may not fully grasp the purpose or value. By
expanding the current community of developers, we could help create
broader awareness and adoption over time.

Best
Filip

On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 2:49 PM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:
>
> 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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