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

I wonder if it would be better to have standard guidance for did:key
extractors. There are many kinds of certs (Certificate Chains, GPG keys,
Libp2p adresses, wallet address, nostr npub1 public keys). There are many
many specs that bottom out as a public key in a key format supported by
did:key

X25519
Secp256k1
BLS 12381
P-256
P-384
P-521
RSA

If we have guidance on how tools that use these specs to output a did:key
and the did doc from that key.
maybe even using signed-ietf-json-patch to add any fields that are unique
to that use case
https://github.com/decentralized-identity/did-spec-extensions/blob/main/parameters/signed-ietf-json-patch.md
*did:key:123?signedIetfJsonPatch=head.body.sig*

On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 8:06 AM Markus Sabadello <markus@danubetech.com>
wrote:

> Not sure about potential adoption.
>
>  From a technical perspective it would certainly be interesting to
> define such a PGP-based DID method, to illustrate how DIDs can really
> serve as an abstraction layer for pretty much any key-based identifier
> system.
>
> Markus
>
> On 12/13/24 11:53 PM, Filip Kolarik wrote:
> > 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
> >>
> >> --
> >> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
> >> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
> >> https://www.digitalbazaar.com/
>
>