Re: A Decentralized Hashtable for the Web

You no one other than you finds that private key before the expiration
date. :)

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 3:08 PM David Nicol <davidnicol@gmail.com> wrote:

> you don't do that.
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
> wrote:
> > On 11/02/2015 05:25 PM, David Nicol wrote:
> >> I'm of the opinion that a hash of a public key makes a fine DHT
> >> handle for an identity that can be validated by demonstration of
> >> access to the matching private key.
> >
> > What happens when you lose the private key associated with matching
> > public key?
> >
> > -- manu
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