I understand that you all are developing a distributed payment system, but can this same technology be used as the basis for a distributed social network? Have you heard of Heartbeat <https://www.ind.ie/>? On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Randall Leeds <randall.leeds@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > >> > -- >> > Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny) >> > Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. >> > blog: Web Payments: The Architect, the Sage, and the Moral Voice >> > https://manu.sporny.org/2015/payments-collaboration/ >> >> >> >> -- >> "If I can quote Alice Walker, 'The biggest way people give up power is >> by not knowing they have it to start with.' " -- Jill Stein, the most >> successful female candidate for POTUS to date >> >> -- Adam Lake 540-285-0083
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