and an open infrastructure for attestations related to a keypair -- can't be owned by google or facebook, should be decentralized
And we're only talking about a fringe aspect of identity management here.
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Like if it matters exactly when a signature was done in this context, as long as the key has not been revoked.
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Frankly, I'm super annoyed with the "blockchain will fix everything" attitude. Hammers are useful, but not all problems are nails.
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strongly disagree, *when* someone made attestation and *when* they revoked it b/c of key compromise is heart of the problem
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Nah, all I care about as a service provider is "are those credentials still valid".
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and WoT > CA but both have issues... neither have good timestamps and both a terrible UI
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nor can either utilize any sort of economic bonding for credibility (e.g. proofs of stake)
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nor can either incorporate native protocol-level payments to create incentives against fraud or bond forfeitures for fraud
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I understand your blockchain fatigue https://coincenter.org/entry/what-is-blockchain-anyway … and https://coincenter.org/entry/do-you-really-need-a-blockchain-for-that … I have it as well.
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but that's not a good reason to be combative about more reasonable use-cases that have already born limited proof
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