I see no mention anywhere, on Graphite or Blockstack, about how the encryption actually works. I’ve checked the following resources: * The Blockstack whitepap

I see no mention anywhere, on Graphite or Blockstack, about how the encryption actually works. I’ve checked the following resources: * The Blockstack whitepaper: https://blockstack.org/whitepaper.pdf https://blockstack.org/whitepaper.pdf * Each of the System Design documents listed here: https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-core/tree/master/docs https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-core/tree/master/do... * Blockstack General FAQ: https://blockstack.org/faq https://blockstack.org/faq * Blockstack Technical FAQ: https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-core/blob/master/docs/faq_technical.md https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-core/blob/master/do... * Blockstack Repository Readme: https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-core https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-core * The Graphite FAQ: https://www.graphitedocs.com/faq https://www.graphitedocs.com/faq * The Graphite Features: https://www.graphitedocs.com/features https://www.graphitedocs.com/features This is a red flag. “Encryption” is far too unspecified. I’m looking for specific primitives, constructions, algorithms and design decisions. I want to know how key exchange happens, if a library like libsodium is used, whether you’re using AES-GCM or ChaCha-Poly1305, etc. I’m looking for an architecture diagram to understand which of these questions is coherent. Is key derivation used? Under which algorithm? I’m assuming your IDs are SHA-256 hashes, but is that correct? I don’t know. Basically, aside from saying there are “ECDSA private keys” in passing, how precisely does encryption, key exchange and digital signing work? Maybe I missed a pretty obvious explanation in here - I was reading quickly (though pointedly). However, if that’s the case then mea culpa, and it should be easy to rectify by pointing out where exactly I missed this documentation. For reference, here are examples of documentation I’m looking for[1]: * Restic, under “Keys, Encryption and MAC”: https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/100_references.html https://restic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/100_references.html * Wireguard: https://www.wireguard.com/protocol https://www.wireguard.com/protocol A basic overview of each primitive with a brief explanation of why it was chosen would go a long way here. I understand if Graphite is too young for this (though this should be a priority), but Blockstack should absolutely have something like this documented poignantly. If Blockstack does have this documented, Graphite should really link to it (poignantly). ________________ 1. I have no affiliation with either of these, though I personally use them, and they’re not competitors anyway.