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Handshake [1] is a great keybase alternative that doesn’t even rely on centralization. All information is verifiable with the blockchain acting as the root of t
by rasengan 6y ago
Handshake [1] is a great keybase alternative that doesn’t even rely on centralization. All information is verifiable with the blockchain acting as the root of trust.
[1] https://handshake.org https://handshake.org
- SkyMarshal 6y agoI thought Handshake was decentralized DNS server. Keybase is primarily a secure chat app. Does Handshake have chat, chat room, and team chat functionality too?
- Hamuko 6y ago>Keybase is primarily a secure chat app. Isn't that chat pretty new in Keybase's history?
- sleepybrett 6y agoJust over three years.
- rasengan 6y ago> Keybase is primarily a secure chat app. It looks like keybase has morphed since I've last looked at it. I recall its primary function being that of a Web of Trust-like system for different public keys and addresses. > Does Handshake have chat, chat room, and team chat functionality too? That said, with additional tools, Handshake also improves end to end encryption services since you can actually place fingerprints/certificates on the blockchain so you can actually verify these instead of just 'hitting yes' like most people appear to do when using e2e chat applications. As a bonus, it also improves web security since there are hundreds of actors who can generate 'valid' certificates today. This becomes impossible with Handshake.
- capableweb 6y ago> Keybase is primarily a secure chat app I guess it depends on the user, but the key feature of Keybase (for me) is the web of trust I've built over the years now, and secondary is the features built on top of that web of trust.
- troquerre 6y agoI think Keybase pivoted to add more features besides the web of trust functionality. That said I think there's definitely potential in using Handshake as an identity solution. ie If I own my username on Handshake I can point github.username to my github, twitter.username to twitter, etc. It's pretty easy to do with redirects
- nikolay 6y agoSorry, can't use that - it uses Node v10.