>You don't need any of the blockchain stuff to support logging in to websites with a public key. Well yes, I wasn't refuting the author's "You don't need a f%i

>You don't need any of the blockchain stuff to support logging in to websites with a public key. Well yes, I wasn't refuting the author's "You don't need a f%ing blockchain", but simply stating that IMO Web3 is already miles better than legacy web, even just for its main authentication system. >That's straightforward with any old public-key cryptography scheme like PGP ... but the login part itself could just as easily be an old-fashioned PGP key pair. This reminds me of HN's famous Dropbox comment.[1] Yeah, wallets are "just" public key cryptography, but it's easy enough for anyone to use and for developers to integrate. PGP is extremely convoluted in comparison, and to this day I have no idea how to sign a message with it without having to open up a guide. With metamask it's just two clicks. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863