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Sorry to make you repeat yourself, but we’re looking at DIDs and I’d like to know your arguments against them. Do you mind linking to a comment or summarizing?
by pfraze 4y ago
Sorry to make you repeat yourself, but we’re looking at DIDs and I’d like to know your arguments against them. Do you mind linking to a comment or summarizing?
- brabel 4y agoDIDs have nothing to do with blockchains, it's just that some people are trying to hype DIDs by artificially linking them with blockchains. They use "crypto" but the "old kind", the good one: cryptography.
- nl 4y agoWhile DIDs do not have to link to blockchains the standard itself notes: Many—but not all—DID methods make use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) or some other form of decentralized network.[1] [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/ https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/
- wickoff 4y agoTwo words. Identity theft.
- gnarula 4y agoCould you elaborate a bit on that please? How would that pan out?
- nl 4y agoI think it was this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29750165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29750165