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- Ethereum's PKI allowed an e2ee messenger app to be built w/o a phone number https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1575248197454135296 https://twitter.com/dwr/status/
by shriphani 4y ago
- Ethereum's PKI allowed an e2ee messenger app to be built w/o a phone number https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1575248197454135296 https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1575248197454135296
- api 4y agoWhy do you need cryptocurrency for that? Just make a p2p app and trade public keys. The only reason Signal uses phone numbers is convenience in locating people and restoring accounts.
- shriphani 4y agothe pki does make life easy - ethereum address as a global unique id + seed phrase around for recovery + integrate this thing with the rest of the ethereum ecosystem (e.g. other apps can require ownership of an account on this app by looking for a signed message on chain)