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Is there a way to do what you're suggesting with identities? I don't think there is. How are you going to rotate keys without a master key? And even if you're
by fiatjaf 4y ago
Is there a way to do what you're suggesting with identities? I don't think there is. How are you going to rotate keys without a master key?
And even if you're ok with the master key, the only way to solve this without centralized providers is with blockchains. A blockchain for rotating keys doesn't make sense.
But I do want to know if you're ok with a master key and subkeys that can be rotated.
- procrastitron 4y ago“Is there a way to do what you're suggesting with identities” There are certainly solutions, but I don’t know what the best solution is, hence why I called it an open problem. An example solution would be something like having your identity be a hash of your initial public keyset, making each key have a set expiration date, adding new keys by signing them with one of the existing keys, and then storing all of the rotation operations in a transparency log. “the only way to solve this without centralized providers is with blockchains” That’s not true; you probably want a transparency log, but that doesn’t require blockchains.
- DennisP 4y agoVitalik wrote a bit about ways blockchains can help with identity systems here: https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/06/12/nonfin.html https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/06/12/nonfin.html