We agree! That's why we don't require this anymore. That was an early approach that we need to remove from the docs. We're currently building out a web-of-trust

We agree! That's why we don't require this anymore. That was an early approach that we need to remove from the docs. We're currently building out a web-of-trust approach too, but authentication / verification in general is something we want to test in the real world and learn from before a fully public release.