Show HN: Decentralized P2P Messaging with Blockchain Verified Identities

Re:Show HN: Decentralized P2P Messaging with Blockchain Veri... by gnarcoregrizz on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:58PM (#16860103)

So this is like a decentralized keybase? Are the identities and associated public keys stored in a decentralized manner? It wasn't clear to me when I registered an identity, because I figured if it's decentralized, then I would have to pay for it in some manner with a cryptotoken. I always thought this would be a good use case for Ethereum (and indeed, there seem to be a few projects working on it). It would be extra cool if it could integrate into existing wallet/dapp software so you don't need to juggle extra keys. Anyway, cool stuff. I'm hoping more people adopt end to end encryption

edit* looks like the identities are stored in a decentralized manner, and that all of this should integrate with blockstack's keychain and browser

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Re:Show HN: Decentralized P2P Messaging with Blockchain Veri... by prabhaav on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:03PM (#16860156)

Yes, the blockstack node package running on your machine generates the key pairs for you and thus the keys are stored on your local machine, not a centralized authority.

The reason you need an .id is because we have to register your identity on the blockchain and propagate your zonefiles.

We can help you register a .stealthy.id that gives you access to the tool if you create an account today :)

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