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Re:Vapor – Decentralized Web over Bitcoinized HTTP by volaski on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @11:21AM (#24709166)
> Until now, it has been impossible to "record" and replay authenticated HTTP requests outside of a single service provider because authentication by nature has been centralized--Your identity belonged to the service provider. > > By "Bitcoinizing" HTTP requests and adopting the decentralized authentication scheme using Bitcoin wallet signatures, Vapor makes it possible to record authenticated HTTP requests and replay them anywhere.

<= Now this sounds WAY cool.

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Re:Vapor – Decentralized Web over Bitcoinized HTTP by beders on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @01:30PM (#24710576)
It just runs counter to why you want an authentication scheme in the first place as a service provider.

It is about control.

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