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Re:Twitter’s founder admits that shutting down the API was “... by bytelines on Friday December 24, 2021 @12:40PM (#29675628)
Yes, exactly. And now think of all the limitations of running a PKI.

For many use cases, Crypto doesn't do things a PKI can't. It just does them without some of those limitations.

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Re:Twitter’s founder admits that shutting down the API was “... by runeks on Sunday December 26, 2021 @10:20AM (#29693031)
> It just does them without some of those limitations.

How so?

The hard problem is linking a public key to a real-world identity. A blockchain doesn’t help with this in any way.

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