Re:Real Problems That Web3 Solves, Part 1
by uncomputation on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @01:35AM
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I’m not sure what utility signing a message has inherently. You do this already behind the scenes on apps like iMessage or Signal with end to end encryption.[1] Or if you want to do it more directly but without the command line, there is Keybase: https://keybase.io/sign
Unless you were to upload each and every chat to a blockchain - which is prohibitively expensive - I don’t see the killer advantage over the previous alternatives. Also, many people here are also programmers, developers, and - surprise - hackers, so I am sure we would be interested in the mouth-watering use cases you’re thinking of (I looked at the Tweet thread you linked but it was just an explanation of public key cryptography in general.)
Unless you were to upload each and every chat to a blockchain - which is prohibitively expensive - I don’t see the killer advantage over the previous alternatives. Also, many people here are also programmers, developers, and - surprise - hackers, so I am sure we would be interested in the mouth-watering use cases you’re thinking of (I looked at the Tweet thread you linked but it was just an explanation of public key cryptography in general.)
[^1]: Apple also refused to backdoor a terrorist’s iPhone at the demand of the FBI. OpenSea intervened when someone stole assets from a collector (https://blockzeit.com/opensea-nft-marketplace-stops-hacker-f...)