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Re:Is “acceptably non-dystopian” self-sovereign identity eve... by lottin on Saturday June 11, 2022 @04:45AM (#31702965)
Why would anyone sign a message on a public ledger?
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Re:Is “acceptably non-dystopian” self-sovereign identity eve... by hGkXBvR on Saturday June 11, 2022 @05:07AM (#31703064)
All messages on a blockchain ledger are signed messages.

A practical example is signing the message “I, user 1234, am sending 1000 USDC to user 5678”

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Re:Is “acceptably non-dystopian” self-sovereign identity eve... by lottin on Saturday June 11, 2022 @07:32AM (#31703710)
Exactly, why would you sing a message saying that you're logging on this or that website, for everyone to see, when you can just tell the website in question and no one else?
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Re:Is “acceptably non-dystopian” self-sovereign identity eve... by tatertots1234 on Saturday June 11, 2022 @07:39AM (#31703755)
You don’t need to post a message on the chain to ‘login’ to a web3 site. But if you perform a transaction such as changing the state in a smart contract or withdrawing tokens based on your address and message meeting some ZK-SNARK verifiable condition, that is when you might need to post a message to the chain.
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