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Re:Domain Registry Takes Sci-Hub’s .SE Domain Name Offline by tptacek on Sunday January 29, 2023 @06:04PM (#34573728)
It doesn't matter, right? Because anyone who relies on OV/EV certs has chosen to rely on OV/EV certs. If we replaced the whole WebPKI edifice with a blockchain, they'd still make the same decision not to trust the baseline system.

When we talk about the WebPKI being coercively annoying, what we're really talking about are the roots of trust that the browsers have chosen to trust. No browser requires OV/EV.

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Re:Domain Registry Takes Sci-Hub’s .SE Domain Name Offline by politician on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:31AM (#34582099)
Yes, a baseline system built on a blockchain could support the validated identity and KYC features of OV/EV certificates. Indeed, this already exists in Sovrin (sovrin.org).
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