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Re:Could keybase.io do for crypto what GitHub did for Git? by suhair on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @08:27AM (#7465383)
We're not reinventing any cryptography here - the goal is a simple way to look up and trust keys, based on known public identities. from keybase.io
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Re:Could keybase.io do for crypto what GitHub did for Git? by Crito on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @12:18PM (#7466759)
I assume that he means they are reinventing keyservers (e.g. http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/, and the web of trust for verifying authenticity of public keys), not the crypto itself.
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