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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This may be a very stupid idea, and I know blockchain has a bad reputation for scams, but I was wondering how viable the Internet Computer blockchain might be for a Fediverse universal ID. From what I read on their website, data is much cheaper to host on their blockchain (something like 70 million times less than on Ethereum). It is also possible to host entire websites with Wasm on it). So here are my questions:

Is there an ongoing effort to make a universal ID for the Fediverse or are we not there yet?
Does blockchain have its place in the Fediverse, not necessarily for crypto, but for decentralized data storage.
Do you think something like the Internet Computer blockchain could serve as a universal ID for the Fediverse?

Again, sorry if this is a dumb post, I am really new to the concept of this space as a whole.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Take blockchain and flush it down where it belongs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

The tech is fine and actually pretty exciting. The shit coins need to go. I think we should separate the two concepts IMHO.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Crypto currency was perhaps one of the biggest mistakes of the last 20 years

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Sorry but I still see blockchain as a solution in search of a problem

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

IMO what you're really describing is a cryptographically secure way to signify that I am the person you think I am. Some sort of PGP implementation within user profiles would be really interesting. Posts and comments could be signed by a key. Then, assuming you trust my home instance because of https certificates, your client could look up my PGP key directly from my profile and verify the signature to confirm that a rogue instance hadn't impersonated me.

It's not blockchain but I actually think that would be a really cool feature.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Decentralization is the opposite of a Univeral ID.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

True, and yet a blockchain has the seemingly paradoxical nature of being decentralized as well as universal (presuming everyone uses the same blockchain of course). But it's still decentralized in that no one company or entity controls all of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

blockchain

Good try, Elon.