On 09/24/2014 03:48 PM, Tao Effect wrote: > So, unless I'm missing something, to me it seems like your simple thing > leads to a handful of giant entities managing the public keys for 98% of > people.
The model in question is federated provider endorsement, not a central repository. My usage of "well-known" is a reference to RFC 5785 "Defining Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers" http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5785, although I don't think it needs to exactly be in this form. I should have made that more clear. It is true, however, that I think a central repository is an acceptable fallback when no provider participation is available, but that is a different discussion. > The Blockchain *is* the simple thing. When you have a golden hammer, everything looks like a nail. Less flippantly, even if a blockchain is perfectly lightweight, instantaneous, and universally supported, the discussion on this list regarding the disconnect between blockchain semantics and email address semantics are no small matter. -elijah _______________________________________________ Messaging mailing list [email protected] https://moderncrypto.org/mailman/listinfo/messaging
