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0 pointspfraze3y ago0 comments

Sorry to make you repeat yourself, but we’re looking at DIDs and I’d like to know your arguments against them. Do you mind linking to a comment or summarizing?

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brabel3y ago

DIDs have nothing to do with blockchains, it's just that some people are trying to hype DIDs by artificially linking them with blockchains. They use "crypto" but the "old kind", the good one: cryptography.

nl3y ago

While DIDs do not have to link to blockchains the standard itself notes:

Many—but not all—DID methods make use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) or some other form of decentralized network.[1]

[1] https://www.w3.org/TR/did-core/

nl3y ago

I think it was this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29750165

wickoff3y ago

Two words. Identity theft.

gnarula3y ago

Could you elaborate a bit on that please? How would that pan out?

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