You are missing the point. The article is about login methods. Username/password vs message signed with a private key. The blockchain part is there because is the only ready-to-use way to do it in an browser.
It's absurd how HN users in general are so dismissive of anything cryptocurrency
My point was usability. And being (effectively) forced to join / legitimize their hive to get anything done.
It's absurd how HN users in general are so dismissive of anything cryptocurrency.
It's quite reasonable actually, given the prevalence of not just hype, but frequently delusional / just plain rambling and incoherent hype surrounding it -- not to mention blatant fraud and manipulation aimed specifically at unsophisticated users.
And the skivviness of many people involved in it.
That said, the OP presents one of the more thoughtful proposals I've read recently, and may belong to the 5 percent or so of blockchain applications that just might have a useful application. With emphasis on "just might".
> My point was usability. And being (effectively) forced to join / legitimize their hive to get anything done
I agree with you on this. For the purpose of login in with a private key, i would prefer some browser extension (or built in the browser) that generates a key from a seed (like a crypto wallet) and only does that. This doesn't exist at this point.
> ... not to mention blatant fraud and manipulation aimed specifically and unsophisticated users
Also agree, but probably for different reasons. Many people on twitter have the tendency to be mean, twitter doesn't make people mean, but it amplifies it. There is so many scams and manipulation because scammers and con artists always existed and people's greed for that 100x token and so does the scamming
The speed of communication that the internet gave us also serves as an amplifier of the ugliness of human nature
Blockchain isn't the only "ready to use" way to use cryptographic signatures for authentication. One reason people often are dismissive is because people who are pro crypto say things which aren't true, like this.
Various authentication schemes have used digital signatures...on the web... for decades at this point.
You are missing the point. The article is about login methods. Username/password vs message signed with a private key. The blockchain part is there because is the only ready-to-use way to do it in an browser.
It's absurd how HN users in general are so dismissive of anything cryptocurrency
My point was usability. And being (effectively) forced to join / legitimize their hive to get anything done.
It's absurd how HN users in general are so dismissive of anything cryptocurrency.
It's quite reasonable actually, given the prevalence of not just hype, but frequently delusional / just plain rambling and incoherent hype surrounding it -- not to mention blatant fraud and manipulation aimed specifically at unsophisticated users.
And the skivviness of many people involved in it.
That said, the OP presents one of the more thoughtful proposals I've read recently, and may belong to the 5 percent or so of blockchain applications that just might have a useful application. With emphasis on "just might".
We'll see.
> My point was usability. And being (effectively) forced to join / legitimize their hive to get anything done
I agree with you on this. For the purpose of login in with a private key, i would prefer some browser extension (or built in the browser) that generates a key from a seed (like a crypto wallet) and only does that. This doesn't exist at this point.
> ... not to mention blatant fraud and manipulation aimed specifically and unsophisticated users
Also agree, but probably for different reasons. Many people on twitter have the tendency to be mean, twitter doesn't make people mean, but it amplifies it. There is so many scams and manipulation because scammers and con artists always existed and people's greed for that 100x token and so does the scamming
The speed of communication that the internet gave us also serves as an amplifier of the ugliness of human nature
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Blockchain isn't the only "ready to use" way to use cryptographic signatures for authentication. One reason people often are dismissive is because people who are pro crypto say things which aren't true, like this.
Various authentication schemes have used digital signatures...on the web... for decades at this point.