Comment by notpushkin

I’m trying to understand how “burning” works here. If I understand correctly:

1. Someone has a domain, example.net. They set up a did:web:example.net, and a handle @example.net pointing to it.

2. They deleted their account and let the domain expire.

3. I register the domain, but can’t set up did:web:example.net again. But I assume I can still set up did:web:mynewdid.example.net, and then point @example.net to that DID instead.

I won’t have access to the original account, but I will be able to use that domain as a handle for a new one.

(This, of course, is only my assumption. I’ve been able to switch my domain from one did:plc to another, but I haven’t tried it for did:web.)