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did:ni! an introduction
I published did:ni, a DID Method for Decentralized Identifiers.
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wasup
I made a new command line tool called wasup. i.e. 'WAS UPloader' for Wallet Attached Storage (see my intent to implement).
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What is a Wallet?
Ok so I have an Intent to Implement: Wallet Attached Storage. But... what is a Wallet? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_wallet has a good definition:
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Intent to Implement: Wallet Attached Storage
I started a JavaScript implementation of https://wallet.storage/spec called wallet-attached-storage-server and pushed it to…
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The Challenge of ActivityPub Data Portability
For the last few months, I've been thinking about data portability in ActivityPub and, more generally, throughout the web. In doing so I've been trying to…
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The Secret of NIMHs: Naming Things with Multihashes
Given some data, what is it's URL? There are many candidate solutions to this question, and several decently-funded companies selling their preferred solution.
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Syntax of a CUUID
Q: By what process do we identify content? A: the generation of a CUUID, i.e. a Content-addressed Universally Unique Identifier
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What is ethical?
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Quote from "Zen and the Art of the Controlled Accident"
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new activitypub-testing test: create-then-update-modifies-object-checked-by-get
I published a first draft of a new test in activitypub-testing. Its slug is create-then-update-modifies-object-checked-by-get.
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did:scid:vh:1:QmYAPKv4iCFsMx3s4EPRP3duFJtcnmWLn9VdTn3ziEAB38?src=bengo.pub/did.jsonlbengo’s decentralized identifier: this page, the handle and the account all belong to it. Its log is public and signed entry by entry, here at bengo.pub, so anyone can check it.
See its logdid:webvh
did:webvh:Qmd2uX9PADWVL4JRBCGqQg8Vgwdi3oeeFBC91ZVMEeZKQR:bengo.pubThe same keys under a did:webvh at bengo.pub, kept in step with the SCID above. It’s what communities that read did:webvh see, and any did:webvh resolver can check it.
See its logwebvh SCID
did:scid:vh:1:QmfZpT6bRSFDBkBcYoPdowHeTnPtG4Tcw8kT7ddjy1rerY?src=bengo.pub/QmfZpT6bRSFDBkBcYoPdowHeTnPtG4Tcw8kT7ddjy1rerY/did.jsonlThe same keys under a SCID whose log names a did:webvh at local.pub, kept in step with the SCID above. The Universal Resolver can check this one today, as it was first made.
See its logOther forms
did:vh
did:vh:Qmewz8Fft32zMBkP8A1P9i6Wi2Btys6b1fWTDG8HugeBZ9?src=https://bengo.pub/Qmewz8Fft32zMBkP8A1P9i6Wi2Btys6b1fWTDG8HugeBZ9The same keys under a did:vh, which stays in step with the DID above. Its log is here at bengo.pub too.
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LocalPub Alpha
bengo started a plan while Local.Pub was in Alpha, before it had a server of its own.
- Signed by local.pub, so anyone can check it.
- Given to bengo’s own ID, not just this page.
- bengo keeps it whatever their plan is now.
Local.Pub is still in Alpha. Start a plan before it has a server of its own, and you’re an Alpha too. Join the Alpha
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