robert.meyer86
@robert.meyer86@piefed.social
- Comment on Request for Feedback/Collaboration - Bytescape, an Iroh based identity layer for the open web 2 days ago:
Iroh was more of the p2p transport layer, but it is what facilitates the authentication through DID to the local vault. The work you linked is very relevant and will be definitely be of use!
- Comment on Request for Feedback/Collaboration - Bytescape, an Iroh based identity layer for the open web 3 days ago:
Oh wow, this is exactly what I had been thinking of! Amazing! This should simplify the development process of this platform significantly. Do you know of any projects using this standard in their platforms?
- Comment on Request for Feedback/Collaboration - Bytescape, an Iroh based identity layer for the open web 3 days ago:
Yes, that’s exactly it! The identities are linked to a URL that the user chooses, which hosts the DID document and all the identity records. I am working on getting the GitHub ready for public, I will notify you when it has been opened up!
- Comment on Request for Feedback/Collaboration - Bytescape, an Iroh based identity layer for the open web 4 days ago:
Sure. Iroh facilitates local storage and direct device to device encrypted connections. So basically, it allows you to store your online data on your own devices, encrypted with a secure key, that can be sent to a variety of different end points.
So for example, you import your mastodon profile, it downloads that data to a local vault, and the vault can then be viewed on any other platform that is able to visit your profile. So if a user signs up to the proposed Bytescape platform using a bluesky account, they could search for your mastodon handle, view your posts, and even be updated of your content, thanks to the Iroh syncing of the users local master vault and the cloud storage for their social accounts. This could be shared either through cloud relays for reliability, or you could retrieve it directly from the users local vault via direct p2p connections.
- Comment on Request for Feedback/Collaboration - Bytescape, an Iroh based identity layer for the open web 4 days ago:
Yes, that’s the goal. It would be like an external facing version of emissary or bridgey fed, so you could set up a web portal for all of your social media presence, if you want. Iroh is just a p2p encryption protocol that allows data to be stored and transferred independently of central servers (although relay servers can and likely would be used for reliability and discoverability). So you can have a master copy of all of your data stored on your phone or PC or cloud hosting service or self hosted server, and display that data in one place for your reference/management or for others to view.
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