@silverpill i would also note that `curl` is already the `curl` of ipfs and ipNS resolution; since the latter can be thought of as a DID method of sorts (it translates an opaque, self-certifying/content-addressed string into something a lot like a DID Doc), we might not need a new thing at all: https://curl.se/docs/ipfs.html note that in IPFS' case, the trick is in the protocol handler!
cheqd is a cosmos SDK chain, might be one of the interesting ones to look at (i mentioned it on codeberg because it already has pathing and complex DID URLs, but i'm not too familiar with the details)
in my experience very few blockchain protocols really prioritize light-client use-cases in their core design/budget/spending, unfortunately...
@silverpill also, i would argue there is a fourth category of DIDs, which IPNS *almost is* (and was in 2019 when did:ipld was created to wrap it in one): DHT methods. Check out: https://did-dht.com/ (also indebted to the sidetree family of DID methods, like orb and ion)
@silverpill idunno if it's quite the equivalent of `curl` but the universal resolver already has drivers for a lot of interesting did methods, including `did:plc` ... https://dev.uniresolver.io/
@trwnh@evan@erincandescent do we want to pour even more cement around the instance model? if we at least enable per-user keys (even if only potentially/annoying/complexly) some instances have the option of decentralizing themselves, or at least giving individual users the choice to self-manage at their own risk...
@trwnh@evan@erincandescent i know i'm a broken record and everyone thinks it's because i have a dayjob in the "at your own risk" factory but self-managed keys would definitely make feature-parity (and interoperability) with nostr and bluesky a lot easier, which seem more popular goals than "authenticate me with my crypto wallet/Hooli wallet/microsoft authenticator" per se
@dansup@pixelfed hey it's ok there'll be more of them (and special topics sessions of the CG for testing and special sessions for export/import formats and and and...)
@stads@mekkaokereke tenure can create some perverse incentives, particularly in places where you can't be stripped of tenure for... *checks notes* being demonstrably racist in your teaching or grading. i was very unpopular in my academic senate for pointing out the tertiary equivalents of this edge case!
@Homebrewandhacking@mekkaokereke@stads european interlocutors are also horrified to hear what portion of US colleges allow OPEN CARRY of guns. Imagine being on the job market for a decade and year after year only getting job opportunities to teach VISIBLY ARMED students about the history of race in america! (For the record I applied to 2 HBCUs but didn't get an interview at either, hehe) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus_carry_in_the_United_States
@dansup lol "X Corp" that man is so unserious with his citizen-kane X-app rosebud origin story. i hope they get a judge who finds all of this as silly as I do on every level (not just the IP enforceability level)
@Gargron my advice: take someone with lots of commercial experience willing to take the paycut over someone with lots of FOSS bona fides that hasn't designed things that scaled internationally. you want a traitor who knows the ways of FAANG, IMHO ?
@silverpill have you given any thought to making a monero snap for metamask rather than rolling your own browser extension? they even have a grants program, although that might be flooded with competition at the moment
long-in-the-tooth gadfly, man of the people, and, improbably enough, paid opinion haverboost-free profile: https://justmytoots.com/@by_caballero@mastodon.social