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2 sats \ 7 replies \ @k00b 13 Nov 2021
At TABConf, one of the speakers said bitcoin keys are probably the most commonly used public key auth systems, and I wanted to shout "NO, it has to be SSH keys!"
I love SSH. I wish we used it more. I built https://gitern.com around this idea.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @melvincarvalho 13 Nov 2021
this is brilliant
it's a pity that ssh doesnt support bitcoin ECC tho
maybe one day ...
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @rheedi0 14 Nov 2021
A gitern question for you, @k00b: Are repos shareable?
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @k00b 15 Nov 2021
Yep, you can make public repos
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @rheedi0 14 Nov 2021
Very cool. I didnt know you could retrieve pub keys from Github like that either.
You're probably right that ssh keys are more ubiquitous than Bitcoin keys today, but there may be a time when that flips. Personally I love all the sign/verify methods that are built-in to Bitcoin/Lightning implementations and see them as a great interface for building more trusted communications into new applications.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 15 Nov 2021
I agree on both points!
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @melvincarvalho 13 Nov 2021
"SSH pubkeys are typically stored in ~/.ssh with the .pub extension"
try typing .keys on the end of your github username
https://github.com/timbl.keys
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @k00b 13 Nov 2021
I had no idea that was a thing!
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @melvincarvalho 13 Nov 2021
cant wait for git 2.34
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