2 sats \ 7 replies \ @k00b 13 Nov 2021 \ on: It's Now Possible To Sign Arbitrary Data With Your SSH Keys bitcoin
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.
this is brilliant
it's a pity that ssh doesnt support bitcoin ECC tho
maybe one day ...
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A gitern question for you, @k00b: Are repos shareable?
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Yep, you can make public repos
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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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I agree on both points!
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"SSH pubkeys are typically stored in ~/.ssh with the .pub extension"
try typing .keys on the end of your github username
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I had no idea that was a thing!
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