Oddbean

Privacy software is flawed. When developers make software, they cryptographically sign it to prove that they are the creator and it has no backdoor. Just like Nostr posts. But unlike Nostr, we trust Microsoft’s Github and Cloudflare to give us the correct public key to begin with. This means all Github privacy software is potentially compromised. Even if you could convince all these open source devs to come on Nostr, their posts with the hashes would scroll off their feeds. Ideally, you want a website. That’s where our PGP directory comes in. We’ve pointed blockchain domain names to websites that aren’t tied to a particular location or server (IPFS), to have a neutral third party source of information for you to compare to. It’s easy to go to this website in Brave Browser, and verify your software with one command: SimplifiedPrivacy.sol or SimplifiedPrivacy.x And if you don’t know how to go to blockchain domain websites, here’s a tutorial: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ipfs-brave-browser/

Hello, thanks for your reply. IPFS is an excellent choice for something of this nature because it is immutable. Once you upload something, the CID or “identifier” becomes permanent. Therefore, the locations of the servers hosting it around the world are a commodity that can’t make decisions. We are not hosting the IPFS pinning on unstoppable. Unstoppable domains does it on Polygon’s blockchain, but their API is fairly centralized yes. This is why we also use Solana and Ethereum domains also pointed to the same CIDs. I encourage you to visit the website to gain a better understanding.

Thanks for the reply. I have read further and now understand better the relationship with the CID and gateway. I have now purchased the “ne5cio.sol” domain and did a test with a site I have put on IFPS. I store my files on 4everland.org because it is easy to login with Phantom wallet and it’s free.