Yes, not the way forward IMO. Passkeys are just private keys that sign challenges from within the secure enclave on your iOS device, or from keychain, a TPM, Yubikey, even cross-platform third-party password managers. And with specific protocol scaffolding around them (WebAuthn/FIDO2).
Often when people say they’re doing something with passkeys for nostr it’s not actual passkey passkeys (not WebAuthn/FIDO2), it’s more like “passkey-inspired design". Because passkeys themselves are too limited.
joeruelle / Joe Ruelle
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2025-12-11 06:39:26
in reply to nevent1q…r9dl
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