I wrote why I replaced web5 DIDs with npubs recently. I’ve followed web5 for a longer, since the beginning tbh.
The link contains videos.
https://x.com/sheilfer/status/1816209419581153579
“Monetizing UX > subscriptions
I’ve replaced web5 DIDs with a nostr key pair for authentication in my app. The trade off is clear.
Web5 gave me instant accounts, which was great for distribution and made a super smooth user experience when it came to distributing durable “AI experiences” or microapps on social media.
However, authenticating with nostr comes with a network effect. Creating an account is very simple as it only requires a user name, and creates a more visceral “I own my data” experience. So not much lost in terms of time-to-first-AI, but more material offered out of the box.
This ownership of data is important because Bitcoin balances can also be carried across applications with nostr key pairs using the cashu protocol (an ecash protocol that makes Bitcoin more usable.)
However, ultimately, there is nothing that nostr can do that web5 cannot eventually do and I believe that web5 will eventually take the position of being a parent or a container identity for much larger scale work (think X, threads, etc), especially as more web5 developers organize and create incentivizes to build more web5 apps. But that time is not now, and nostr folks are very focused.”
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npub14v…2axlt
2024-07-28 20:15:33
in reply to nevent1q…6zyg
Author Public Key
npub14vskcp90k6gwp6sxjs2jwwqpcmahg6wz3h5vzq0yn6crrsq0utts52axltPublished at
2024-07-28 20:15:33Event JSON
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"pubkey": "ab216c04afb690e0ea069415273801c6fb7469c28de8c101e49eb031c00fe2d7",
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