It looks like some issues may arise if/when an instance's domain name changes. Is there any way we can change federation so that we don't need to rely on such a central point of failure?

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How interesting. Isn't the did: system also what AT Protocol (Bluesky) uses? 👀

[–] silverpill@mitra.social 9 points 1 day ago

That's correct.

did: prefix is used to denote cryptographic identifiers, in theory one could even take a did:plc identifier from Bluesky and then use it as identity for an ActivityPub application:

https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/3943

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

DIDs aren't unique to Bluesky

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 8 points 1 day ago

Didn't mean it was. Just mentioned it as it was the most common example I knew. But thanks for the link! Reading it now.