[notpushkin]

Tangential, but Keybase (and later Keyoxide [1]) with their “social proof” mechanics are a more human-friendly way to verify the encryption keys. I kinda wish Matrix had that integrated, too.

[1]: Here's my Keyoxide page for example: https://keyoxide.org/[e-mail]

[lxgr]

Is Keyoxide based on the Keybase codebase, or is it a new development?

I quite enjoyed Keybase back in the day, but then they pivoted to being a crypto wallet, and were ultimately acquired by Zoom (a move I understand less every day, since they obviously gave up on their bold promises of end-to-end encryption they made back in 2020).

[notpushkin]

It's completely new, and based entirely on PGP. The proofs are stored with your PGP key, so it's also decentralized. It doesn't have any amenities like chat or file storage – it only maps your social networks to a given PGP key. But I believe third parties (like Matrix) could step up and support it natively – all the benefits of Keybase, none of the drawbacks.

[lloeki]

Not entirely clear but it doesn't seem so from the launch post verbiage:

https://blog.keyoxide.org/keyoxide-launch/

Code lives here if you want to dig:

https://codeberg.org/keyoxide