[NooneAtAll3]

what's the alternative to PKI?

[haiku2077]

Certainly something a hell of a lot simpler then x509 - and without assumptions from the 1990s hardcoded into it

[cpach]

Is it really X.509 that is the big “problem”? If so, I fail to see how.

[greyface-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_identifier

[jtchang]

So basically you trust something because you have a long chain of assurances that you trusted it before? Kinda like certificate pinning.

[dylan604]

no alternative. just eliminate the thing not liked. it's called being DOGEd