[brabel]

Bullshit. The public key can be obtained by several easy means, like visiting the publisher website or social network site like GitHub which is common. That verifies the identity just as well as any certificate! But with much less trouble.

[gruez]

How are you still missing the "real identity" part? A bitcoin address might be easily verifiable, but isn't anyone's idea of "real identity".

[brabel]

Real identity is impossible to establish beyond any doubt, and a certificate is no better than a key on a website, in fact it's essentially the exact same thing.