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DIDs Are Cool. We Didn't Need Them

Hacker News Top · 2026-04-20 Cached

In a Moon argues that while DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers) are technically elegant, their use case didn't require them—instead opting for a simpler 'subject' primitive (namespace:id) that leverages existing web identity systems like GitHub usernames and email addresses already embedded in web content.

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