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[โ€“] yata@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The decision to use blockchain for this just screams bad decisions (and very likely an attempt to push NFTs or crypto later). There is no reason to use blockchain for authentification in this situation and people are right to be suspicious of a event which does that in this manner.

[โ€“] Acters@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Right, they could just use pgp if they want some cryptographic authentication methods. Blockchain and other "crypto" shenanigans are strange and full of potential for future up selling/marketing push.