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samuelgoto catsoo WebAuthn is a fundamentally different system, it isn't connected to a crypto currency. I would not consider it part of the 'web3' family of concepts just because it uses cryptography and stores keys in a browser in a way similar, but not at all the same, to 'wallets'.Permalink On twitter.com
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samuelgoto catsoo In fact WebAuthn has, as I understand it, very different models of security and login. While it is a way to handle login independent of an SSO centralized system, unlike a crypto currency wallet it is not a self contained authentication object...Permalink On twitter.com
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samuelgoto catsoo WebAuthn, as I understand it, is reliant on server backend that a wallet does not require, and also delivers a key to be stored by the service the user is logging into as part of future authentication ceremonies...On twitter.com
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samuelgoto catsoo A wallet holds an object whose uniqueness is guaranteed by the blockchain system and therefore is a self evident credential that does not (in theory) require storage of data by the service that is being logged into. I think.Permalink On twitter.com
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samuelgoto catsoo Does this help illuminate the differences between the two?Permalink On twitter.com
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