Can we make federation less dependent on domain names? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by gammaray@sh.itjust.works to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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It looks like some issues may arise if/when an instance's domain name changes. Is there any way we can change federation so that we don't need to rely on such a central point of failure?

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[-] silverpill@mitra.social 9 points 1 week ago

That's correct.

did: prefix is used to denote cryptographic identifiers, in theory one could even take a did:plc identifier from Bluesky and then use it as identity for an ActivityPub application:

https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/3943