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Love what hedgehog is doing! However, we are cross-platform and never expose the users master private keys to the developer. When a user logs in to an app, only the app specific key pair is delivered on auth.

Let me know if you have any other questions :)

Thanks Friedger, do you have a person we can talk to there? Would love to start a conversation with them!

Yes! This is one of the top things on our priority list. We will be completely removing the need for passwords and switch to one time use passwords and 2FA.

You can sign up for our slack on our website and we'll keep you updated :)

Thanks Jonathan for the kind words, we hope more people can start using the amazing apps being built on Ethereum, Blockstack, EOS, etc.

Great catch! I pushed the demo up to netlify and it should work now

We are working on a solution where you never have to set or remember your password

The seed is generated on the lambda, encrypted client side and stored in our database.

We've been moving fast trying to get SimpleID in as many hands as possible, but we absolutely want to support other blockchains. More in-depth Ethereum support is next up, then we want to look at adding support for blockchains like EOS, Steem, and more. It'd be great to get feedback from others on what blockchains to support!

I think maybe Heroku is a better analogy in this scenario?

Very cool gdotdesign! We're working on something similar in the decentralized auth space.

Just curious, how/why did you pick email sending as a service add on?

FYI, there's a demo to try here: https://www.simpleid.xyz/demo

Hi All, I am one of the founders of Stealthy. Unlike Web 3.0 browsers, we have deep integration at the resource level with other dApps. This means you can browse, share, and collaborate dApp content from within Stealthy.

We’re eager to get the HN community feedback on our mobile app. Here are the current features in Stealthy: - Available on iOS and Android - Public channels: topic discussion or dApp support - Private 1:1 messaging: client side encrypted for recipient - Sharing and collaboration with other dApps (Graphite and TravelStack)

Here is what’s on our roadmap: - Performance & UX improvements - Messaging features: Group messaging, attachments, gifs etc - Deeper dApp integrations: blog or post to social media from Stealthy - Lightning network integration for transactions

Decentralized Google Docs alternative: https://www.graphitedocs.com/

We have built a chat application with blockchain for auth that uses decentralized storage to enable WebRTC: https://www.stealthy.im.

This is why we have built stealthy.im on a decentralized and censorship resistant platform.

If you have an id or have registered for an id, you can fill out this app feedback survey and earn a 100 stacks: https://contribute.blockstack.org/b/mpktxj/view

Thanks Dale! If you have an id you can fill out app survey and get a 100 stacks! Here's the link: https://contribute.blockstack.org/b/mpktxj/view

Yes, people can redundantly shard their data to multiple cloud storage services. We plan on offering such a service if there is demand for it.

Once User B receives the message, it is also stored in User B’s storage too.

We're also considering ephemeral messages so the messages aren't stored at all.

All the messages user A sends to user B is stored in user A's storage. User B poll's user A's storage for the messages.

We have offline messaging (file polling) and online messaging via WebRTC.

You don't have to be online, your contacts are polling your storage and as long as your storage is online, the messages will be sent.

The message data is encrypted client side and stored in a cloud service of your choice (dropbox, s3, google, azure: default).

We don't host any data, it's stored in the users data store; the user controls all their data.

Another decentralized app, https://keys.casa/, is solving a similar problem.

Stealthy uses Blockstack to authenticate users.

"Your identity wallet and master private key are controlled by a locally-running node.js process. The Blockstack Browser code is served locally, so none of the concerns about remote code injection apply. The crypto code for this is downloaded once when you install it."

More information in the thread here: https://forum.blockstack.org/t/blockstack-vs-clientside-js-e...

Users have to back up a 12-word mnemonic phrase, a la BIP39. We also email users an encrypted copy of their phrase (where their password is the key)

With Stealthy, everything is encrypted client side. Therefore, cloud storage acts as a 'dumb' storage for all your encrypted files.

You can store your files redundantly on S3, Azure, Google Cloud, Dropbox, and even IPFS. We just have to enable all those drivers :)

Yes, the blockstack node package running on your machine generates the key pairs for you and thus the keys are stored on your local machine, not a centralized authority.

The reason you need an .id is because we have to register your identity on the blockchain and propagate your zonefiles.

We can help you register a .stealthy.id that gives you access to the tool if you create an account today :)

Haha maybe one day! We have no visibility into the messages that are sent on Stealthy.

A Blockstack ID is required for chat to work in a decentralized manner and for people to look you up.

Good news is we can register you for a .stealthy.id when you create your account and thus you don't have to pay for a Blockstack ID.

Thanks SpaceLab, please reach out to us at support@stealthy.im

Also, let us know about the login bugs, we are looking to constantly improve the tool :)

Thanks Steve, the underlying auth/storage technology is open source: https://github.com/blockstack.

We are planning to open source our code in due time.

One of the cool aspects of our tool is there are no servers involved. Everything runs client side and the lookups are done with de-centralized zonefiles on the blockchain.

We are building a p2p decentralized application that uses WebRTC for real time chat, video, etc

You can try it at www.stealthy.im. Would love your feedback!

Also, we have a super secure version called "Snowden Mode" for the privacy enthusiasts!