did:cow, a proposal for an ID resolution method with most of the convenience of did:plc/did:web and the robustness of a public blockchain
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### 1.1 Motivation
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ATProto currently supports 2 identity standards, did:web and did:plc. These are both potentially problematic for long-term use by users who may be the target of censorship: did:web depends on the continued cooperation of a registrar and the nation state that regulates it, as well as suffering from more mundane issues like forgetting to renew or being priced out by registrar fee increases. did:plc depends on a centralized server, and we have no guarantees about its future behaviour.
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ATProto currently supports 2 identity standards, did:web and did:plc. These are both potentially problematic for long-term use by users who may be the target of censorship: A did:web ID depends on the continued cooperation of a registrar and the nation state that regulates it, as well as suffering from more mundane issues like forgetting to renew or being priced out by registrar fee increases. A did:plc ID depends on a centralized server, and we have no guarantees about its future behaviour.
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Migration between DIDs is not possible, so your did:web identity only lasts as long as your control of your domain does, and your did:plc identity only lasts until the centralized did:plc server starts acting dishonestly.
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