↳ In-reply-to » @bender Yes, they do 🤣 Implicitly, or threading would never work at all 😅 Nor lookups 🤣 They are used as keys. Think of them like a primary key in a database or index. I totally get where you're coming from, but there are trade-offs with using Message/Thread Ids as opposed to Content Addressing (like we do) and I believe we would just encounter other problems by doing so.

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the right way to solve this is to use public/private key(s) where you actually have a public key fingerprint as your feed’s unique identity that never changes

Okay, this is interesting. How would this work in practice? 🤔