In-reply-to » @bender Yes, they do ๐Ÿคฃ Implicitly, or threading would never work at all ๐Ÿ˜… Nor lookups ๐Ÿคฃ 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.

@prologic@twtxt.net a signature IS encryption in reverse. If my private key becomes compromised then they can impersonate me. Being able to manage promotion and revocation of keys needed even in a system where its used for just signatures.

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