Web developer and Studio Lead at Deloitte Digital in Düsseldorf, Germany.
In the process of moving my OpenPGP based keys and claims - which started on Keybase.io - to Keyoxide.org. It is unclear what will happen to Keybase any given moment since Zoom bought it, so I wanted to be prepared. Even-though Keyoxide has less features, the base principle of confirming ones online identities with public key pairs remains. And it seems that most special Keybase features can be replaced with other services, like Mastodon and such.
Preparing moving from Keybase to Keyoxide.
Two years ago the Keybase team joined / were acquired by Zoom; still miss them!
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Collecting various ways of hosting my static website at https://
Mirrored my personal site - finally - on Keybase's KBFS system, so now it is also available here https://
Thanks to OpenKeyChain, FairEmail, Thunderbird, and Keybase.io, I'm only sending PGP signed Emails out. It feels like I just upped a level in terms of online representation.
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At first, the Keybase acquisition by Zoom comes as a shock to me and I actually immediately thought of deleting my account. But I have invested quite some time and effort in the account and the platform. I use it as my main encryption and signing tool and I've got a decent network and some Stellar Lumens in my account which I'm not sure where to transfer to at the moment. I get it how the people behind #Keybase, who are actually really cool, want to finish their "incredible journey" with some honestly hard-earned money; and on top of all the current features Keybase offers, video chat makes a lot of sense if they want to compete with MS Teams and Slack. But the whole thing still feels like a sell-out and it is totally unclear what will happen to the current user base. Is Zoom going to charge us for our accounts now? It would have been cooler if Keybase has aquired Zoom instead. Worried about the future of Keybase, so I will be looking for an alternative tool in the next days. Not going to delete my account, just yet.
The Stellar Lumens I received through the Keybase Spacedrops are valued over €100 now. Crazy. Question remains what to do with them?
Helaas heeft het Keybase + Stellar SpaceDrop experiment het niet lang volgehouden door te veel rotzooi door valse accounts en scammers. Deze morgen kreeg ik dan de laatste 355 XLM. Of ik die ooit in een fiat-token zoals Eur zal omzetten. Misschien toch eens naar die stable-coins kijken.
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With the Keybase application installed on the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" command line, export the pgp Keybase key and import it into the local gpg keychain.
I also had to add this code into the ~/.bashrc
file to make the gpg passphrase prompt work in WSL:
# enable passphrase prompt for gpg
export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
Pull someones pgp key from their Keybase profiles:
$ keybase pgp pull johanbove
List the current keys in your gpg key chain:
$ gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
Export the pgp key to import it in gpg:
$ keybase pgp export -q 4AAE11D0B6A8D5E8 | gpg --import
$ keybase pgp export -q 4AAE11D0B6A8D5E8 --secret | gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import
Testing the gpg key:
$ echo "test" | gpg --clearsign
Setting up git to use the key:
$ git config --global user.signingkey B6A8D5E8
Setting the trust level of the imported key:
$ gpg --list-keys
$ gpg --edit-key E44E71105E920276ED1693294AAE11D0B6A8D5E8
Following the instructions to set the trust on a gpg key.
Creating an annotated and signed git tag:
$ git tag -a -s v1.0.0 -m "Release v1.0.0 signed"
Verifying the git tag:
$ git tag -v v1.0.0
Sources:
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I’m happy the space drop is over for me. Lumens should have never been linked to a monetary value like it was done, to avoid hoarding hackers. The whole thing almost ruined Keybase for a lot of people. However the concept of the Stellar network still has huge potential. Keybase was on its way to become a crucial key factor in a more secure, verified Internet, but became out of greedy gold rush motivations, almost malicious. I hope Keybase will still become the connected, secure communication and verification platform it was meant to be.
#todo PGP sign the twtxt.txt file with my Keybase key
Nevertheless, getting the free Stellar Lumens as a gift by Keybase and Stellar.org, offered me an insight into the crypto currency trading World. The tools and the technology behind all of it amazes me.
The "Keybase Utilities" application on my Windows 10 machine is gorging up CPU cycles. Why it is doing that and what is actually going on is a mystery. Going to have to dig up some logs later for a debug report.