Hugo Simoes
simple living, careful thinking, collective fun
I have recovered the idea of BZID and turned it into the concept a-id, an anonymous cryptographic secure identifier.
On my websites, I want the least amount of information about players (and not to worry about displaying offensive usernames or avatars, keeping them child-friendly), but players should still be allowed to build a reputation using an anonymous identifier.
By replacing username/password combinations with pairs of a-id/h-id (respectively), it is possible for websites to verify, even without keeping any information about players, whether a player's anon-id is valid.
I look forward to know/share other use cases of this concept.
January 19, 2024
a-id