Dave Jones on Nostr: I hate cryptography. ActivityPub http request signatures look simple, but since most ...
I hate cryptography. ActivityPub http request signatures look simple, but since most language crypto libraries just wrap other C libraries, you end up digging through documentation for hours to find a simple nugget or example.
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