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Support for transition phase to new key

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Description

This is a special case of #178

When I signed up to keybase I did so with my rather old 1024-key. Now I created a new key according to https://www.apache.org/dev/key-transition.html

I'd like to now make the new key my default key on keybase.io with a minimum of fuzz (loose people tracking me, have to reverify my accounts). If possible have both keys for the transition phase

It'd be nice if that use-case was at least described in some way. I'm not sure for instance if revoke/push is what I want (whether it revokes my old GPG-key generally. Which I don't want to do for the transition phase)

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  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading issue #178 and the Apache key-transition guidance linked in the report. Determine whether Keybase can support both the old and new keys during transition, and clarify the expected behavior of revoke/push; done would require an agreed implementation scope and documented user workflow.

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Assessment

Domain
cryptography, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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