spacebarchat / spacebarchat/server

Decentralised accounts

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently Spacebar accounts are stored on a single homeserver. This is far from decentralised and produces an unfortunate single point of failure and control for the user.

Describe the solution you'd like

Replace user/pass with public key identity

Describe alternatives you've considered
replicating account data across multiple servers, and let clients pick which home server they talk.
homeserver to support decoupling accounts from DNS, and allowing multiple trusted servers to host the data.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing the linked Matrix specification issue and the existing account and homeserver architecture; the issue does not define concrete acceptance criteria or what would count as done.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
authentication, backend, distributed-systems
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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