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hiciu 3 hours ago

> issue your own tokens

I mean, you can. It's like with TLS certificates. The standard is there. The code is there. You can issue your own.

The question is, who will trust you?

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summm an hour ago | parent [-]

It is not at all like TLS. With TLS you at least can get your own certificate signed by an official CA, and use that private key on whatever system you want.

	▲	hiciu 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It is literally TLS in a trench coat with some json sprinkled on top. Where I think we are not in agreement the question of "who to trust" and "for what purposes". Are you going to trust me when I tell you that I'm over 18 if I provide you with the document signed by my cousin, Honest Ahmed? Are you going to trust me when I show you the document signed by my government? (this is the trick question, you don't have a choice, law says you must; there's a list of who you need to trust and for what purposes; like a certificate root store in your browser)