I am confused why this is needed.

> IP addresses can break, without warning, and it's outside of your device's control.

We have DNS?

> Keys, however, are created & controlled by you. They stay the same as your device moves, and are yours to throw away, or not.

So are domain names? This page does not do a good job of helping me find what it is that I'm missing.

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ben-schaaf 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Your phone and laptop don't have stable IPs, let alone DNS entries pointing to them.

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kkapelon 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They do if you use tailscale and friends

	▲	ben-schaaf 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Everyone I'd like to connect to isn't on my tailscale, nor do I want them to be.

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nicebyte 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

but dynamic DNS is a thing. I've had setups for it since god knows how long, though admittedly not on my phone.

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guywithahat 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What you're missing is that they can't charge you for IP's, and someone else already charges you for DNS/domains. They would like to replace your IP's with keys they lookup. It's a cool idea and I would expect that they'll find a market, but I'm not sure this would be a breakthrough product for me

	▲	nicebyte 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		that just sounds like DNS but more centralized and not super human-friendly...