3. The DID document: a key, a handle, and an address
Resolving a DID yields a document with the signing key, the handle claim and the PDS address; atproto allows did:web and did:plc.

3. The DID document: a key, a handle, and an address

Resolving a DID yields a document with the signing key, the handle claim and the PDS address; atproto allows did:web and did:plc.

Everything that verifies or locates an account starts here.

Resolve a DID and you get a document. A page with three rows that matter.

A signing key. Every change to your data is signed with its secret half.

The handle you claim.

And the address of your host server, your personal data server. That is how anyone finds where your data lives today.

Two kinds of DID are allowed. did web, which is just a domain you control. And did plc, which is next.

Check yourself. Name the three things in a DID document that the protocol uses.

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