Tony D’Addeo
@deodad
Why doesn't Farcaster use OAuth 2.0 like other social platforms? Farcaster is built on a decentralized architecture whereas OAuth is build to establish trust between 3 separate parties. Breaking this down: - in Farcaster users own their identity and authenticate via a cryptographic signature without an intermediary; in OAuth a centralized services own the identity and a user has to request that 1st party authenticate them to the 3rd party app for devs: SIWF / Quick Auth = OAuth Sign In - in Farcaster the data is public and replicated, anyone can permissionlessly access the data via the Snapchain network; in OAuth your data is controlled by a single entity and applications need to request permissions to access to data, subject to the platforms approvals and limits (e.g. X charges $5k+++ for data access) for devs: Snapchain / infra providers like Neynar = OAuth APIs accessible with a Bearer token
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Ξric Juta
@ericjuta
no but fr why doesn't Farcaster use oauth 2.0 like other social platforms 🥹
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Samuel ツ
@samuellhuber.eth
One could build an OAUTH2 compatible provider and relay for people to integrate with / use accepting that provider to be auth authority
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Ξric Juta
@ericjuta
*summons @neynar *
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Neynar
@neynar
anyone actively looking to build using this cc @samuellhuber.eth that will help prioritize
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Samuel ツ
@samuellhuber.eth
Only logical company to do it besides the auth providers @privy @dynamic @thirdweb
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