Identity
One name. Yours globally, backed by a key only you hold, portable across every keyserver in the network.
A nickname, not an address
You register a globally-unique nickname — alice, not alice@some-domain. Registration is first-write-wins and gossiped to every
keyserver, so the name means the same thing everywhere. Your identity isn’t a row you rent
from one provider; it’s a fact the whole network agrees on.
Backed by your key
Behind the nickname is a PGP key pair derived from a BIP39 seed your node generates locally. The seed is encrypted at rest on your device. Keyservers store your public verifying key and signed records — never your secret. Every action you take is signed, so others can verify it’s really you without trusting any server.
The seed is the account. From one seed your node derives your identity, your wallets across every rail, and your message keys. Back up the seed and you’ve backed up everything.
Recovery without a custodian
Because there’s no server holding your account, recovery is cryptographic. Your seed can be split into shares (Shamir) so you can restore from, say, any 2 of 3 — each share on a different device — without ever trusting a recovery email or a support desk.
Portable by design
Your identity, follow graph, and wallet aren’t pinned to one keyserver. Move to another and they move with you, because the source of truth is your key and the gossiped registry — not any single host.