[API] Consume remote ProofUrl content to verify proof on the fly

IBM / ipfs-social-proof

IPFS Social Proof: A decentralized identity and social proof system

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[API] Consume remote ProofUrl content to verify proof on the fly #18

Closed daviddahl closed 5 years ago

daviddahl commented 5 years ago

It is not enough to just just a peer's locally stored proofs (this is fine for the POC) - we need to pull down a remote proof json doc, validate what HTTPS url it came from (github, reddit, etc) and verify the signature on the fly.

In the client this would be run every time a user examines the 'publicKeyCard' of a peer. I know Keybase does this as you see the verification icons chnage state when looking at another user's profile.

daviddahl commented 5 years ago

[x] RemoteProofs module implemented with tests in #30
[x] consume RemoteProofs API in UI to verify github hosted gists

daviddahl commented 5 years ago

I would like to use the launch animation while the remote proof is verified when one looks at the PublicKeyCard of a peer

daviddahl commented 5 years ago

This is now working. Next: need to add the same functionality for reddit-hosted proofs