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Sidetree Specification and Reference Implementation
https://identity.foundation/sidetree/spec
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Standardize on the usage of key and commitment throughout the specification #779

Open tplooker opened 4 years ago

tplooker commented 4 years ago

Key as a term can be ambiguous, for instance is it talking about a key pair or just a public or private key. This ambiguity can cause dangerous behaviour especially in reference to constructing cryptographic commitments, we should clarify usage of this term throughout the spec to avoid confusion.