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No. I don't plan on incorporating a browser. The wasi extensions allow more native behavior.

A browser is, however, an application that could use the VM. It would gain access to signing services so logins become a thing of the past. Like oauth without the dependencies on large providers like Google and GitHub.
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Melvin Carvalho 1y ago

I'm working on nostr authentication using schnorr signatures too

https://nostrcg.github.io/http-schnorr-auth/

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Daniel Wigton 1y ago

Love it! This is the most obvious next step for browsers. I am not sure why it hasn't been pushed through by a big player. Probably because they are all oauth providers and the lock in is welcome.

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Melvin Carvalho 1y ago

Thanks! It's based on NIP-98 which I co-wrote with Kieran and is in wide use. Re big players, absolutely yes. They also want to couple everything to email. And the email providers are also the web giants.

This little shim will allow you to do an authenticated write operation, for example.

https://github.com/nosdav/nosdav-shim