For anyone curious to try the Inkan prototype, here's roughly what's involved in setting up an identity: 1. Get the Inkan Management Utility (a Linux AppImage): https://www.inkan.cc/settings/inkan-management-utility 2. Run it on a current Linux system. I've tested it on Ubuntu 24.04 and Tails 7.7.2. Ideally the utility should be run on an airgapped system (I like to use Tails with networking disabled as a proxy for an airgapped machine). Once you open the utility, I suggest using the "Quick identity setup" path for your first identity; it's the most straightforward. 3. The utility will produce the chain of key pairs that make up your identity, a master at the top, one or more intermediates, and a signer at the bottom. Keep the master and intermediate keys safely offline (encrypted on a USB stick or two is fine). The signer keypair you can move to your regular online machine, since that's the key you'll use day-to-day. Once you have the signer's pubkey, send it over to me on Nostr (@inkan) or to contact@inkan.cc so I can allowlist it at www.inkan.cc. Once you've been allowlisted, go on to step 4. 4. The utility also creates an Ethereum transaction that registers your identity on-chain. The easiest way to get it broadcast is via a sponsor. They cover the gas and broadcast it for you, so you don't need to hold any ETH yourself. Alternatively, you can sign and pay for it within the utility, then broadcast the signed transaction yourself. 5. Once the transaction has confirmed on Ethereum and your signer pubkey is allowlisted at www.inkan.cc, you're ready to log in. Go to www.inkan.cc, log in with NIP-07 using your signer key, and complete the setup wizard. Reach out at any step if you get stuck or have questions, happy to help. Also, if ETH or finding a sponsor is what's keeping you from trying Inkan, let me know. I'd like to get a sense of how much of a hurdle this is. View quoted note →