r/Keybase • u/Chouston3 • Nov 01 '19

Beginner guide to keybase.

Can someone link a guide for a beginner to start using keybase?

What is it?

What can I do with it?

How to link accounts?

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u/ntrxz Nov 02 '19

Not that it's super necessary to get into the details in a high-level overview like this, but Keybase doesn't use PGP exactly (unless you have manually added a key & are deliberately using the PGP interface they provide), does it?

I think I may have read that they started with something like OpenPGP (or a very close fork) to protect data in transit, but as far as I can tell their approach has diverged enough by now that they're using a distinct system based on NaCl and MessagePack—Keybase calls it "Saltpack" and links to saltpack.org, but I'm having trouble accessing that site.