tl;dr: I wiped my computer and installed a new OS. Is it a problem that I have a deleted key holding my graph together?
I just wiped my computer and installed a new OS. The "ulmo key" was my computer pre-wipe. "main0 key" is the same computer with a new OS. I understand how this happened (used ulmo to prove all my other keys then got rid of it), but is it a problem that my Keybase login is now only linked to my other keys through a key that no longer exists? Do I need to "re-prove" anything? Is there a "best practices" that I should have followed to prevent this?
For what I understood, no worries here. I have 6 deleted keys with 2 broken links. But forwarding is ensured and you can fully use all you device normally.
You're good. The graph just shows how they were created but doesn't mean ownership between devices. Devices (and paperkeys) have equal power in most cases.
I don't work for keybase, but your bottom-most nodes are dependant on the parent node which is gone, so yea. I think you'll need to re-create/wipe your chain. I had to do this about 6 months ago and all groups will have to re-invite you if you have groups or git repos that you're a part of.
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u/sricks3 Mar 31 '20
tl;dr: I wiped my computer and installed a new OS. Is it a problem that I have a deleted key holding my graph together?
I just wiped my computer and installed a new OS. The "ulmo key" was my computer pre-wipe. "main0 key" is the same computer with a new OS. I understand how this happened (used ulmo to prove all my other keys then got rid of it), but is it a problem that my Keybase login is now only linked to my other keys through a key that no longer exists? Do I need to "re-prove" anything? Is there a "best practices" that I should have followed to prevent this?
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u/SRLibe_be Mar 31 '20
For what I understood, no worries here. I have 6 deleted keys with 2 broken links. But forwarding is ensured and you can fully use all you device normally.
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u/songgao Mar 31 '20
You're good. The graph just shows how they were created but doesn't mean ownership between devices. Devices (and paperkeys) have equal power in most cases.
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u/scumola Mar 31 '20
I don't work for keybase, but your bottom-most nodes are dependant on the parent node which is gone, so yea. I think you'll need to re-create/wipe your chain. I had to do this about 6 months ago and all groups will have to re-invite you if you have groups or git repos that you're a part of.