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HTTP Schnorr Signature Authentication #1845

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@melvincarvalho
melvincarvalho
opened on Jan 12, 2026
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Motivation

Millions of users already have cryptographic keys. This proposal lets them authenticate to Solid pods instantly - no account creation, no passwords, no redirect flows.

📸 Login page with Schnorr SSO:

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🎥 See it in action: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wlADHzVNcvM

What is it?

  • HTTP Schnorr Auth - Authentication using BIP-340 Schnorr signatures
  • did:nostr - A self-certifying DID method (one compatible identity format)

Users authenticate with browser extensions - one click, no passwords.

4-Phase Roadmap

Phase Description Status
Phase 1 DID identities in ACLs + Schnorr signature verification ✅ Complete
Phase 2 SSO "Sign in with Schnorr" button on login page ✅ Complete
Phase 3 Linked identities (WebID ↔ DID) Planned
Phase 4 Global DID resolver integration Planned

Specifications

  • http-schnorr-auth v0.0.1 - HTTP authentication spec
  • did:nostr v0.0.10 - Compatible DID method

Test Suite

10 test vectors: https://github.com/nostrcg/http-schnorr-auth/tree/gh-pages/test-vectors

Related Work

Working implementations exist for CSS, Pivot, and JSS. This represents 2 years of development and testing.

Phase Issues

  • Phase 1+2: To be submitted and linked to this issue

Activity

  1. melvincarvalho
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Mar 1, 2026

    feat: Add HTTP Schnorr signature authentication (Phase 1)

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    feat: Add HTTP Schnorr signature authentication (Phase 1)

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