BetterSign™
Nobody can trick you into handing over a secret, because the thing that proves you're you isn't a secret at all.
The private key stays on-device and is never transmitted; only single-use detached signatures over fresh challenges cross the wire. Nothing on the network is replayable.
A stable name on the outside, freely changeable keys on the inside.
The picture
Picture a signet ring — your private key — that stamps a mark no one else can reproduce. Everyone has a picture of your stamp — your public key — so they recognize your mark, yet still can't make it themselves. Change one word of the letter and the stamp no longer matches.
Signing produces a detached signature over the entry bytes; verification checks it against the advertised public key. Any change to the signed content invalidates the proof — tampering is self-evident.
What it fixes
How it works
You create an identity, which gives you a VLAD — your permanent name
BetterSign starts a signed logbook for it
Every key change adds a new signed page to the logbook
Anyone can replay the logbook and check every page is legitimate
They always end up with your current, correct keys — without asking anyone
The building blocks
A VLAD remains stable while its keys and protected metadata rotate.
Every state transition is hash-linked and authorized by the previous log state.
VLADemlia helps peers locate current records without becoming the trust root.
Key changes become signed updates that followers can verify and apply.
The jargon, translated
Questions
No. Point your tools at a VLAD and BetterSign keeps the keys current for you — SSH that doesn't break when keys rotate, TLS that renews itself, API tokens you can rotate freely.
Recovery is built in. A stronger, better-protected backup key can fix things if a normal key is lost or stolen — no out-of-band scramble.
The longer a single key stays in use, the more chances a copy ends up somewhere it shouldn't. Rotating retires old risk — like changing the locks now and then.
No. A VLAD is owned by you and no one else, proven by math anyone can check, and still verifiable years later — even offline.
Point your tools at a VLAD and BetterSign keeps the keys current for you.