Sure. It would be great if they supported both. The suggestion is to use their tooling because it provides a lot of added value, but yes, it would be great if they also provided a standard "dumb" PGP/GPG keyserver, too.
Maybe consider contributing to the effort?
Quick searched turned up several issues tracking the question:
https://github.com/keybase/keybase-issues/issues/327
https://github.com/keybase/keybase-issues/issues/890
https://github.com/keybase/keybase-issues/issues/1266
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keybase-issues
A single repo for managing publicly recognized issues with the keybase client, installer, and website.
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| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Read the project’s introduction
Client-side (app) bugs:
If you've installed Keybase on your desktop, run:
keybase log send
and follow the instructions. If you're on a mobile device, please just post to client issue tracker.
Serious security bugs
We have a bug bounty program on HackerOne, please report there.
Everything else, including website bugs, ideas and suggestions
There's an issues tab on this page.
If you'd like to review our code
We'd like that too.
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Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
3 sourcesI was invited many months ago but I messed up the username. After investigating I realized that there's no way to fix it, and keybase staff says the only way is to delete the account and get re-invited [1].
I forgot to delete the account, but I did so now, so if you're still willing and would be so kind as to try again, I would greatly appreciate it! If not, no problem!
Thanks for the compliment!
[1]: https://github.com/keybase/keybase-issues/issues/803
In Encryption is a necessityThis is an awesome announcement and got me totally fired up.
Unfortunately, I wasn't even able to log in to my keybase account on a new computer. Judging from the 1,000 outstanding issues on their Github, it seems like Keybase should first be focusing on fixing the bugs in existing software before rolling out new products. [0]
As for the substance of the filesystem, it would be nice to have some concept of named/shared groups. So I could create a "company" folder and then add people to it over time instead of having to create a whole new shared folder each time we add someone new. (And having to manually copy over all relevant files.)
[0] https://github.com/keybase/keybase-issues/issues
In Introducing the Keybase filesystem