Your Solana Address Is Actually Your SSH Key: Understanding On-Chain Identity

If you've ever managed a server, you know SSH keys. You generate a keypair, stick the public key on a server, and suddenly you can prove who you are by signing requests with your private key. The server doesn't care about your username—it cares that you can prove you hold the private key. Solana identity works the exact same way. And that's the entire revolution. The Web2 Identity Problem In Web2 , your identity is scattered everywhere. You have: A username and password on GitHub A different one