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So did has different providers so atproto uses did:plc and did:web but their are many different options and its a standard so u can get comparability with so many things ie did:pgp, did:eth, and like a million other options
DID-based identity already exists in Fediverse: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/ef61/fep-ef61.md
We currently use
did:keybut in theory any DID method can be used, someone even tried to usedid:plc: https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/pull/3943