Purpose
The Capability is a signed blob used to delegate new permissions to read, write, or author as another identity.
It is used to grant signing permissions to other devices or people.
Shape
Contains the following fields
Signer
Delegate – The Account ID of the identity receiving new capabilities
Role
Label
Revoked – Boolean, true if the capability is being revoked
Path
Recursive
Deps – The CIDs of capabilities to depend on. Used to form a chain of capabilities
Signature – Cryptographic proof of this shape from the signer
Chaining
A capability might be granting permissions to another account, which might require a chain of capabilities.
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