RT @clayforsberg: “I Told The New York Times: ‘It’s time for a whole new approach to climate…” — @AlexSteffen https://medium.com/@AlexSteffen/i-told-the-new-york-times-its-time-for-a-whole-new-approach-to-climate-journalism-450f41fd2ff5#—0-89.1dyk7sxcb
“FBI says…that nobody has a right to hide their location…reduces everybody to the equivalent of being in prison” https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/12/today-the-fbi-becomes-the-enemy-of-every-computer-user-and-every-security-professional-worldwide/
Well done history of the early days of public key cryptography & cypherpunk movement. Missing is the biz side (SSL etc), but maybe in book. https://twitter.com/1cyrilblanc1/status/804284165281763328
RT @AnselLindner: New blog post, “Blockchain Rules of Thumb”
#bitcoin #blockchain #ethereum
http://bitcoinandmarkets.com/blockchain-rules-of-thumb/
My best introductory talk on self-sovereign identity, human-rights privacy, GDPR & #RebootingWebOfTrust to date. 22m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7pJq5knDTY&feature=share
Replying to @grittygrease
The reason why SSL 3.1 got renamed TLS 1.0 was a political compromise to get Microsoft to drop PCT and support TLS.
Replying to @grittygrease
As co-author of TLS 1.0 the new TLS 1.3 is the first to truly deserve a major upgrade in version number. TLS 2.0 or SSL 4.0 👍
I finally saw SF movie Arrival—I’m in awe! Great to see a film be thoughtful, high quality & celebrate smart people with complicated lives.
The linguistics of aliens in the movie Arrival reminded me of the Elder Things’ language in Chaz Engan’s “Beyond the Mountains of Madness”
Thoughtful article by the author of the movie Arrival on his passion & dedication to adapt this complex story http://thetalkhouse.com/how-i-wrote-arrival/
With the success of Arrival (>$100m on a $47M budget) I hope we can see some more thoughtful science fiction in theatres. Maybe CJ Cherryh?
RT @ethchris: Let me try to explain #zksnarks
https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/12/05/zksnarks-in-a-nutshell/ - comments welcome! #crypto #complexity #theory #blockchain #zcash
RT @angela_walch: See my new paper considering public #blockchains and open source operational risk.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2879239#OSS #fintech…
Replying to @AlexSteffen
I’ll one up you!
RT @grittygrease: Slides from my @deepsec & @Stanford talk on TLS 1.3. Vaporwave themed because we’re still reliving the 90s. https://t.co/…
RT @etmccauley: Thank you @TakePart for an exceptional overview of @CodeToInspire and the importance of for digital literacy: https://t.co/…
I’d like to believe that with new architectures we can address these problems. Primary goal of #RebootingWebOfTrust http://github.com/WebOfTrust.info https://twitter.com/filosottile/status/806134035189796866
Replying to @matthew_d_green and @FiloSottile
with DIDs we can have strong rooted identities but still allow for key rotation. Inspired by Bitcoin approach
RT @petertoddbtc: Preventing Consensus Fraud with Commitments and Single-Use-Seals https://petertodd.org/2016/commitments-and-single-use-seals
Hands-on tutorial in securing f…
Very balanced & personal look at why artists have to go underground in Oakland—important part of problem is Oakland: https://medium.com/@apriljones75/a-culture-forced-underground-322b5ce75270#.xkbjc2ltb
RT @Truthcoin: New Post: “Against the Hard Fork” http://www.truthcoin.info/blog/against-the-hard-fork/
Stay tuned, for alternatives to Hard Forks which are just as power…
RT @NickSzabo4: “Asking whether smart contracts can be legally binding is like asking whether submarines have gills or blowholes.” https:/…
My family has a history of Parkinson’s-like tremors—no symptoms but I have great empathy for the woman in this video http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38208814
RT @lightcoin: The best time to start contributing to Bitcoin protocol development was five years ago. The next best time is today.
RT @aantonop: Profitable bitcoin companies that have never contributed anything to bitcoin dev or open source code have no basis to complai…
RT @sthenc: overhyped: bitcoin block size debate
underhyped: bitcoin privacy/fungibility
And some Republicans have requested and received an injunction against the deletion of this data. EU learned this lesson in WWII thus GDPR. https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/806907827973275649
This doesn’t just apply to Bitcoin — if you use open source you should support it. Remember Heartbleed in OpenSSL? Never again! https://twitter.com/lightcoin/status/806872968588472321
RT @chyppings: New post: House of Blockchain http://www.chyp.com/house-of-blockchain/
This is one of the reasons why diversity (not only gender & race but geo, $, culture, etc) is so important to #RebootingWebOfTrust. https://twitter.com/random_walker/status/806925680428531712
I’ve been talking about mobile location privacy for years—even wrote a protocol for it but no demand. Maybe women will drive the demand now. https://twitter.com/techcrunch/status/806924987781287937
RT @lightcoin: Intrinsic motivation is good but what are some extrinsic motivators for contributing to common pool resources? @ChristopherA…
RT @Melt_Dem: @lightcoin how do we get everyone to contribute? some people have suggested a public list or some sort of ranking or badge sy…
Replying to @lightcoin, @mindspillage and @melt_dem
I’ll think on it some more. One challenge is that extrinsic often has unforeseen effects over intrinsic.
RT @DanielleThys: “Judgement and the Ghost Ship Fire: Thoughts on Art and Artists in America (4 min. read by @DanielleThys #GhostShip http…
The tightrope we walk in the future of digital identity is exemplified by this article by @el_mesropyan https://letstalkpayments.com/can-a-unified-identity-become-the-most-valuable-and-dangerous-asset-ever-created/
RT @TuurDemeester: Study estimates that digital dash lifted 194,000 Kenyans out of poverty. #mpesa
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6317/1288.full https://t.co/qiN…
RT @trbouma: Good article. Need to think of digital identity as a composite concept separated across different systems. https://t.co/dd5cAC…
On this day we celebrate, because in 1948 the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. http://www.unesco.org/new/human-rights-day
RT @EngnRoom: In the wrong hands, data can be incredibly dangerous. We need #responsibledata approaches: https://www.theengineroom.org/dangerous-data-the-role-of-data-collection-in-genocides/ #HumanRigh…
RT @harlantwood: 1/n: I am looking for auth that works like this: a private key is generated & stored in a Decentralized Authentication (DA…
My green MBA course “Using the Social Web for Social Change” integrated cognitive psych, sociology, game theory, persuasion, media & more… https://twitter.com/maya_z00/status/808444710582829058
👍 Pieter Wuille @pwuille was named today as 6th most influential person in blockchain industry in 2016 by @coindesk http://www.coindesk.com/coindesks-influential-people-blockchain-2016/
RT @AaronvanW: This is a very nice analysis/explanation by @adam3us on the four or five different types of mining strategy: https://t.co/Qv…
RT @BitCoinSusan: I am on board with utilizing #blockchain technology for self-sovereign #identity - we are tired of giving #ssn, and det…
Replying to @clayforsberg
I’ve some graduate level curriculum that includes how cognitive bias is used against us, but it is too high level for kids.
RT @durumcrustulum: Good news, TLS 1.3 is making many good choices.
RT @aantonop: So true. For those of us who live a nomadic life, it is an endless frustration. https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/808922356014022656
RT @adam3us: Seems to me the #Bitcoin ecosystem should have more such conversations. Kudos to those participating. Communication is good, m…
RT @schneierblog: My Priorities for the Next Four Years https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/12/my_priorities_f.html
A Facebook post from earlier this month addressed to my family & friends. Still relevant so sharing more broadly “Rally against fear! …”
RT @EthanZ: “Lunch with my friend, the Trump supporter” - https://medium.com/@EthanZ/lunch-with-my-friend-the-trump-supporter-9388769ec2e7#.1undxv9j7 On partisanship, the limits of speech and of the power of…
RT @petertoddbtc: .@VladZamfir @matthew_d_green @schneierblog Don’t let yourself get biased by the fact you have a token to sell; often the…
RT @clayforsberg: The the most effective way to bridge the gap between you and those unlike you is not dialogue - it’s collaboration on a c…
Replying to @socrates1024 and @harryhalpin
We the chairs have asked the program committee to approve doing so. Probably yes! Announcement soon.
Replying to @ummjackson and @Target
Whereas I buy a $90 USB-C w/ scan from my iPhone using the Apple Store app in the store & walk out unquestioned. #trust
RT @SarahJamieLewis: I’ve said this before:
0) Regardless of my apparent motives, you shouldn’t trust me
1) Build systems where you don’t h…
RT @pag_crypto: Get excited, people. An update of Boneh and Shoup’s crypto book (covering public-key) was released a week ago: https://t.co…
RT @VladZamfir: I just published Chapter 4 of The History of Casper. This is the most important one yet!! If you only read one..! :) https:…
Addressing solutions to the natural law causes of Pareto’s Principle, Metcalfe’s & Reed’s Laws are the challenge for our decade! @VladZamfir
RT @bitcoin_experts: luke-jr: Bitcoin is not governed. It is designed to be governance-resistant. The only “mess” is from people *trying ht…
Great FAQ on the forthcoming Lighting protocol for the Bitcoin community. Great for micropayments as fee is based on amount exchanged. https://twitter.com/rusty_twit/status/811109819520167936
RT @NickSzabo4: SSH succeeded because it removed bureaucracy: users not developers know who they trust, with what, and why: https://t.co/Iw…
RT @GDanezis: Nice article about using the sphinx mix format to anonimize bitcoin transactions https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/how-the-lightning-network-layers-privacy-on-top-of-bitcoin-1482183775
RT @profjasonpotts: Alt. headline - “Really good lecturing passes market test” https://twitter.com/ninjaeconomics/status/811103847217143809
The sustainable business schools have been teaching about these for some time—18 Business Management Fallacies: http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2016/12/19/understanding-the-religion-of-business-18-management-fallacies/#759f114b65f9
RT @petertoddbtc: The Nairobi, Kenya meetup was one of the most interesting Bitcoin meetups I’ve ever been too. Great to see people using B…
RT @bitcoin_experts: petertodd: You know, one of the things that I found during my time in Kenya is that many Kenyans find it insulting ht…
The first issue of the peer-reviewed cryptocurrency journal Ledger is now available: http://www.ledgerjournal.org/ojs/index.php/ledger
Replying to @McKellogs
I’ve been doing it as part of my MBA classes since ‘09. I even create the base doc, in a shared folder. Also some rituals.
Replying to @McKellogs
Some slides from a class where I was teaching teachers to do online interactive sessions – see p12 & p17 https://www.slideshare.net/ChristopherA/designing-elluminate-sessions-for-interactivity
Replying to @McKellogs
One of the best rituals was “Check In”. In <5 minutes everyone in class feels listened to.
Replying to @McKellogs
extremely useful to me was also pluses & deltas (aka Kanban) at end—what the students liked, and what changes (with suggestions)
Replying to @folded, @calhistorian and @McKellogs
There is some research that suggests that free-riders in class are more a result of poor curriculum design
Replying to @McKellogs
my Kaizen slide from another SlideShare on my teaching methodology https://www.slideshare.net/ChristopherA/my-hybrid-flipped-learning-environment
The submissions deadline for “Security & Privacy on the Blockchain” workshop in Paris between IEEE S&P & Eurocrypt has been extended! 12/28! https://twitter.com/harryhalpin/status/811429665256669184
A memory from Apple employee #8… https://twitter.com/cdespinosa/status/813853121306734592
⓿This tweet storm isn’t about the symptoms: Trump, Brexit, UN, Bitcoin scaling, etc—it is about systemic problems facing western society.
❶I’m challenged by “majoritarianism” beliefs of others: a) a plurality win is not a majority b) 50% +1 majority is 100% lack of consensus.
❷Greg Slepak @taoeffect of @Group_Income writes in detail about flaws in May’s Theorem about majority rule: https://groupincome.org/2016/09/misconceptions-about-majority-rule/
❸In @taoeffect’s analysis majority rule is best for small groups for regular, low-stakes reversible decisions. https://groupincome.org/2016/09/deprecating-mays-theorem/
❹Related to the problems of majority rule is that Arrow’s Paradox proves that there is no perfect voting system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow’s_impossibility_theorem
❺Collectively we must require consent of the governed. But large # number of possibilities in spectrum of consent: http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2015/09/a-spectrum-of-consent.html
❻There are many systems for collective social choice — we need to explore more & improve them.
http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/12/systems_for_col.html
❼One insight is that we often confuse deliberation & voting systems. 1st we need better deliberation, then pick voting system to support it.
❽Another insight is that simple one-person/one-vote approach is flawed when voting results affect different people differently—Proportional?
❾A last insight is the utility of “sortition” AKA a random sample election. This is the original Athenian democracy: https://www.wired.com/2012/05/st_essay_voting/
➓The US founders knew of these problems & applied the best known 18th-century solutions. It is the 21st century now & we need to do better!៚
∑ ❶-➓: 👎 majoritarianism, 🖕plurality win,🤞majority vote in small groups, 👍 consent, 👍 deliberation, ❓one-person/one-vote, 👍 sortition.
Replying to @C1aranMurray
This is what I mean by deliberation systems. The best decisions shouldn’t even required a vote—they are just the best decision
nist on federated identity: “brokers have unique privacy and cybersecurity challenges that must be overcome” https://nccoe.nist.gov/sites/default/files/library/project-descriptions/privacy-enhanced-identity-brokers-project-description-draft.pdf
RT @Steve_Lockstep: Or realize federated #identity is so unnatural, it’s almost set up to fail. Better we share concrete attributes than ab…
This is why the #RebootingWebOfTrust community seems to be rallying around the W3C Verifiable Claims solution space. https://twitter.com/steve_lockstep/status/814557438380621824
RT @joshmh: @ChristopherA A seminal thought. We seek a reduction of conflict. Current system often manufactures conflict where none exists.
👍 @NECSI: “governance is failing our citizens… We need to stop looking for leaders and start looking for teammates.” https://medium.com/complex-systems-channel/teams-a-manifesto-7490eab144fa
RT @yaneerbaryam: Representative democracy is failing. A fragmented people are not represented by voting systems.
Arrow’s Paradox is more about majority voting systems. I’d like to see more research on supermajority (and even super-minority) voting.
I’m crossing the beams here, but PBFTs are fault tolerant to (n-1)/3 i.e. 67% for large n. Related to supermajorities in voting systems?
Supermajorities should be required in more systems, but there is also a case for minority voting. Low impact & reversible 33% to approve?
Replying to @prezcannady
Are juries and grand juries legitimate? Basically same thing. Couldn’t there be a jury that decides legislative boundaries? etc
RT @prezcannady: @ChristopherA You probably could sell redistricting by lotto’d jury, and numerous public posts filled by means other than…
Replying to @prezcannady
who says we have to only try these solutions at US level? Different scales such as city, regional, state, etc. Also not only US
RT @judell: The toolkit for DigiPo fact-checkers – https://blog.jonudell.net/2016/12/30/a-toolkit-for-fact-checkers/ – is coming along nicely, and illustrates useful @hypothes_is…
I truly appreciate post-mortems & have learned a lot from them. But this one by @patio11 is quite exemplary! http://www.kalzumeus.com/2016/12/30/kalzumeus-software-year-in-review-2016/