RT @colingplatt: If you have 16mins to spare, let me know what you think about my “Thoughts on the taxonomy of blockchains & DLT” https://t…
The common “whiteboard interview” process creates a bias against diversity in software engineering. https://theoutline.com/post/1166/programmers-are-confessing-their-coding-sins-to-protest-a-broken-job-interview-process
It says something significant that this guide is coming from a congressman on a .gov website. https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/837303453311504384
I’ve read more @TeenVogue last year than I would have thought—good political coverage & here a guide to secure chat http://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-keep-messages-secure
RT @oleganza: Bitcoin is at war with status quo. Too much focus on scaling issues and other drama, not enough on why it is awesome and impo…
RT @adam3us: better scalability, better thruput, better fungibility, instant confirmation. seagate didnt have non-tech people arguing again…
RT @clayforsberg: “300 Neurons: How a Common Roundworm Informs Trumpism and Brexit” — Carl D. Marci https://medium.com/the-aspen-institute/300-neurons-how-a-common-roundworm-informs-trumpism-and-brexit-75ea5a863490#—0-452.tx89njf5n https://t.co/VX…
RT @VladZamfir: Ethereum isn’t safe or scalable. It is immature experimental tech. Don’t rely on it for mission critical apps unless absolu…
Now imagine working with in a company of professional paranoids, or in an industry of them. Makes creating security standards difficult. https://twitter.com/bascule/status/837709812074893312
RT @adam3us: censorship resistance, permissionlessness & unfreeable/unseizablability are #bitcoin differentiating features. They require de…
This is a very important but complex concept that the cryptocurrency community needs to get regulators to understand https://coincenter.org/entry/when-does-a-company-actually-control-customer-bitcoins
RT @LarryBitcoin: @valkenburgh @adam3us @coincenter Good work! if I may minor correction @GreenAddress defaults to 2of2 w/ nlock but suppor…
We also need to figure out how to get sophisticated consumers to demand services where they control their own Bitcoin or other cryptoassets.
Replying to @petertoddbtc, @WayneVaughan, @csuwildcat and @opentimestamps
I hope you can find one canonical format but support multiple representations of it.
Replying to @petertoddbtc, @WayneVaughan, @csuwildcat and @opentimestamps
JSON, CBOR, etc. representations but all ultimately the same mtree and operands.
Replying to @petertoddbtc, @WayneVaughan, @csuwildcat and @opentimestamps
Just accept they value the transparency. If it is same underneath than it is ok.
RT @kanzure: Transcript: Mimblewimble and scriptless scripts http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/mit-bitcoin-expo-2017/mimblewimble-and-scriptless-scripts/ #bitcoin
I appreciate @VladZamfir’s warnings about the hype in the blockchain industry. It isn’t just about Ethereum. https://twitter.com/vladzamfir/status/838457529168506886
RT @kanzure: Transcript: Exchange security http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/mit-bitcoin-expo-2017/exchange-security/ #bitcoin #mitbitcoinexpo
Replying to @kanzure
I would like to see more traders demand to minimize exchange custody, such as using non-custodial key techniques until last moment.
RT @jamiepitts: Best be careful swinging around that double-edged sword. https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/838516073657851904
RT @kanzure: @ChristopherA How to force users to send coins after loss trades? Maybe user+exchange multisig + timelock default to exchange.
RT @LearningMach1: “Blockchain-Based Records and Usability” by @chrisjagers https://medium.com/learning-machine-blog/blockchain-based-records-and-usability-179a4eeaeb6e#.kkh8pyd2v @blockcerts #sxswedu
RT @eric_lombrozo: Who else is sick and tired of the false big vs. small block dichotomy? Who’s ready to explore grander visions for #Bitco…
RT @katrynadow: “Ensuring citizens’ sovereignty over their own data + protection of their privacy, deemed most important value proposed by…
RT @jimmysong: I just published “Bitcoin Realism or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love 1MB Blocks” https://medium.com/p/bitcoin-realism-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-1mb-blocks-c191c35e74cb
“The lesson is simple enough: audits matter” …as does consistency & long-term commitment to security audits. http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/8/14853650/confide-vulnerability-crypto-code-audit-security
RT @jonasschnelli: ⭐️Bitcoin Core 0.14.0 has been released⭐️ https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-core-dev/2017-March/000035.html
RT @adam3us: up to 6x faster initial download, 40% faster block processing, better compact block, faster p2p net code, checkpoint replaced…
I remember doing Conways’s Game of Life pre-microcomputer on graph paper & later one of my first Apple ][ apps. Breathtaking! ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ! https://twitter.com/maraoz/status/839492436204335104
RT @kimdhamilton: @manusporny @ChristopherA: See you at #RebootingWebOfTrust in Paris. @Blockcerts and @LearningMach1 are excited to be inv…
RT @Snowden: If you’re writing about the CIA/@Wikileaks story, here’s the big deal: first public evidence USG secretly paying to keep US so…
RT @captainsafia: From now on, you can expect to see a “STORY.md” in each of my @github repos that describes the technical story/process be…
RT @Chris_Stewart_5: I just published “OP_WITHDRAWPROOFVERIFY — The op code that powers SPV sidechains” https://medium.com/p/op-withdrawproofverify-the-op-code-that-powers-spv-sidechains-cefce996a324
RT @zooko: The Zcash company co-authored a survey of blockchain privacy technologies for the R3 consortium: https://z.cash/blog/r3-blockchain-report.html
Bitcoin Segwit/off-chain vs Unlimited/on-chain is a classic example of poor outcomes from Public Choice Theory… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_choice @UBS
RT @UBS: Is democracy always in everyone’s best interest? #NobelPerspectives https://cards.twitter.com/cards/18ce53zx6c5/3k5mk
RT @VladZamfir: Hypothesis: society will not accept cryptocurrency as money if doing so will make crypto whales the new oligarchs.
RT @petertoddbtc: Read this thread: @SatoshiLite’s concerns are completely justified. https://twitter.com/SatoshiLite/status/839673905627353088
RT @TuurDemeester: Explains polarization around turing complete blockchains:
developers see a world of possibilities
cryptographers see a…
I prefer no registries: used linked local names (sometimes called pet names or nyms). Everyone then is a root. https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/linked-local-names.md https://twitter.com/vladzamfir/status/839889774458597377
RT @iMeluny: +1 infosec
“Stay awake, not afraid. Scared people are easy to manipulate. #Resist.” https://twitter.com/motherboard/status/840231527988510721
RT @adam3us: comments on malleated transactions from gmaxwell as it relates to segwit malleability fix. https://twitter.com/btcdrak/status/840336675146465280
RT @adam3us: spent much of my career doing security protocol design & review. many people just fail at adversarial thinking, apparently it’…
RT @eric_lombrozo: The #Bitcoin community is much larger than the subreddits.
RT @Blockstream: Today’s SEC decision is a temporary detour on the path to Bitcoin’s ubiquity. Permissionless innovation and decentralized…
Understanding Bitcoin requires a difficult degree off humbleness—it requires mastery of many different disciplines, some that conflict. https://twitter.com/lopp/status/840546750389719040
RT @theready: Emergent organizations aren’t completely without hierarchy. Hierarchy shifts from static to dynamic. @francescapick: https://…
RT @eric_lombrozo: All of us in the #Bitcoin ecosystem, the cryptospace more generally, and indeed the world could benefit from greater hum…
RT @Melt_Dem: for @lopp - this is the chart that was drawn for me my first week in #bitcoin 😂
RT @ValaAfshar: Knowledge path:
—Beginner: I know nothing
—Hazard: I’m an expert
—Expert: I know nothing
RT @eric_lombrozo: Should #Bitcoin have an ultrasecure base layer with scaling done at higher layers? Or low fees now even if it risks base…
RT @TuurDemeester: 6/ Main motivation to use encryption is external: compliance. Makes it more likely that systems are shallow & vulnerabil…
Research on the flu virus making people more social when contagious so that it can spread more easily… https://twitter.com/stevebellovin/status/840927235238432768
Replying to @Melt_Dem
I’ve been having both problems lately — finding a working intersection of chat app (Linux users being hardest) & chat app fails.
So true! All it takes is one person that doesn’t intersect to force all to POTS (plain old telephone service) /ht @Melt_Dem https://twitter.com/xkcdcomic/status/841326252866834432
This is well known ECDH attack—I’ve been concerned with insufficient security review of JOSE stack (crypto for JSON) libraries for some time https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/841358475368251395
RT @VinnyLingham: I just published “A Fork in the Road” https://medium.com/p/a-fork-in-the-road-70288fd3c046
RT @Melt_Dem: building something is much harder than talking shit online. lots of respect to all of the makers, plenty of room for us all t…
If we were to redraw the states of the union today by common subcultures, it would likely look like this… https://mystudentvoices.com/us-social-fragmentation-a0e7586c9180#.34j4a1jki
Replying to @kristovatlas
There is no good answer for this (yet). My informal discussion with core devs is that many C++ features are discouraged.
A great long read, both practical & philosophical, on happiness and meaningfulness in life. https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-better-a-happy-life-or-a-meaningful-one
This is one of the things that I’ve wanted to do with @NickSzabo4 style Smart Contracts since the 90s. Sidechains? https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2017/2017-03-15-newly-released-delaware-corporate-law-amendments-would-permit-blockchain-shares
RT @brianchoffman: I just published “Cypherpunk tears are shed for Bitcoin” https://medium.com/p/cypherpunk-tears-are-shed-for-bitcoin-86e32ea61757
@Truthcoin Are you able to come again to #RebootingWebOfTrust? Next one is Paris, April 19th-21st. Let’s talk more! https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-rebootingweboftrust-design-workshop-paris-2017-32228513351
RT @trbouma: Verifiable Claims - an overview https://opencreds.github.io/vc-data-model/
RT @eric_lombrozo: It would be more conducive to constructive dialog if we turned down the gloating at others’ expense a notch or two.
Replying to @rusty_twit
I tried to get a Schnoor and hash tree patents back in 1999/2000 while CTO at Certicom. Effectively impossible.
RT @Chris_Stewart_5: I just published “What can go wrong when transferring coins into a sidechain with OP_WITHDRAWPROOFVERIFY” https://t.co…
Replying to @trbouma
Root problem? I’m confused.
@DoveCameron I remember being impressed by you pre-Disney on ferry back to Bainbridge. I appreciate your tweet style. Are you still writing?
RT @trbouma: Phase Four: Self-Sovereign Identity (individual control across any number of authorities) #digitalidentity https://t.co/RdGoI4…
I wrote up 12 years ago about how 5-star rating systems are fundamentally flawed. Netflix finally changing: http://mashable.com/2017/03/17/netflix-thumbs-up-five-star-ratings/
My post (with @Appelcline ) from 2005 on Rating Systems, plus many more follow ups including us testing our ideas: http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/12/collective_choi.html
Replying to @dangillmor
5 star rating systems are fundamentally flawed. See http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/12/collective_choi.html
RT @trawg: Interesting stuff. Rating things is one of those things that seems easy but turns out to be hard & infuriating to many. https://…
My favorite thing about this article is the allusion to magic circles—we already have daemons in programming. https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/17/laying-a-trap-for-self-driving-cars/
RT @trbouma: A #trustframework is the set of #verifiableclaims based on #trustedprocesses - graphic version
Criticism regarding Singapore possibly adopting a single ID per citizen identity system: http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/one-digital-id-to-rule-them-all
RT @fluffyponyza: TreeNeroChains: One-time Ring Sig P2P Untraceable Electronic Cash System & Consensus Algo
(co-author: @petertoddbtc)
http…
If you want to build a participatory org, meritocracy is part of the solution. But what does that mean? A start at design of meritocracy… https://twitter.com/brookmanville/status/834191629321904128
RT @Chris_Stewart_5: @ChristopherA Checkout my post on the bitcoin mailing list about trying to preserve meritocracy in btc development htt…
RT @harryhalpin: To be 100% clear. Either the #W3C makes the right decision by rejecting DRM via listening to experts, or as a standards bo…
RT @harryhalpin: My general take from this is that #W3C is out of touch and confused re DRM if they ignore their own lawyer and the securit…
RT @ARKblockchain: 1/ 👉 $337 appears to be the pivotal price where #Bitcoin miners start to bleed money.
RT @ARKblockchain: 2/ 👉 $875 per $BTC is the point where it no longer makes sense from a long term ROI perspective to deploy new #Bitcoin m…
RT @NickSzabo4: PayPal started with eBay (after a few false starts).
Facebook started with Harvard.
Start with a community that will want w…
BGP is particularly a challenge — it was to be secured a long time ago but it needed essentially a web-of-trust solution but was offered CAs https://twitter.com/nickszabo4/status/843225088581222400
#QOTD “Wisdom isn’t knowledge. Knowledge teaches you it’s not wise to risk. Wisdom tells you why you should.” http://a.co/8K5f8Uq
I like GVs Sprint methodology, however, like many methods its creators think it is THE answer instead of one answer. https://medium.com/research-things/design-sprints-are-snake-oil-fd6f8e385a27
RT @manusporny: Verifiable Claims Task Force discusses Verifiable Claims WG creation, anti-correlation, Web of Trust: https://t.co/tp6Arfz8…
RT @EFF: Just in: Two days before court hears EFF’s NSL case, FBI allows @CREDOMobile and @Cloudflare to identify themselves https://t.co/O…
New replacement for base32 designed by @pwuille named Bech32 is very useful. Better readability, error detection & optional correction, QR++ https://twitter.com/blockstream/status/844285205888192513
I think @pwuille’s Bech32 replacement fore base32 is good for more than just Bitcoin witness addresses. https://github.com/sipa/bech32
Some very interesting new uses of Schnorr sigs emerging from the #Lightning & #MimbleWimble teams. Always been a big fan of Schnorr… https://twitter.com/rusty_twit/status/844283575004360704
RT @jwgcarlyle: Good to see that control was retained and lessons were learnt from The DAO. Certainly a greater degree of circumspection th…
RT @alexbosworth: Working on a @lightning wallet - looking forward to scaling and micropayment dreams made real.
RT @_maurelian: Pi Day ENS Launch Postmortem released https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/60o0so/pi_day_ens_launch_postmortem_released/?ref=share&ref_source=twitter via @reddit
RT @MiradoreLtd: What computer users see in security warning boxes
Yes, it is time. Only Apple might be able pull off a major new consumer operating system that ditches legacy & resolves technical debt. https://twitter.com/ericasadun/status/844294886320951296
RT @Ferdinando1970: Naturally brilliant and spot on as usual: if you don’t love @eiaine you have some serious problem https://t.co/TiYspGJ3…
RT @bergealex4: I just published “The Lightning Paradox” https://medium.com/p/the-lightning-paradox-f15ce0e8e374
RT @VinnyLingham: I just published “For the Love of Bitcoin” https://medium.com/p/for-the-love-of-bitcoin-739fa6be4689
Replying to @zmanian
I do, but doesn’t yet feel like something that will become a consumer operating system. Maybe embedded.
Anyone who indirectly relies on Bitcoin’s trust model (colored coins, proof of existence, etc) should also have these concerns re: a fork… https://twitter.com/bitrated/status/844301529364467715
This article posits shallow engagement such as Like buttons has hurt discourse. Better when RSS readers dominated. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/how-the-like-button-ruined-the-internet/519795/
“platform businesses (may be) problematic. (They tend) to metastasize from transaction enablers to…gatekeepers.” https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/magazine/platform-companies-are-becoming-more-powerful-but-what-exactly-do-they-want.html
RT @changelog: GitHub’s new employee agreement is a breath of fresh air! Hopefully other companies will use it 🙏 https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement ht…
RT @MicroSFF: “We are raised on tales teaching hate,” the elf said.
“Us also,” the orc said.
“Maybe…”
“Hm?”
“We should get dressed?”
“Fir…
I’m a big fan of Pattern Languages, and this one on Wise Democracy looks mature. I hope they do CC-BY-SA like the GroupWorks patterns are. https://twitter.com/tomatlee/status/843940233137741824
Commons: one of my favorite patterns from the new Wise Democracy pattern language http://www.wd-pl.com/patterns/ @tomatlee
Common Ground: a related pattern from the Group Works pattern language http://groupworksdeck.org/patterns/Common_Ground
RT @rusty_twit: I just published “Miners and Bitcoin Lightning” https://medium.com/p/miners-and-bitcoin-lightning-a133cd550310
Though this academic paper cites cryptographic security science as being more exemplary, it also cites some problems in our work as well. https://twitter.com/cormacherley/status/844654449981194241
RT @laparisa: The software interpretation of Grey’s law: Any sufficiently advanced incompetent software is indistinguishable from malware.
A good list of important and often forgotten software development skills are listed in this thread… https://twitter.com/estark37/status/844598088543088640
DID (Decentralized IDentifier) Implementors Draft 1.0 from last #RebootingWebOfTrust — join us in Paris to demo! https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/final-documents/did-implementer-draft-10.pdf
RT @bitcoincoreorg: Technology Roadmap - Schnorr Signatures and Signature Aggregation! https://bitcoincore.org/en/2017/03/23/schnorr-signature-aggregation/
RT @eric_lombrozo: @JihanWu Here’s to mutual respect and common interests. We’re more successful working together than against one another.
RT @iotakodali: 85,67,177 #Aadhaar number holders were suspended and govt doesn’t need to inform you about the suspension https://t.co/a6fE…
More evidence that the world is going through a major reorganization of what sovereignty means. Scotland, Brexit, NAfYA, etc. only symptoms. https://twitter.com/economistonce/status/844839062607298560
👍”changing passwords every 90 days gives you the ILLUSION of stronger security while inflicting needless pain and cost to your organization” https://twitter.com/lspitzner/status/844885080334123009
@tomatlee I was involved in policy of Group Works pattern language in the commons (CC-BY-SA)—love to see at least the text of yours the same
Replying to @tomatlee
absolutely can help! 1st step was to CC the text, not images, website, logos, etc. See http://groupworksdeck.org/translations for what & isn’t CC
RT @harryhalpin: Also, I’d like to thank @Blockstream, and in particular @ChristopherA, for sponsoring @IEEEEUROSP! (with donations chair h…
Required before successfully selling of an innovative product — Belief, i.e. “I’ll see it when I believe it” https://hbr.org/2014/07/dont-sell-a-product-sell-a-whole-new-way-of-thinking
Replying to @Truthcoin
I’d like to start on spec on using a sidechain as a distributed trust party for selective disclosure.
RT @Sheldrake: @ChristopherA @agropper @dsearls @moxie something to think about re. architecting sovereign identity, by @bratton https://t.…
Replying to @Sheldrake, @agropper, @dsearls, @moxie and @bratton
Great topic for whitepaper at next month’s #RebootingWebOfTrust https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-rebootingweboftrust-design-workshop-paris-2017-32228513351
Excellent article on some of the human rights issues of India’s Aadhaar digital identity system. @saikatd @scroll_in https://scroll.in/article/832592/the-end-of-privacy-aadhaar-is-being-converted-into-the-worlds-biggest-surveillance-engine
Some key quotes by @saikatd in @scroll_in on human rights issues with India’s Aardhaar digital identity system: https://scroll.in/article/832592/the-end-of-privacy-aadhaar-is-being-converted-into-the-worlds-biggest-surveillance-engine
This is overdue. About time that we hold SSL/TLS certificate authorities to the standards they promised (which are still not good enough). https://twitter.com/thehackersnews/status/845224957491732481
Asked for advice today from a young engineer on how to be engaged in a career more meaningful than a corporate path was allowing. My answer:
Replying to @1cyrilblanc1
I’m not part of Bitcoin Core, but I’m always wary of hidden centralities emerging. In my experience keeps happening.
RT @Ferdinando1970: It’s just marketing, nonetheless it’s great to have a major consulting company endorsing bitcoin. Kudos to Deloitte
htt…
RT @NickSzabo4: To understand blockchain governance, one must know blockchain security. To know blockchain security, one must understand co…
RT @NickSzabo4: Routing attacks: a nasty threat to blockchain security (updated paper from Zohar et. al): https://btc-hijack.ethz.ch/
RT @_tessr: in honor of the new Warm Springs BART station, here’s the original 1961 plan:
RT @amyjokim: I just published “Defy the odds: my humbling & humanizing day in prison” https://medium.com/p/defy-the-odds-my-humbling-humanizing-day-in-prison-5192443eeb16
RT @NickSzabo4: Those who focus too much on the smaller battles tend to forget about the bigger and more important ones
https://t.co/BBeSQ…
RT @NickSzabo4: @theonevortex In 1998, my bit gold design featured separate settlement (on-chain) and payment (off-chain) layers.
RT @moskovich: I love this quote: “You can’t plan from today to the future but can you plan from the future to today.” @ChristopherA
.@moskovich I learned this from Matt & Gail Taylor in the mid-80s. It is one of the axioms from their processes: http://www.mgtaylor.com/mgtaylor/glasbead/axioms.htm
RT @trbouma: “self-sovereign identity: a mathematical policy where cryptography is used to protect a user’s autonomy” https://t.co/RdGoI4K4…
RT @VladZamfir: I just published a blog post! “Dealing with failure in cryptocurrency” – Enjoy! https://medium.com/@Vlad_Zamfir/dealing-with-failure-in-cryptocurrency-463475da83e5#.c4cbyzwkr
Key paragraph in@VladZamfir’s article on blockchain failures & how to avoid them is at bottom—stop fearing miners. https://medium.com/@Vlad_Zamfir/dealing-with-failure-in-cryptocurrency-463475da83e5
Only one extended trip to China to learn from locals, but the stories of their parents lives made China’s tough choices more understandable. https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/845538244829704193
Next #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop in Paris April 19-21—make the future of decentralized identity! https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-rebootingweboftrust-design-workshop-paris-2017-32228513351 @trawg
.@LedgerHQ—Since we are in Paris for our next #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop on April 19-21, come help us make an Identity Wallet?
RT @EFF: Senate Republicans’ commitment to protect user data rings hollow in light of vote on #Broadbandprivacy repeal https://t.co/JGIZML8…
RT @FrankPallone: I’m voting against S.J. Res 34, because I believe that Americans have the right to protect their private information. #B…
Memory-safe languages are important, but so is composable, inspectable, probable, deterministic, bounded & efficient https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/final-documents/smarter-signatures.pdf https://twitter.com/zooko/status/846775913035399169
A goal for next #RebootingWebOfTrust in Paris 4/19 is an update to the Self-Sovereign Identity Principles https://github.com/ChristopherA/self-sovereign-identity/blob/master/self-sovereign-identity-principles.md @MartyBent
RT @MartyBent: Post by @ChristopherA from last year attempting to define self-sovereign identity. Great read.
http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html
RT @Ethereum_France: Inscriptions ouvertes au #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop – Paris 2017 https://www.ethereum-france.com/inscriptions-ouvertes-au-rebootingweboftrust-design-workshop-paris-2017/ https://t.co/cCNTqi…
RT @DavidVorick: I just published “XT, Classic, BU: Escaping the Cycle of Hardfork Contention (with Trustless Governance)” https://t.co/JNV…
RT @amywebb: 1 - What a fucking week for the future of technology and American society.
Another addition to my long list of links about cognitive bias in human decision making. Over-optimism is one of my biases. https://twitter.com/naturehumbehav/status/844293571771613188
RT @GreenAddress: GreenAddress’ position on contentious forks http://blog.greenaddress.it/2017/03/27/greenaddress-position-on-contentious-forks
Replying to @bergealex4 and @ArthurB
I like some aspects of @tez0s tech & worthy of exploration, but am uncomfortable with ICO to unsophisticated investors.
@Ferdinando1970 BTW, I will be in Milan week of April 10th, before I head to Paris for #RebootingWebOfTrust
Replying to @Truthcoin
I do fear that “good enough” often trumps best (VHS vs Betamax, PC vs Apple). Disaster can always be next year, until it happens.
RT @NickSzabo4: To see if your money is good, “burn the Money in a fire red hot”. New blog post on metal, money, and treasure – https://t.…
RT @BitcoinEdu: Bitcoin isnt a protocol of transfer, but a protocol of ownership. Coins never move, but basically swap owners.
Replying to @NickSzabo4 and @kralux
Also research shows it is very hard to make decisions at ~12 members, and even #’ed groups also hard. A jury decision SHOULD be difficult.
RT @NickSzabo4: Jury also good model:
a. picked randomly to avoid bias, &
b. locked in room with experts for many days, forced to comm…
RT @NickSzabo4: Full-time auditors (here “jurors”), not internet mobs, can take time & effort needed to learn & verify (or justifiably doub…
.@pwuille Here is a video of Pieter sharing details of design & motivation for error-detecting/correcting Bech32 format. https://youtu.be/NqiN9VFE4CU
RT @tdryja: I wrote a bech32 segwit address library in golang:
https://github.com/adiabat/bech32
seems to work OK. Comments / suggestions welcome!