RT @JamieXML: Short and excellent, on #ICOs. Also, Chris and Dave are national treasures. #DLT HT @christophera @davewiner https://t.co/…
Lately my friends are asking the question of “What is an ICO?”. My answer to @davewiner is the most succinct yet: http://scripting.com/2017/09/01.html#a100216
RT @LarryBitcoin: @eric_lombrozo @alansilbert @brucefenton Yeah I was worried about scaling back then, now with SegWit/Schnorr/MAST/LN so o…
Replying to @davewiner and @blakehunsicker
A key question in Brave or Basic Attention Tokens is whether holding a token is better than just paying the underlying asset, or Lightning.
RT @dgwbirch: @Cardkillah @ChristopherA No, not “regulation growth”. Regulating for growth (e.g., the growth in Victorian investment after…
Replying to @dgwbirch and @Cardkillah
An important role in any cybernetic or living system is regulation. I would like to see more experiments on #ICO decentralized regulation.
RT @ChristopherA: @dgwbirch @Cardkillah An important role in any cybernetic or living system is regulation. I would like to see more experi…
RT @palleylaw: @dgwbirch @Cardkillah @ChristopherA Certain kinds of regulation can help de-risk technological innovation and make commerce…
RT @_Kevin_Pham: The cryptocurrency community needs to heed the warnings of the pioneers that worked in relative obscurity to enable this r…
Ryan was near the center of the “digital gold” communities during that period—though the $ scale has increased, these scam booms aren’t new. https://twitter.com/octal/status/903691125818482688
Replying to @MTurlakov, @dgwbirch and @Cardkillah
I think it can be done in a financially self-sovereign way. I’m willing to consent to certain regulatory rules if fair & balanced for all.
RT @ChristopherA: @MTurlakov @dgwbirch @Cardkillah I think it can be done in a financially self-sovereign way. I’m willing to consent to ce…
Replying to @octal
A good idea. I have access to pre- & post Chaim/Digicash folk as well as game currencies; you, @NickSzabo4 & @adam3us the digital gold era.
Replying to @octal
Even earlier antecedents are from agorical computing & Xanadu in late 80s, and of course the original cypherpunks.
Replying to @octal
There is a video where @nathanielpopper & I talk about some of the “Before Bitcoin” efforts. https://youtu.be/gXUGJXN-_MU
Replying to @octal
Maybe @nathanielpopper or my long-time writing partner @Appelcline (who did the award winning history of RPGs) might be interested in a book
Replying to @MTurlakov, @dgwbirch and @Cardkillah
Few examples of self-sovereign consensual regulation so far, but is something that I anticipate will be emerging soon. #RebootingWebOfTrust
RT @stevedekorte: @ChristopherA 1/3 attraction of crypto for me was escaping insanity of debt based demand deposits & monetary manipulation…
RT @stevedekorte: @ChristopherA 2/3 but much of the madness has followed us.
RT @stevedekorte: @ChristopherA 3/3 Not sure traders are aware theres’s no crypto central bank to re-inflate bubbles by devaluing wages and…
Replying to @dgwbirch, @MTurlakov and @Cardkillah
You are correct, I agree that grandma isn’t likely choose one herself. But she might choose to accept the one that I choose. #WebOfTrust
RT @ChristopherA: @dgwbirch @MTurlakov @Cardkillah You are correct, I agree that grandma isn’t likely choose one herself. But she might cho…
RT @adam3us: Once separate uplink stream is online, there are different streams from each satellite to receive half from each satellite and…
RT @adam3us: looking at both galaxy 18 & eutelsat 113. as there are different FEC streams this will halve latency (different FEC streams) p…
All the parts for my @Blockstream satellite Bitcoin data feed arrived today but 1. Time for a visit to Fry’s Electronics 😅
Replying to @zoffix
Interesting new open source community metaphor by where you are digging holes together. I also practice the “7 hugs”. ht/@el33th4xor
RT @ChristopherA: @zoffix Interesting new open source community metaphor by where you are digging holes together. I also practice the “7 hu…
Replying to @FurqanR and @Blockstream
This is the guide I’m using to build my satellite downlink: https://medium.com/@notgrubles/building-your-own-bitcoin-satellite-node-6061d3c93e7
Very odd. Not sure why anyone at SEC would start here, but do I hope they give more warnings to the more obviously egregious examples. https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/903504742730547200
RT @DamelonBCWS: @ChristopherA @dgwbirch @MTurlakov @Cardkillah If it’s possible to develop copyleft that anyone can apply and use, there s…
Replying to @MTurlakov, @yanntn, @dgwbirch and @Cardkillah
The smart contract would itself incentivize good practices as well as supporting needs of all the stakeholders (devs, inv, users) long term.
The real lesson here is that there is a huge shortage of qualified engineers — get your contract, incentives & authority defined early on. https://twitter.com/zack_bitcoin/status/903826879341142016
RT @weex: Dish assembled, LNB mounted, elevation and LNB skew set. #Bitcoin
RT @weex: Attempting PyBOMBS Gnuradio install to try and get the Blockstream Bitcoin satellite setup to work on Ubuntu. https://t.co/qTKElC…
Transcript of Greg Maxwell’s talk about the upcoming release of Bitcoin 0.15, which is focused on performance issues http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/gmaxwell-2017-08-28-deep-dive-bitcoin-core-v0.15
RT @ricburton: Token sales can breathe economic life into promising protocols.
They are not meant to resuscitate dying startups.
RT @lopp: Bitcoin Core changes ~3,000 lines of code per week. Congrats to @jfnewbery for achieving “most prolific committer” for the 0.15 r…
RT @angela_walch: Good read on how #economics oversimplifies complexity & overstates certainty of its predictions/recommendations. The huma…
@EtheriumToken you can donate ETH to sponsor #TokenEthics at 197bfa225502c9272885818c79f77ea411123023
For others, we prefer BTC 1JUedCkeejgjUN3q6A1T96oFWwg6A3WaVV
RT @TuurDemeester: “Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line” is a new course led by @ChristopherA. Check out the draft-in-progress: https:/…
RT @unpocomasdclase: @ricburton @ChristopherA Great reasons, specially the last one: building trust, you are building a brand in the long r…
Replying to @yanntn
Some big problems are: A) many advisors actually give very little or very narrow advice B) the advice is often not listened to C) Bad advice
RT @ChristopherA: @yanntn Some big problems are: A) many advisors actually give very little or very narrow advice B) the advice is often no…
Replying to @SatoshiLite and @LTCFoundation
Any real numbers? Historically I’ve been fairly suspicious of mining hardware.
Replying to @C1aranMurray
To be clear, the contract is more complex than one paragraph. We also hold rights to our patents & many other inventions on resignation.
RT @Thomashornall: Now well into their 90s, staff who helped uncover secret Nazi communications gather at British WW2 code-breaking HQ Blet…
Replying to @ummjackson
We’ve worked on the problem in several white papers from #RebootingWebOfTrust & it is a very hard one. Mostly useful as a worst case study.
RT @cburniske: 3/ Contrast the #ICO model w/ mining. Thru mining, #tokens are minted & distributed to people who provide underlying utility…
RT @cburniske: 11/ All ears for other 💭💭💭 on ways to lean a #cryptoasset towards distributing to its core users & utility providers. This i…
RT @tedmrogers: Being publicly-traded before having a sustainable model is fatal, whether ICO or IPO. The project becomes a prisoner of the…
RT @petertoddbtc: Financial sovereignty is important: if this can happen to a game dev company, it can happen to anyone.
Transferwise reje…
This is the type of research that more blockchain technologists need to learn from, experiment with & incorporate solutions for: https://twitter.com/dianecoyle1859/status/904589270781919233
RT @TuurDemeester: 1/ I suspect most ICOs with a “blockchain token for payments” are conceptually broken. I’ll use the example of Amazon to…
RT @WIRED: The main concert hall of Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie was designed with the help of algorithms http://wrd.cm/2w4nFDq
RT @coincenter: Will Bitcoin Change How We Think about Regulation? http://coincenter.org/entry/will-bitcoin-change-how-we-think-about-regulation
Distracted today. Eye wall of hurricane Irma is barreling down my mom in USVI. Is well prepared—she has seen three eyes and many misses. ❤️💋
Replying to @marcolin91, @RebeccaWho and @nwspk
I’d be glad to share more on this topic.
Replying to @marcolin91, @RebeccaWho and @nwspk
See https://github.com/participatoryorgs — always seeking new submissions
Replying to @marcolin91, @RebeccaWho and @nwspk
I am also working on #TokenEthics http://TokenEthics.com
Replying to @marcolin91, @RebeccaWho and @nwspk
And smart contracts and other cryptographic approaches to support Ostrom’s commons principles: http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2015/11/a-revised-ostroms-design-principles-for-collective-governance-of-the-commons-.html
RT @BitcoinMagazine: GreenAddress Is Now the First Mobile Wallet to Offer SegWit Transactions https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/greenaddress-now-first-mobile-wallet-offer-segwit-transactions/ #segwit @GreenAddress…
RT @jesseposner: It has rightly been said that cryptocurrency is more religion than it is science, and thus, in that spirit, I offer this b…
RT @TuurDemeester: Greg Maxwell: “Bitcoin is a system that should power mankind for a long time, in a decade a couple years of dispute will…
The big lesson is “don’t roll your own crypto”, but there are other signs of developer hubris by #IOTA that are scary. Be more conservative! https://twitter.com/neha/status/905838720208830464
Replying to @kimdhamilton and @salesforce
There is so much prior art here from online games. I was involved slightly with EFF to break a patent on leaderboards.
Some good thoughts on the value of a token & some economic paradoxes unaccounted for in current #ICOs. Relevant data points for #TokenEthics https://twitter.com/primozkordez/status/900722090017509376
RT @TuurDemeester: @naval @prestonjbyrne @KurtMeadows @StopAndDecrypt I’ve grown to appreciate @ChristopherA’s salon format used for https:…
RT @NickSzabo4: @VladZamfir @abrkn @VitalikButerin @derose @gavofyork @gavinandresen @Galois_Capital @nullc_ @el33th4xor Algorithms can sol…
I’m conflicted about iPhone X facial recognition. I like the technology but not the consent. I now use a random finger, preventing coercion.
RT @no2uid: @ydeepamar @Rita_Banerji @mkssindia Do you think it is coincidence UK, US, Canada, NZ, Australia have stayed away from biometri…
I like the reply (on FB) from @EricShapiro “It should autolock if you stick your tongue out.”
RT @ChristopherA: I like the reply (on FB) from @EricShapiro “It should autolock if you stick your tongue out.”
RT @Blockstream: Want to learn about what’s new in #Bitcoin Core 0.15? Greg Maxwell provides a deep dive into the latest release - https://…
Excellent overview of what you need to implement in order to comply with EU’s new GDPR regs. https://twitter.com/prabath/status/908440738177761280
RT @el33th4xor: That root CA file is chock full of bad actors. https://twitter.com/GossiTheDog/status/908359849850875905
I just signed The Copenhagen Letter. A letter on the values that guide technology today: http://copenhagenletter.org #cphletter #TokenEthics
RT @Leon_Vandenberg: My latest Post on LinkedIn & ICOs https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6314345920339288064?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6314345920339288064%2C6314583074227257344%29 @ArthurFalls @Hannah_Glass @valkenburgh @Proof_of_Fusion @Ch…
RT @Chris_Stewart_5: Looks like @Blockstream ‘s satellite product is going to be extremely useful in china https://twitter.com/btcdrak/status/908998917995552776
RT @eric_lombrozo: The future of financial self-sovereignty depends on prioritizing security and sound engineering decisions over fragile e…
There is also discussion in the W3C Credentials CG on how to leverage these APIs for verifiable claims & identity services. https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/909047312177074176
RT @Blockstream: New blog post: Different approaches to privacy on the #blockchain. Confidential Transactions, Mimblewimble, & more - https…
RT @adam3us: Might be a useful moment to reflect on widely underappreciated comment “Bitcoin depends on censor-resistant bandwidth” -@peter…
RT @dstadulis: Why the Bitcoin satellite was created Unconfirmed reports of blocking of peer seeds w/ deep packet inspection to @TheBlueMat…
RT @VitalikButerin: @bergealex4 @DanDarkPill @adam3us @petertoddbtc I think bitcoin and ethereum are both deeply flawed in their current fo…
Replying to @dianebleck and @AminNaserpour
I’d love to take that class. Other books about doodling focus on pen & paper which I don’t use.
RT @windley: I just published “The Case for Decentralized Identity” https://medium.com/p/the-case-for-decentralized-identity-a8ea46e00748
RT @perrymetzger: People often underestimate the extent to which a company’s engineering choices shape its culture, even more than vice ver…
RT @notgrubles: I just published Part 3 of my @Blockstream #Bitcoin Satellite Node Guide - Dish Alignment 📡⚡️🛰️ https://medium.com/@notgrubles/building-your-own-bitcoin-satellite-node-part-3-dish-alignment-1306b4c21326
A primer on Self-Sovereign Identity, as a pre-reading for the upcoming #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop Oct 3-5: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/self-sovereign-identity-primer.md
We at @Blockstream also formally objected to the W3C proposal to move DRM standards forward without protection for security researchers. https://twitter.com/eff/status/909843716541730817
RT @Blockstream: Learn how Blockstream’s privacy & confidentiality capabilities unlock the potential for #blockchains in business: https://…
RT @TheRegister: DRM now a formal Web recommendation after protest vote fails http://reg.cx/2tUd
RT @bcrypt: @EFF AFAICT, @brave was the only browser vendor to formally object to advancing the EME standard without a covenant to protect…
The lack of consensus (aka tyranny of the majority) in this first ever appeal to a W3C decision worries me. IETF requires rough consensus. https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/909855799874265088
Replying to @mwilcox and @Kyle_DH
It isn’t precisely about DRM, it is that security researchers are being arrested or sued for doing their job.
RT @nytimes: Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis shows what happens when a nation’s boundaries and its national identity contradict https://t.co/O3eh…
RT @jp_koning: This new paper from the BIS really nails the distinction between various types of money. Very helpful. https://t.co/mjqD4xhJ…
Like domain squatting, how do we prevent currency code squatting? https://twitter.com/ahopebailie/status/909933382250807296
RT @NickSzabo4: @officialmcafee @CryptoKeanu @SleepDoctors But the people who know the reality of how Bitcoin works and why are the Bitcoin…
RT @MicroSFF: Nobody dared go near the tower. A fearsome dragon sat on its top.
Until one day, a knight rode up.
“Do you need help to get d…
Only two weeks until our next #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop on decentralized identity, on Oct 3-5 in Boston: http://mailchi.mp/d88f76217302/only-two-weeks-until-our-next-rebootingweboftrust-design-workshop
RT @csuwildcat: I’ll be at RWoT in Boston next month - if you are interested in decentralized identity, this is a valuable event to attend…
Replying to @CaptainCalliope
Send me an email to ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com with some details of your interest, and what you can afford. We’ll try to make it work
Replying to @michaelfolkson, @bitentrepreneur and @eToro
If you include some of the predecessors to bitcoin, there are actually a few of us. Wei Dei, Szabo, Adam Back, myself, etc.—none for hire.
RT @stefanobernardi: Standard conversation with ICO proponent: “we’re doing X, but on the blockchain”
Me: “but why?”
Them: “…🤷♂️”
Replying to @rob_knight
I have proposed this to Apple for WWDC. They prepare so much for it that they could do it.
Replying to @rob_knight
I host Design Workshops to address this problem. Spend 1/2 a day collaboratively figuring out what we can do together, then do it & ship it.
Not read this yet, but a good author. Looks like a useful book for alumni of my “Social Web for Social Change” class. But not just for them… https://twitter.com/casssunstein/status/910531505960706048
RT @TuurDemeester: Man who reviewed Satoshi’s code in 2008: “Trust is almost an obscenity, it’s by definition a weakness in security”. (via…
Replying to @aaronlammer, @TuurDemeester and @nic__carter
Yes, they were partners with Digicash.
The ability to do cross-chain atomic swaps of cryptocurrencies is a key benefit of segwit for me. Trustless exchange!! https://twitter.com/satoshilite/status/910534107058233344
RT @trbouma: ‘Great example of different identity contexts’, says #TheGuywithaBostonTerrier https://twitter.com/mirgray/status/910270406564737024
RT @perrymetzger: I didn’t know Equifax owns an identity theft protection company! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrustedID
RT @SatoshiLite: Great post by Ray Dillinger on interacting with Satoshi and Satoshi’s selflessness contrasted with recent ICO scams. https…
RT @AlpenSheth: A thought for #crypto #tokenethics https://twitter.com/picardtips/status/904883152325312513
RT @AlpenSheth: @jacques_lacan_ Xcelnt meditation on the construction of digital id @ChristopherA 4 stages: centralized id, federated id, u…
Replying to @AlpenSheth and @jacques_lacan_
We are continuing the dialogue and development of self-sovereign identity at #RebootingWebOfTrust. A newer primer: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/self-sovereign-identity-primer.md
RT @ChristopherA: @AlpenSheth @jacques_lacan_ We are continuing the dialogue and development of self-sovereign identity at #RebootingWebOfT…
RT @Blockstream: You can’t build secure systems unless you have the freedom to analyze the systems for security. https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/909885426680209409
RT @pierre_rochard: “Identity theft” is a concept that is fabricated by companies and governments
It exists solely to externalize their fr…
Seeking to revise & update the Self-Sovereign Identity principles at next #RebootingWebOfTrust. Submit issues at https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/
We also welcome suggestions on how to improve the Self-Sovereign Identity Primer: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/self-sovereign-identity-primer.md
RT @ChristopherA: Seeking to revise & update the Self-Sovereign Identity principles at next #RebootingWebOfTrust. Submit issues at https://…
Replying to @taoeffect and @risc_v
We also need open boot.
Replying to @verretor and @cryptocoin
There is still value in marketplaces to discover a fair price and find trading partners. But much settlement risk can be disintermediated.
To be clear, atomic swaps between BTC & LTC have been done before, but with segwit is easier & more secure. https://joinmarket.me/blog/blog/coinswaps/
Replying to @UdjinM6, @girlandgrowl and @paddyncl
Replying to @taoeffect
Wow, I had no idea how limited a set of hardware that libreboot works with. Almost nothing that isn’t about a decade old. Disappointed.
RT @ChristopherA: To be clear, atomic swaps between BTC & LTC have been done before, but with segwit is easier & more secure. https://t.co/…
RT @cburniske: 2/ How long til people realize digital native assets (e.g., #cryptoassets) are a more natural fit than contorting fiat into…
Another example of the need for decentralized censorship-resistant technologies. Also this year Cameroon turned off internet for 93 days. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/910578248253427712
Tweet storm with a perspective looking back to disintermediation made possible by net in 90s & what looking back from 2027 might look like. https://twitter.com/marting/status/910706119479246848
RT @lopp: Cyber security is a nightmare.
Crypto asset security is a 10X nightmare.
Smart contract security is a 100X nightmare.
RT @EFF: We join ordinary Catalonians in condemning the Spanish government’s raid of the .cat domain registry https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/cat-domain-casualty-catalonian-independence-crackdown
RT @harryhalpin: This goes beyond #W3C #DRM. It’s unacceptable for a single person, no matter how nice like TimBL, to decide what ends up a…
At our last #TokenEthics Salon, the consensus statement was to publish ethical codes of conduct in ICO whitepapers. Here is one to start: https://twitter.com/emostaque/status/911263298703826945
Replying to @TimothyTTaylor
I do believe that given the inevitability of imperfect markets that we have to balance both free markets and regulation, but…
Replying to @TimothyTTaylor
… I’m just not sure we need governments to do so. New technologies are able to leverage cryptography to allow provable self-regulation.
RT @TimothyTTaylor: Imperfect Information: Is It For or Against Free Markets? http://dlvr.it/Ppm5Bk
RT @Snowden: Respectfully, human rights are neither earned nor subordinate to politics: they are natural, not gifts of law. No state may re…
#TokenEthics https://twitter.com/jessedain/status/911302691728580609
RT @eiaine: “It’s ok to be bullish or even bull-curious about Bitcoin w/o being a fanatical moron about ICOs.”
http://thereformedbroker.com/2017/09/22/icos-are-where-the-frauds-will-take-place/ v @R…
Last of 4 advance reading primers for #RebootingWebOfTrust on Oct 3-5, this one on Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs): https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/did-primer.md
But they are Americans!! https://twitter.com/ananavarro/status/910963910731288578
RT @SatoshiLite: So disappointed to see Raiden (i.e. Lightning on Ethereum) go for a cash grab. A token is not needed. 🤑
5+ LN teams on Bi…
RT @Spacekatgal: @Adobe Equifax: “YES! We will go down in history as the most reckless company on information security!”
@adobe: “HOLD MY B…
I offer up from 2016 “Participatory Organizations, Patterns, Processes & Tools — An Overview & Taxonomy”. Thoughts? https://github.com/ParticipatoryOrgs/Participatory-Organizations-Overview-and-Taxonomy
RT @trentmc0: “One token one vote” is landowners all over again. Let’s remember our democratic ideals as we lay the infrastructure for the…
Replying to @AlpenSheth and @jacques_lacan_
Mark Miller of OCaps fame will be joining us at next #RebootingWebOfTrust and I hope we can integrate some of that architecture.
Replying to @adriana872, @AlpenSheth, @NZN, @dsearls, @jacques_lacan_ and @windley
Investigating at http://tokenethics.com
Replying to @AlpenSheth, @adriana872, @NZN, @dsearls, @jacques_lacan_ and @windley
I am hosting #RebootingWebOfTrust in Boston next week. Probably will schedule next #TokenEthics after that.
RT @angela_walch: I applaud research on #blockchain, but am concerned that this Manifesto assumes much that is yet unproven. Must question…
Replying to @naval
I was considered one of the best teachers in my green MBA program but I can’t afford to teach there or on the internet. Still broken system.
Replying to @naval
I also have 1 year of college & no degree, but was certified to teach in MBA as expert practitioner. But there are few incentives to teach.
RT @jimmysong: My article on Atomic Swaps: https://bitcointechtalk.com/atomic-swaps-d6ca26b680fe
Replying to @triptananda and @naval
Sure. Effectively now as a hobby. But when I can put some serious attention to pedagogy & experience design it can so much more effective.
Unfortunately another case of don’t roll-your-own crypto, with at least some credit for Armory being early adopter. But all cold⇒new keys. https://twitter.com/kristovatlas/status/912377748764667904
The cryptographers at Blockstream have me convinced that Shamir Secret Sharing is hard & should be avoided in Bitcoin—multsig is more secure https://twitter.com/pamelawjd/status/912410706640801792
RT @ChristopherA: The cryptographers at Blockstream have me convinced that Shamir Secret Sharing is hard & should be avoided in Bitcoin—mul…
I ordered my USB-C Yubikey today. I do have some personal questions re: security of leaving it in too long & forgetting about it. https://twitter.com/bascule/status/912376093914435584
Replying to @Kyle_DH
Issues include that at some point the key has to be re-assembled on a single computer & also doesn’t deal well if 1+ parties are adversarial
Replying to @sgoldfed
Why would you do that? In multisig each party generates their own keys from their own HD roots, not same root.
From our first #TokenEthics virtual salon, I’ve posted some selected quotes, open quotes, and calls for action http://mailchi.mp/325362a03431/results-virtual-tokenethics-salon-1
Replying to @Provoost and @austinhill
I’ll close out this discussion of SSS vs. threshold ECDSA (@sgoldfed et al) with this quote from Greg Maxwell (aka nullc) w/ his permission:
RT @ChristopherA: @Provoost @austinhill I’ll close out this discussion of SSS vs. threshold ECDSA (@sgoldfed et al) with this quote from Gr…
Next #TokenEthics Virtual Salon will be Wed Oct 25th 5pm PT (Thu Oct 26th 9am Tokyo 00:00 GMT). Announcements list: http://bit.ly/tokenethicsannouncements
Unlike most conferences, in a #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop ask for attendees to submit & read advance topics https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings
RT @TuurDemeester: Breaking: The SEC’s new Cyber Unit will hone in on blockchain & ICOs to “protect retail investors”. https://t.co/H4B3Goo…
Video demo of W3C-CCG Credentials API using Chrome, Explorer, Safari & Firefox web browser’s polyfill functionality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbDu1oV0PI
This video demonstrates the same polyfill technique but for the Web Payments API https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb-gWT1t1Rg
Still good advice. If you include things like Slack, mailing lists, community forums, etc. then I have some pruning to do. https://twitter.com/endloneliness/status/8512069532
Replying to @anguschampion
tl;dr — basically you can tweet almost twice as much info in Japanese or Chinese, so they will be experimenting with 280 for English, etc.
The interview on Self-Sovereign Identity (topic of next week’s #RebootingWebOfTrust) in The Economist Babbage podcast starts at 11:20 mark: https://twitter.com/nsmolenski/status/913103652742680578
Replying to @NSmolenski, @kncukier and @EconomistRadio
Amazingly well done interview! No way I could have done as well or as concisely. I appreciate you being part of #RebootingWebOfTrust!
Replying to @NSmolenski, @kncukier and @EconomistRadio
If/when there is a transcript, or stand alone audio, I’d love to link it to the self-sovereign identity primer: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/self-sovereign-identity-primer.md
Updated playground to view Bitcoin testnet DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers) https://weboftrustinfo.github.io/btcr-tx-playground.github.io/ & create them https://weboftrustinfo.github.io/btcr-tx-playground.github.io/create.html
Updated information on the BTCR (Bitcoin Reference) method of DIDs (Decentrlized Identifiers) is at https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/btcr-dids-ddos.md Progress!👍
Replying to @NSmolenski, @kncukier, @EconomistRadio and @SoundCloud
I meant that just had your interview, or transcript of it. Thus unfortunately is always a problem with citations to podcasts :-)
RT @udiWertheimer: 1/ If you’re planning to do anything “Blockchain” and wondering who you can trust, there’s actually a pretty simple way…
Replying to @iang_fc
There are some metrics from this whitepaper from the 1st #RebootingWebOfTrust on comparing decentralization of different blockchains
RT @iang_fc: What does decentralisation mean?
What is the definition of decentralisation?
Is it a cryptographically sound concept?
RT @bunniestudios: We’re launching an electronics craftbook for children who might not normally find engineering interesting. Check out htt…
Focused on crypto security best practices rather than detail (and yet still 111 pages!) this is quite comprehensive: https://bettercrypto.org/static/applied-crypto-hardening.pdf
Quote from game designer extraordinaire @RaphKoster (Ultima Online, Star Wars Online) but applicable to blockchains https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/09/22/31098/
Replying to @raphkoster
I wonder how I can incorporate these requirements into my participatory ecosystems definition: http://participatoryecosystem.com
Replying to @JamieXML and @JamieXMK
How would you apply some requirements for “loose coupling” into my participatory ecosystems definition? http://participatoryecosystem.com
RT @kevinakwok: @ChristopherA @raphkoster One point it brings up well is that turnover/movement is as important as fragmentation. It is the…
@Truthcoin Any more thoughts on identity sidechains since http://www.truthcoin.info/blog/codex-identity-sidechain/ ? I wanted raise topic at next week’s #RebootingWebOfTrust
Replying to @RainDogDance, @timoncc, @SatoshiLite, @ErikVoorhees and @thomastoscani
Actually there are many different forms of activities called consensus in the human context. See top of list in http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2015/09/a-spectrum-of-consent.html
Academic study of the theoretical limits of bi-directional anonymity “strong, low bandwidth, low latency—choose 2!” https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/954
What is interesting to me in these proposals is that they are bringing fair auctions to fees. We need more experience in fair auction crypto https://twitter.com/kanzure/status/913579061875585024
RT @profjasonpotts: Permissionless innovation: The fuzzy idea that rules our lives https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/permissionless-innovation-the-fuzzy-idea-that-rules-our-lives/ via @LearnLiberty
RT @udiWertheimer: David Chaum, 1999, on why DigiCash/ecash failed.
The cryptocurrency scene grew massively. Are we doing a good job with…
Replying to @DanDarkPill and @ZLOK
NO
Replying to @Beautyon_
Not a fabulous history if it doesn’t include First Virtual or Digicash.
Replying to @jimmysong
Are you familiar with my Bitcoin CLI course? Feel free to use: https://github.com/ChristopherA/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line
RT @jimmysong: We have dates for London! We’ll be doing the Programming Blockchain seminar January 22-23, 2018. Sign up today! https://t.co…
Replying to @jimmysong
Hopefully going to be updating it soon with more detail on tor, fiber, Blockstream satellite, etc. but not in time for your event.
RT @manusporny: What isn’t radical: a person building software & giving it away for free. What is: them getting fucking paid. https://t.co/…
“easiest way to keep info private is to create systems in which there is no need for it to exist in the first place” http://amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2017/09/28/sec-edgar-hack-bitcoin-blockchain
RT @alexanderfowler: If only the SEC was as secure as Bitcoin! Read op-ed by Andrew Poelstra with @Blockstream http://for.tn/2wXK4md
Some nice thoughts on user-interface for wallets derived from bitcoin-qt: https://twitter.com/mlpfrank/status/913721703494307840