RT @Davidstrayhorn: @james_monaghan @ChristopherA @ricetopher @hackylawyER Conclusion: we need more people focused on the cypherpunk toolki…
RT @veikkoeeva: @ChristopherA @ricetopher As it happens, https://twitter.com/L__Macfarlane/status/1046417755354935296 by @L__Macfarlane (the linked article) goes into this very…
👍“But if the aim is to understand the economy as it really exists, then analysing power beyond the narrow concept of ‘market power’ is essential.” https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/distribution-wealth-little-productivity-everything-power/
RT @Tykn_tech: #SelfSovereignIdentity is not an easy idea to grasp. So we gathered 10 quotes from 3 industry experts to help you get a bett…
RT @SSIMeetup: Webinar DID Resolution for Digital Identity with Blockchain with Markus Sabadello @peacekeeper from @DanubeTech https://t.co…
Replying to @larrysalibra
I once had a similar problem with a Scottish note while in London. Couldn’t get anyone to take it.
RT @AnnCavoukian: Exactly: it’s all about control: putting the individual in control of who sees their data and how it is used (or not). On…
Replying to @Appelcline
Did you cover today’s announcement?
Replying to @Appelcline
I really appreciate their transparency. I think it helps others doing Kickstarter model publishing.
An excellent start to a long read by @Rob_Reid on the topic of risk when it is small possibilities but with huge impact. I believe our cognitive bias keeps us from emotionally understanding risks >~ 1:150 (roughly Dunbar Number) so unpacking risk at that end of scale is worthy. https://twitter.com/Rob_Reid/status/1046820702844866560
👍“We can make another choice. In the design and deployment of Digital ID systems, we must advocate for the principles of data minimization, decentralization, consent, and limited access that reinforce our fundamental rights.” https://www.wired.com/story/digital-ids-are-more-dangerous-than-you-think/
Replying to @solomonbrett and @solomonbrett
Have you seen our work on self-sovereign, human-rights focused, decentralized identity at #RebootingWebOfTrust? https://WebOfTrust.info Plus, at our design workshop last week 15 collaborative papers to 1st draft & specs moving in W3C.
Replying to @trbouma
Those chips were supposed to be certified via to a FIPS equivalent standard. As you can’t test hardened TPMs, you have to rely on the hardware company. IMHO the failure was more than a bug, but a failure of contractual commitment.
Replying to @fredhicks and @EvilHatOfficial
When I read through it and saw a smart team & decision. Most entrepreneurs have a hard time seeing that kind of problem before it is too late, and then in denial take too long to resolve it. P.S. I admire and appreciate your company’s transparency & openess!
I don’t normally post Culture War 2.0 links, but I found this one on memes & memeplexes, with suggestions like Hippocratic Oaths & Geneva Conventions for Meme Warriors, new roles like Memetic Mediators & concepts like the #GreyPill quite fascinating. https://medium.com/intellectual-explorers-club/memetic-tribes-and-culture-war-2-0-14705c43f6bb
RT @RealEOC: John Williams and Steven Spielberg and the art of a film score
Replying to @trbouma
From what I understand there are two parts. The 1st is the bad primes bug (which is serious but is a bug) detailed in https://acmccs.github.io/papers/p1631-nemecA.pdf but the second was discovered trying to update those chips that there was too much uniformity https://m.postimees.ee/section/1474/4491312 meaning bad process
RT @asglidden: There is a strong argument that DAOs are partnerships or unincorporated associations - in which case participation can lead…
Replying to @profjasonpotts
We are getting ready to practice what we preach by publishing how we are planning to govern #BlockchainCommons and create legal entity(ies) around it. All will be transparent on GitHub so that others can learn from our successes & mistakes.
RT @Steve_Lockstep: @ChristopherA @trbouma Let’s always start the design of any transaction system by asking what each party really needs t…
Replying to @trbouma and @Steve_Lockstep
There are some benefits on carefully designed TOFU models for identity where early commitments are minor. There are also some interesting pseudo-anonymous proof of unique personhood technologies being discussed. https://twitter.com/christophera/status/1025885920908664832?s=21
Replying to @BobMcElrath
I’ve been working on an alternative recovery that is iambic pentameter poem, and there was a demo at #RebootingWebOfTrust of a recovery that was like a playing level of a game. Both leverage episodic memory, both suitable for strong crypto.
Replying to @BobMcElrath
Here is the poetry example (still some TBD) ”the hazards of bliss are pleasing the lounge unfair was cinnamon to search and scrounge the stained vibrant lasers give us lectures prayer saves the valley from conjectures” https://github.com/ChristopherA/password_poem
Replying to @BobMcElrath
Here is SeedQuest, which uses your memory like a level of a video game to restore seed. https://github.com/reputage/seedQuest
RT @ChristopherA: @BobMcElrath I’ve been working on an alternative recovery that is iambic pentameter poem, and there was a demo at #Reboot…
RT @ChristopherA: @BobMcElrath Here is the poetry example (still some TBD) ”the hazards of bliss are pleasing the lounge unfair was cinnamo…
RT @ChristopherA: @BobMcElrath Here is SeedQuest, which uses your memory like a level of a video game to restore seed. https://t.co/IDejQpd…
Replying to @BobMcElrath
There was more discussion at last #RebootingWebOfTrust of both better memory techniques as well as merits & various pitfalls of social key recovery techniques (including Shamir SS possibly being a hazard). @csuwildcat offered another technique that will hopefully be public soon.
RT @ChristopherA: @BobMcElrath There was more discussion at last #RebootingWebOfTrust of both better memory techniques as well as merits &…
Replying to @BobMcElrath and @csuwildcat
There also is an extensive section on Key Recovery at end of this #RebootingWebOfTrust white paper from last spring. Worthy by itself separate from rest of paper. https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/master/final-documents/DecentralizedAutonomicData.md
RT @ChristopherA: @BobMcElrath @csuwildcat There also is an extensive section on Key Recovery at end of this #RebootingWebOfTrust white pap…
Replying to @tweetingpauls and @BobMcElrath
We (#BlockchainCommons) hope to have a full implementation of the Iambic Poetry key recovery in Swift soon, with Python, JavaScript & C libraries to follow. It could also be used in other places like for SSS shares. With more financial or eng support we can accelerate schedule.
Replying to @vikramQL and @BobMcElrath
One of the more fascinating accidental results of social key recovery was the game level recovery technique that was demoed at last #RebootingWebOfTrust. Though the path was only shown once to 50+ of us, collectively we were able to remember the entire path, but not individually.
RT @ChristopherA: @vikramQL @BobMcElrath One of the more fascinating accidental results of social key recovery was the game level recovery…
Replying to @tweetingpauls and @BobMcElrath
SeedQuest is in Unity so relatively cross-platform.
Replying to @1stCrassCitizen, @BobMcElrath and @csuwildcat
Challenge for single key recovery is starting with real entropy, ideally both hardware and solidly reviewed PRNG with no human choices, and turning that true randomness into something memorable. Social key recovery even harder.
Replying to @tweetingpauls and @BobMcElrath
I believe we need to try a number of different approaches, and try to quantify best techniques that work over time.
RT @mattleacock: More details on Pandemic: Fall of Rome – coming Q4. https://twitter.com/Zmangames_/status/1047169698146783234
RT @CleanApp: @cathybarreraphd @VladZamfir Here’s our response: https://medium.com/@cleanapp/blockchain-governance-102-9912a88da91d
I’ve got the older MacBook Air that in theory can work with all the features of @QubesOS — however, I’m in WiFi driver installation hell & tired of wasting time. Anyone in Bay Area up for helping? Can pay or owe favor :-)
RT @JoeAndrieu: @Steve_Lockstep @ChristopherA @trbouma Yes. Except, if you know anything about a subject, you have an identity. You proba…
This is key lesson from the Bitcoin repo. The Bitcoin-Core community can’t trust a centralized repo, only the signed merge commits, which means you must verify the signature of the code after download! See “verify signature” in my tutorial https://github.com/ChristopherA/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/blob/master/02_1_Setting_Up_a_Bitcoin-Core_VPS_by_Hand.md https://twitter.com/peterktodd/status/1047854713029312512
Replying to @peterktodd
“überprüfbarkeitserfahrungslückseligkeit” aka “the bliss experiencing something that is verifiable”
Replying to @realChainLife and @SlideShare
One of my favorite slideshares. I would not change a thing.
RT @trbouma: This just happened to a good friend of mine. Attacking the weakest link having the highest value. #digitalidentity https://t.c…
Time to buy @risc_v hw from Taiwan? “The chips had been inserted during the manufacturing process…by operatives from a unit of the People’s Liberation Army. In Supermicro, China’s spies appear to have found a perfect conduit for…the most significant supply chain attack…ever…” https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1047815259493421056
For completeness https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-amazon-apple-supermicro-and-beijing-respond
And some criticism of article by @Patrick1Kennedy https://www.servethehome.com/bloomberg-reports-china-infiltrated-the-supermicro-supply-chain-we-investigate/
Remember that today Pence is trying to deflect Russian hacking by pointing to Chinese hacking, so we need to be careful about the timing of these revelations. My fundamental point is we need new ways to trust chips & hardware, and best path I know of is @risc_v & maybe Taiwan
HW.
RT @ChristopherA: Remember that today Pence is trying to deflect Russian hacking by pointing to Chinese hacking, so we need to be careful a…
RT @cptwei: @ChristopherA @risc_v Speaking as a Taiwanese: Taiwan HW are also mostly assembled in China with layers of subcontracting sourc…
RT @JoeAndrieu: @Steve_Lockstep @ChristopherA @trbouma I submit that the functional definition of identity, “how we recognize, remember, an…
Replying to @Steve_Lockstep, @JoeAndrieu and @trbouma
But it been proven to help our #RebootingWebOfTrust community when we use it that way ourselves. Keeps us out of some rat holes.
RT @PindarWong: T293) #OpenID @_nat_en #RWoT @ChristopherA Please note that there will be a two-day W3C Workshop on Strong Authentication…
Not a bad start to a list of preferences in apps & services for private bitcoin. I may quibble in some specifics given different scenarios, but a start. https://twitter.com/nopara73/status/1048268011856187399
Replying to @nopara73
Right now I have docs with my recommendations on cold storage, a checklist for implementation of that as a process, along with how to modify for your needs given different risks & adversaries. Already reviewed by a number of folk, in release candidate stage. Workshop soon!
Replying to @upstreamhost and @nopara73
Soon
Replying to @AdamBra56928587 and @btc_joe
I am not a Muslim scholar, but that practice is against the words of Mohammed, who was asked about the rights the wife he said, “do not slap her across the face, revile her or separate yourself from her except in the house.”(Sunan Abu Daawood: 2142). One does not represent All.
RT @el33th4xor: This isn’t whatabout-ism. It’s about total systemic breakdown, stemming from selective enforcement and deep-seated corrupti…
Replying to @avsa and @VladZamfir
I would be curious if @VladZamfir would accept the changed to “owned by all” rather than “no owners”. P.S. in our identity community we are moving to word control rather than own, as property rights law is broken for identity. You can’t sell your identity. May be a parallel?
Good aspirationally but “the devil is in the details”. https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1048611318750539776
Replying to @Ken_McMillan, @ibash_10 and @trbouma
We are working on several different identity wallets in the #RebootingWebOfTrust community & sharing our work. I personally am focused on one that anchors on Bitcoin & hope in v2.0 it can support at least two or 3 different DID methods. Initially iPhone but with funding Android.
Good article by @captainsafia explaining some of the underpinnings of git. If you’ve mastered the basic commands, but want to understand a little more (in particular different between merge & rebase) it is solid. My only suggestion is more diagrams. https://twitter.com/captainsafia/status/1048275817262981120
Replying to @rmhrisk
One thing I know about fish is that city water can kill them. You have to let it sit in open air for some time to let the chloralormines(?) to evaporate.
RT @MarkFriedenbach: Forward Blocks: On-chain/settlement capacity increases without the hard fork. http://freico.in/forward-blocks-scalingbitcoin-paper.pdf
Replying to @rmhrisk
Well, like turning on/off a computer when you don’t know what is wrong, water is the first thing I check. At least you don’t have to worry about oxygen, koi are amazingly tolerant. Acid or alkaline?
Replying to @clavierm
I would add Emma, Lady Hamilton. Born poor, an unwed mother, she would learn many languages, influence art & fashion, become confidante of aristocracy, earn Maltese Cross, credited by Admiral Nelson for helping win Battle of the Nile, and much more. A complicated life.
Replying to @roasbeef, @kanzure and @ScalingBitcoin
I’m also hoping to have these improvements to Script be available off chain for things like Smart Signatures to replace PGP.
Replying to @errorinn
What is your favorite document describing best practices of hardening and installing tor onion services?
I’ve been thinking along some similar lines for initializing the first part of the Amira web of trust user story. We demoed a F2F petname tool at last #RebootingWebOfTrust but non-F2F is harder. I look forward to seeing more. https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/final-documents/amira.md https://twitter.com/errorinn/status/1048723006271381504
Replying to @autotrnslucence
We have a book coming out (@MeeplesTogether) with Kickstarter this month & ebook release early next year on the design of cooperative games, and a sequel in progress on patterns of cooperative play. I’d like to see a nomic of cooperation.
RT @DigitalscotNews: British Columbia pioneers Self-Sovereign Identity - Building Digital Trust into the Web, featuring @IBMBlockchain, @So…
This is the kind of project that I’d like #BlockchainCommons to be able to do an independent security reviews of. https://twitter.com/SarahJamieLewis/status/1049124966791184384
RT @CaitlinLong_: Want to learn more about #rehypothecation & how it makes the traditional financial system so unstable? Doug Noland gives…
This story of Gödel citizenship & the constitution, and tyranny reminds me of some of my own interactions with some great cryptographers. Uncompromising. https://twitter.com/bramcohen/status/1049038255201517568
#qotd “The art of intention means to focus on the thoughts that are there for you to think before they appear in conscious form, harnessing your powers of illusionism to formulate what is brought forth: an energy for wisdom to regard.” — Walker Brents III
Is your HW compromised? “you need to do a time consuming, thorough, invasive, destructive analysis of every component on your board. This is EXPENSIVE. If it’s not time consuming, invasive, destructive, and expensive, you’re not getting a thorough job.” https://securinghardware.com/articles/do-i-have-a-hardware-implant/
Article by @securelyfitz /ht @itgrrl
👍Lessig on slow democracy: “It turns out, certain things humans can only do well if they do it slowly. Eating, cooking, reflecting, thinking, loving: These are the things we need to pace and pause. Culture needs that slowness and reflection. Politics needs it especially.” https://twitter.com/lessig/status/1049466153943220224
A book on slow democracy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009RSP6DC/
A @KirkusReviews of the slow democracy book: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/susan-clark/slow-democracy/
Though I worry that sortition may not scale to a national level, I do believe that some form of it has an important part to play in the future of many kinds governance. https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/1049451142256635905
RT @zooko: “Merlin: flexible, composable transcripts for zero-knowledge proofs” by @hdevalence https://medium.com/@hdevalence/merlin-flexible-composable-transcripts-for-zero-knowledge-proofs-28d9fda22d9a HT @leanthebean
RT @SarahJamieLewis: As a weekend project followup, here are Alice, Bob and Carol performing an Anonymous Boardroom Election in a Cwtch gro…
RT @vgr: 1/ Lemme do a 1-slide presentation since I’m feeling job sick. Title: How to Actually Manage Attention Without Smashing Your Phone…
Replying to @kimdhamilton and @danpape
I prefer transactions that are as close as possible to look like other normal transactions — these nym_tx are quite unique. They also don’t extract key from sig due to some patent FUD that I think is defendable as obvious. Some other interesting ideas in the proposal though.
RT @Rainmaker1973: A domino can knock over another domino about 1.5x larger than itself. Here are the conditions under which a row of incre…
RT @csuwildcat: Decentralized Identity will be one of those things that seems comically obvious in the rearview mirror. The contrast to wha…
Still true. https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/785062193783898112
This space opera SF series (each standing alone) is quite good, but this 3rd is an exploration of a not-quite-utopian human culture. I found it moving and give it top rating. “From the ground, we stand. From our ships, we live. By the stars, we hope!” https://www.amazon.com/Record-Spaceborn-Wayfarers-Becky-Chambers-ebook/dp/B072BFJCB9/
Power tip: If you hold the power-on button & one of the volume buttons on a FaceID based iPhone for two seconds, your phone will require password instead of FaceID. But don’t hold on too long or else it will call 911! https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/could-border-agents-trick-you-into-unlocking-your-face-id-enabled-iphone/
The Kickstarter for our book “Meeples Together” on cooperative games will be beginning soon. We have a cover design we like, and you can sign up for the announcement at http://gameplaywright.net/kickstart-meeples/
We need someone on the Coindesk influencer technology sub-list to represent decentralized identity. Write me in for that category? https://twitter.com/wmougayar/status/1050048388564221952
👍 thread👇 https://twitter.com/LucasNuzzi/status/1050181396591972353
RT @Blockstream: The @Blockstream team is excited to announce the #LiquidNetwork is now live with 23 members! Liquid enables fast, secure,…
RT @coindesk: JUST IN: Three years in the making, bitcoin’s first sidechain “Liquid” is now live. http://ow.ly/iKYL30mb5Gd
RT @DanielMicay: Titan security chip functionality: https://twitter.com/redpig/status/1049773399420129280
It provides an alternate hardware keystore (instead of TrustZo…
Fond memories (8 years ago today) of opening circles in the sustainable systems MBA program at http://BGI.edu /Pinchot University. I appreciate how every time a class, spin-off group or corp would meet they would just assume that the chairs should start in a circle.
Replying to @MarkFriedenbach
I had just read a few days ago that quality control of some recent Russian flights was questionable. Too bad — we are totally dependent on Soyez right now.
Replying to @trbouma, @1WorldIdentity, @AlanHGelb, @GuruAllan, @idgorilla and @andredurand
Link says closed already. That was fast.
RT @ChristopherA: We need someone on the Coindesk influencer technology sub-list to represent decentralized identity. Write me in for that…
Microsoft has been a sponsor of our decentralized self-sovereign identity efforts #RebootingWebOfTrust for several years. They have finally released their plans and are supporting the DID standards we incubated in our community! @csuwildcat @DecentralizedID https://twitter.com/Alex_A_Simons/status/1050438288459345921
RT @dieguito: @jsmith_dev @Excellion @RSKsmart @Blockstream @Truthcoin I think @Truthcoin is not into production but it’s definitely the th…
Replying to @dieguito, @jsmith_dev, @Excellion, @RSKsmart, @Blockstream and @Truthcoin
Yes, I’d like to get together those working on various approaches to sidechains in one room to explore a variety of issues, from better merge mining, unilateral withdrawals, combining lightning with sidechains & level 2 opportunities not possible with lightning.
RT @ChristopherA: @dieguito @jsmith_dev @Excellion @RSKsmart @Blockstream @Truthcoin Yes, I’d like to get together those working on various…
Microsoft has a wonderful little video that expresses many of the core concepts that we share in the #RebootingWebOfTrust community: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89DhweUCKEs
RT @ChristopherA: Microsoft has a wonderful little video that expresses many of the core concepts that we share in the #RebootingWebOfTrust…
RT @csuwildcat: We have some awesome tech content coming, for ex:
- An L2 DID/DPKI protocol that can run atop any chain to achieve the sca…
RT @peterktodd: Fascinating threat model for tamper resistant trusted hardware: MEMS clocks can be tampered with by exposing them to a heli…
RT @CriminelleLaw: A good defense lawyer also puts a check on the government and makes sure that absolute power doesn’t corrupt absolutely.…
Replying to @kevinakwok
This is a addition to my old blog post on Altruistic Punishment. In it, simple altruistic punishment was insufficient for cooperation to evolve. Need to punish non-punishers. http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/03/dunbar_altruist.html
RT @ChristopherA: @kevinakwok This is a addition to my old blog post on Altruistic Punishment. In it, simple altruistic punishment was insu…
RT @kevinakwok: This post on anti-social regulation (and related paper) is very interesting. And very worth reading–many don’t realize it…
With sadness I hear that one of the greats of RPG design, Greg Stafford, has passed on. His influence on me as a game designer goes back to his very original mythic world of Glorantha, my favorite old-school game RuneQuest, and the groundbreaking horror of Call of Cthulhu. RIP https://twitter.com/Chaosium_Inc/status/1050766777204895744
RT @kevinakwok: @ChristopherA Yes! Your writings on this are bunch of my favorites!
That ppaper on needing to punish non-punishers is so…
Replying to @bigbadcon
I have a book on cooperative games coming to Kickstarter soon, but I am also fascinated by the patterns of cooperative play (improv, jazz, role-playing), which will likely become a sequel. This playtest RPG is also a test of some of these patterns.
Replying to @judell and @ntnsndr
I’ve been collecting open source documents on these collaborative governance models for some time. https://GitHub.com/ParticipatoryOrgs
Replying to @FraudAndHacking, @csuwildcat and @DecentralizedID
Interestingly Microsoft is not interested in your data in this case. Their business model is for you to pay to store your personally encrypted data on Azure servers, that Microsoft & others can’t decrypt as they don’t have the keys. Instead, you offer pairwise keys when needed.
We still have some difficult reputation system design work to do. A good place to start is @frandallfarmer’s “Web Reputation and the Real World” https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/ReputationAndTheRealWorld.md & Design Considerations for Decentralized Reputation Systems
https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2017/blob/master/final-documents/reputation-design.pdf from #RebootingWebOfTrust https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/654106382967304192
RT @ChristopherA: We still have some difficult reputation system design work to do. A good place to start is @frandallfarmer’s “Web Reputat…
Replying to @trawg
This is happening to me frequently as well from a variety of place. If it is health related I can threaten to report a HIPPA violation, but little else otherwise. As it it is not my privacy being violated, I don’t think it is an offense I can sue for under the new California law.
RT @VitalikButerin: @CleanApp @cryptoecongames @Fake_Name1234 @boredGenius @VladZamfir @NickSzabo4 To be clear, at this point I quite regre…
RT @ChristopherA: @LindsayxLin I believe there to be (at least) two categories of smart contracts today. The first are enforced more by mat…
Phil Chen, Chief Decentralized Officer for the upcoming Exodus secure cell phone, is doing a video blog https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-HcGOmhn0s6vd15y-nbQbg https://twitter.com/philchen913/status/1051160549696782336
RT @manusporny: Webinar today (in 3 hours!) on Decentralized Identifiers and the push towards international standardization at W3C w/ @drum…
👍“If Gary Gygax & Dave Arneson where the fathers of the roleplaying industry, if Dave Wesely & Jeff Perren were its grandparents, then Greg Stafford was the quirky uncle…
There’s no doubt that Greg belongs in a list of the ten most important and innovative people in (RPGs).” https://twitter.com/Appelcline/status/1051858072241463296
RT @NZN: “Self-Sovereign” source authority administered as #ID not merely marketing term pointing at technically-enabled identification met…
RT @trbouma: The point of this whole thread is that the evolution to #selfsovereignidentity has been a long time coming. #Canada is ready.
RT @trbouma: Federation model c. 2010 versus the #verifiableclaims model of today. Note the key evolution: ‘Principal’ has now become ‘Hold…
RT @Blockstream: To transfer $BTC onto the #LiquidNetwork #sidechain via the 2-way peg, the BTC is deposited into a multisig peg address. A…
The next meeting of the W3C Credentials CG that is working on the W3C DID specification used by @Microsoft @uport_me @VeresOneID @SovrinID @rchain_coop @lifeID_io @protocollabs, BTCR, hopefully soon @civickey @blockstack & more is meeting tomorrow at 9PT https://w3c-ccg.github.io https://twitter.com/OracleRDiaz/status/1051557849191669760
RT @peterktodd: Requiring a significant number of confirmations before crediting you on Liquid is smart.
People underestimate the risk of…
RT @ChristopherA: @trawg This is happening to me frequently as well from a variety of place. If it is health related I can threaten to repo…
RT @adrianafreitas: Sovereign Identity Principles by @ChristopherA
At @Fira_Barcelona IOT Solutions World Congress @IOTSWC #IOTSWC18 @alas…
I’m heading to Lyon, France next week for W3C TPAC to help socialize & move forward a DID standard. I will be then traveling into Switzerland to meet various orgs supporting self-sovereign identity & likely speak at some meetups. Interesting in seeing me? Let me know!
👍“Digitizing people’s identity to streamline their interactions with a digitally connected world is…also fraught with danger. While creating convenience and expanding access to services is universally desired, asymmetrical power relationships can lead to predatory practices.” https://twitter.com/chrisjagers/status/1052262154513080320
Replying to @DezentrumCH, @JosefJelacic and @Trust_Square
Current thinking is I will be Zurich on November 5. @lucas_lclc is looking at possible venues.
Replying to @Leon_Vandenberg
We would really like to see a #RebootingWebOfTrust in Australia/Asia — just a matter of getting sponsors together.
RT @kevinakwok: Was reminded this weekend of one of my favorite charts–from @ChristopherA’s blog post.
It shows cooperation within a grou…
The Kickstarter for the book that @Appelcline & I wrote on the design, theory & practice of collaborative games has now begun! It is a new category of games where you play together against the game rather than each other—if you successfully cooperate you win! 21st Century Games! https://twitter.com/jefftidball/status/1052545978866290688
RT @ChristopherA: I’m heading to Lyon, France next week for W3C TPAC to help socialize & move forward a DID standard. I will be then travel…
RT @kevinakwok: Markets everywhere https://twitter.com/backus/status/1052406955799539712
Yet another attempt to address the problem of open source software & various free riders, the third or fourth I’ve seen this year. I’m also concerned about long-term open source support aka the HeartBleed problem. I’d like to see a solution here, but I’m not sure what it is. https://twitter.com/MongoDB/status/1052186276437331969
“Tensions between the GDPR and Blockchain…it would be desirable that the protocol developers who create and maintain open-source blockchain technology, as is the case for example with bitcoin,
should not be considered data controllers.”… https://twitter.com/hackylawyER/status/1052351693189500928
…”What about the network users who sign and submit transactions to the blockchain network via a node? If they submit personal data to the blockchain ledger as part of a business activity, they are most likely to be considered data controllers.” #GDPR #Blockchain
…”however, if they submit their own personal data for their own personal use, for example to buy or sell crypto-assets, they are likely
to fall under the household exemption of the GDPR and may not be considered data controllers.”
This is a key point: “What about the publishers of smart contracts?…there is a debate as to whether this software should be seen as being operated by its publisher, by the network user calling it or by both. This debate will probably have to be resolved on a case-by-case basis.”
Replying to @prezcannady
That is what some of the other companies who are complaining about free riders are doing: https://thenewstack.io/redis-pulls-back-on-open-source-licensing-citing-stingy-cloud-services/
Replying to @boscolochris
No, Heartbleed showed us it is more than an issue of fairness. That over 60% of the internet securing trillions of $ of commerce, was using an implementation only supported at that time by quarter time person, resulted in a huge exploitable bug. That is the problem.
Replying to @boscolochris
To be clear, I’m not endorsing any of these particular open source license proposals, but I do believe that there are real problems to be puzzled through as open source becomes more important.
Our new book on the design of collaborative games is not just for game designers. Are you an educator or parent? Do you want your students & children to better learn how to collaborate? You will likely find ideas in our book that will inspire & help. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jefftidball/meeples-together-how-and-why-cooperative-board-gam?ref=aldqny
Replying to @Rolmopz
There are people who post personal information in op_returns and other immutable formats. You shouldn’t, but if you do it is the poster’s fault, not bitcoin-core, the miners or nodes—otherwise GDPR could claim it has to be erased by “data controllers”. It is an important issue.
RT @raphkoster: I blurbed this with “the best current resource on co-op game design.” I seriously don’t know of anything more detailed and…
Replying to @usablelearning
This book is not just for game designers. Are you an educator or parent? Do you want your students & children to better learn how to collaborate? You will likely find ideas in our book that will inspire & help your course designs, classes, and assignments.
RT @kwerb: My work on gamification convinced me that games are powerful tools, and that non-competitive games are heavily under-appreciated…
Neutrino (Bitcoin BIPs 157+158) is hugely important to the future of mobile & intermittent/asynchronous use cases for Bitcoin, and is a model for some other blockchains. SPV light clients (5+ years old!) leak too much information, especially in mobile scenarios. https://twitter.com/roasbeef/status/1052662066102685696
Replying to @gojomo
We have a whole chapter on how to make seem less like a game of solitaire, and the social risks thereof, like a single player dominating, or one player feeling left out.
RT @wtogami: @ChristopherA Aside from information leak the BIP37 bloom filters are a denial of service risk to all public facing nodes who…
At this point don’t have any plans for Prague — we submitted a paper on supporting Commons to EthDev but it was not accepted. But if there was a financial sponsor I could make side trip.
Lord of the Rings was the 1st of the new era of cooperative board games, inspiring a eurogame aesthetic to future designs. Alas, it is no longer in print so we decided to leave it out of the book, but it will give you a taste of what our case studies look like. More to come! https://twitter.com/MeeplesTogether/status/1052685720257613824
A new comprehensive report on self-sovereign identity, with an emphasis on registries, property rights, land title, United Nations goals, the developing world, and more. https://twitter.com/NewAmericaFPR/status/1052999323171127296
Replying to @NewAmericaFPR and @NewAmericaFPR
in your section on principles you offer some suggestions/changes. There is an effort underway to revise and update the original 2+ year-old self-sovereign identity principles that you may wish to join. We are behind schedule but worthy. https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity/issues
Matt Leacock is the designer of some of our favorite cooperative games, generously allowed us to interview him during the development of our book @MeeplesTogether, and wrote the forward this first edition. Thanks Matt! https://twitter.com/mattleacock/status/1052968046141222913
Replying to @TT_Gamification
Jeff @jefftidball is the publisher. The authors are @ChristopherA and @Appelcline
This is too common in blockchain tech: confidence bias about strong founders often causes people to ignore facts when they hear the shortcomings. I have found that in the long term evidence of humility is a better heuristic for matters of secure systems & software. https://twitter.com/EthanZ/status/1052960654888448007
RT @Appelcline: We have met our initial funding goal, which means there’s going to be a Meeples Together book. Thanks for the support eve…
RT @trbouma: An excellent chart of evolution of #digitalidentity by @ChristopherA
In @MeeplesTogether we didn’t specifically cover collaborative game design of online games (as most are at best teams & self-coordinated play, the classic Portal being a notable exception). But chapters 10-14 are on theory & 14 is on frontiers are useful. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jefftidball/meeples-together-how-and-why-cooperative-board-gam?ref=aldqny
RT @raphkoster: Lots of stuff applicable to online games in this book – the Kickstarter is still ongoing! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jefftidball/meeples-together-how-and-why-cooperative-board-gam?ref=79qd9u https://…
Replying to @windley
Not sure I agree with your DNS example. Maybe root DNS is decentralized & governance is transparent for the big internet orgs involved, but one further down you are in the hands of your top-level domain who can be fairly arbitrary. I still have domains at VeriSign can’t be moved.
👍An example of a particular best practice that needs to be done as part of the process of releasing secure code. There are many more best practices! If you are not doing these you should not be doing your own cryptography & secure protocols! https://twitter.com/colmmacc/status/1053031892734242817
I hope this precedent moves outward from Georgia & goes beyond just laws. Lack of access to law documents has been a personal bane of mine when I try to do research to understand the underlying principles of a law while not being an attorney nor having access to their libraries. https://twitter.com/FreeLawProject/status/1053345946048679936
Replying to @stephendpalley
This all assumes you have jurisdiction over & canidentify attacker, thus can freeze their future actions. In many chains this is clearly possible
RT @MeeplesTogether: Two stretch goals CRUSHED today! (Thank you for the continuing support!) We will be adding two more case studies to th…
RT @MeeplesTogether: Spoiler Alert: Forbidden Island is perhaps the best intro out there for co-op game, and One Night Ultimate Werewolf is…
RT @matthew_d_green: I wrote a post on password-based authenticated key exchange and the new OPAQUE protocol. A little nerdy, but these are…
Island of Kesmai in ‘85 was one of my first non-asynchronous online collaborative experiences, basically planning raids against the perma-death boss dragon. It was clearly inspired by Bartle’s MUD1. Later when internet became available these both inspired a generation of coders. https://twitter.com/raphkoster/status/1053665983682899968
RT @MeeplesTogether: Thanks for all the support over the first three days of our Kickstarter for Meeples Together. Not only have we funded…
A not well known story is that part of the reason I chose to back the SSL/TLS architecture for internet security as opposed to competition was that SSL could secure more than just web pages. One of my 1st licensees @joncallas used it for a business MUD—he later became CTO of PGP.
RT @amyjokim: Hey product leaders - looking for some weekend inspiration? Give yourself the gift of innovating faster & smarter >>> https:…
Replying to @acityinohio
http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2015/09/a-spectrum-of-consent.html
I agree that cryptography is entering into a new renaissance. I would add an important factor to @oleganza’s thoughts—much of the current times are from permissionless innovation allowed due to old patents expiring. We can’t count on that patents won’t rear their ugly head again! https://twitter.com/oleganza/status/1050879212750397441
I would like to see more demand from public for defensive patent licenses & innovator patent agreements like @Blockstream offers. More companies & people under patent usage restrictions like Apache license or standards body IP protections. We also need defensive patent pooling.
RT @ChristopherA: I would like to see more demand from public for defensive patent licenses & innovator patent agreements like @Blockstream…
I had this exact problem when I traveled to #RebootingWebOfTrust in Toronto last month. https://twitter.com/darrello/status/1053738999695790080
Replying to @trbouma
My students were taught how do this starting 2009. It was integrated into my curriculum design and participating was part of your grade. I started teaching other teachers to do this. My entire pedagogical is available online, online tips starts at pg #59. https://www.slideshare.net/ChristopherA/my-hybrid-flipped-learning-environment
RT @ChristopherA: @trbouma My students were taught how do this starting 2009. It was integrated into my curriculum design and participatin…
Replying to @trbouma and @johnrobb
see thread☝️
Replying to @trbouma
We did these both in both online & in F2F classes we gave ”permission”to have screens up. As participation was graded, no misuse. By end of one month of doing this weekly, 30+ all students could “check in” in just 3-5 minutes. Particularly powerful was Kaizen — instant feedback.
Replying to @trbouma, @johnrobb and @mckellogs
see thread ☝️
Replying to @trbouma
You will see a strong correlation between this deck and my upcoming book on collaborative game design @MeeplesTogether. I believe that the future of education is to teach effective collaboration. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jefftidball/meeples-together-how-and-why-cooperative-board-gam
🗝💬“The porosity of the Aadhaar database, the Aadhaar starvation deaths, are more than just technical lapses. These are serious breakdowns of complex socio-technical systems, and are not likely to inspire confidence in people who are marginalised.” https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2018/01/25/fintech-aadhaar-and-identity-in-india/
RT @VladZamfir: I just published a new blog post! “How to Participate in Blockchain Governance in Good Faith (and with Good Manners)”! It’s…
RT @trbouma: This is why we need to take physical documents completely out of the #digitalidentity ecosystem loop. https://twitter.com/aantonop/status/1054067773545029632
Replying to @martinkrafft and @trbouma
Closing the loop is having governments issue digital credentials, ideally DID & VC architecture. Key to when cryptography breaks is designing resilient processes with empowered humans in the loop rather than 100% relying on purely digital processes.
Wyoming is becoming increasingly interesting over Delaware for corporate formation. But all the free standard legal documents (SAFE, KISS, etc) are for Delaware. Has anyone been reviewing these under Wyoming jurisdiction? @CaitlinLong_ ?
👍👍”Cryptography rearranges power: it configures who can do
what, from what. This makes cryptography an inherently political tool & it confers on the field an intrinsically moral dimension.”—Phillip Rogaway, The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3162009
There are a number of us in the cryptocurrency community that are concerned that patents might once again hinder permissionless innovation in this space. https://twitter.com/SDLerner/status/1054359603725643778
Replying to @JosephVines and @WIRED
Dollar is ruled a pyramid scheme. #WIREDBackPage
Where the real work at W3C TPAC gets done:
RT @hackylawyER: I’ve co-authored a position paper on blockchain-enabled Self-Sovereign Identity via the German Blockchain Association @bun…
RT @CaitlinLong_: The world needs more systemic thinkers–such as Satoshi Nakamoto–who can work across disciplines & spot connections othe…
RT @tqbf: I’m not saying I’m more likely to send you a weird Applied Cryptography sticker if you claim some of Sean’s match dollars, I’m ju…
RT @trbouma: “We are convinced that blockchain represents a fundamental infrastructural innovation, that has the potential to enable a fair…
RT @MeeplesTogether: We posted our second bonus case study today, looking at Matt Leacock’s Thunderbirds. https://www.meeplestogether.com/index.php/2018/10/24/case-study-thunderbirds/
RT @lifeID_io: Self-Sovereign Identity is building towards critical mass around the world! In this position paper the Blockchain Budesverba…
RT @lrettig: Apple’s Tim Cook makes blistering attack on the ‘data industrial complex’: so refreshing to see privacy and ethics being discu…
RT @clayforsberg: Data “self-sovereignty” will not be a destination, but rather a journey. It will be an ongoing effort, much like the civi…
RT @gameplaywright: Why is failure fun? @ChristopherA and @Appelcline answer the hard questions about cooperative games in Meeples Together…
Replying to @PratsArthur, @ericholscher, @richlitt, @frabrunelle, @qlesceller and @sbetamc
Enough pride that you feel you have something worthy to offer, enough humility that others can improve it.
RT @ncasenmare: ★ My new interactive comic’s out! It’s about the science of memory, spaced repetition, and shoeboxes.
HOW TO REMEMBER ANYT…
RT @gameplaywright: The key to cooperative games is…selfishness? Find out why in Meeples Together, Kickstarting Now. @ChristopherA @Appel…
RT @kimdhamilton: security theater < security performance art < security interpretive dance
As Halloween stories are told & games played, I’m appreciative that @EvilHat & others are teaching tellers & players how encourage safety & consent. X-card, lines & veils, cut & brake, etc. are not PC thought suppression, but instead allow us to explore the rough edges of story. https://twitter.com/EvilHatOfficial/status/1055860356453527553
A week from tonight I will speaking in Zurich about decentralized identity, both on the philosophic roots of self-sovereign identity, but also about the technological architecture to support those principles. https://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Meetup-Switzerland/events/255668379/
RT @MeeplesTogether: Entering our third week of the Meeples Together Kickstarter, we’ve hit our fourth stretch goal, which means more conte…
RT @Psythor: Here’s a dystopian vision of the future: A real announcement I recorded on the Beijing-Shanghai bullet train. (I’ve subtitled…
RT @David_Mullich: The problem with horror games.
http://www.mechanics-and-meeples.com/2008/10/30/the-problem-with-horror-games/ via @Appelcline #gamedesign #boardgames
RT @CaitlinLong_: 1/ Today the #Wyoming #Blockchain Task Force sent 7 new #blockchain-friendly bills to the upcoming legislative session! P…
One of my favorite cooperative board games with a horror theme is “Last Friday”. It is asymmetric—one player plays an invisible summer camp slasher, who alternatively hunts the campers during the night phase or is hunted by the campers during the day. Fun! https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/05/last-friday-the-board-game-in-which-you-play-a-machete-wielding-maniac/
My favorite part of the game is the differences in the 4 chapters: it twists the typical Scotland Yard/Fury of Dracula hunter dynamic by having the slasher alternatively hunt or be hunted, and the last two chapters have the presence of a Chosen One to protect or help. Drama!
RT @gameplaywright: Meeples Together…one part history, one part design tool, many parts good ideas. Kickstarting now! https://t.co/OZzdN…
RT @errorinn: here’s a sneak peek at what i’ve gotten working at @openpriv. cwtch provides instant messaging so nobody can see who is sendi…
@Snyke I will be in Zurich all week. Maybe a bitcoin / lightning lunch?
👍👍 #Bitcoin announcement’s 10th anniversary. I consider this a teaser—the real anniversaries are next January 3rd with the creation of Bitcoin’s first “genesis” block, and January 9th with the release of the open source code.
Replying to @Snyke
Too bad timing is off. Anyone in particular in Zurich I should meet?
I’ve needed this ability to move GitHub issues so many times — especially with different forks & different orgs..m Now if we can only have an option to put issues into the repo as well! https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/1057678371256119297
RT @udiWertheimer: Bonus points for naming it “programming bitcoin” and not “programming blockchain”! https://twitter.com/jimmysong/status/1057650190134460419