RT @okTurtles: The Zcash Catch
https://blog.okturtles.com/2016/03/the-zcash-catch/ #Zcash #Zerocash
RT @RyanMTate: Open sourcing https://github.com/VentureEquityExchange moving on from the VEX project to new opportunities. Cheers.
RT @taoeffect: New post: Bitcoin! Keep Calm And RBF/CPFP On!
https://fixingtao.com/2016/03/bitcoin-keep-calm-and-rbfcpfp-on/ #Bitcoin #RBF
RT @koeppelmann: We can turn all IP, patents, digital goods into commons - usage will be tracked and creators rewarded w/o artificial price…
RT @jgarzik: #Bitcoin has a bright future that involves pegged side chains, merge-mined chains, anchored chains & data, merkle tree receipt…
RT @v17us: http://www.participatoryecosystem.com/ (a working def) by @ChristopherA
Replying to @v17us
and you can fork it to improve it.
Related topics to #PeakContent: tragedy of the popular, echo chambers, curation fatigue, fomo (fear of missing out). https://twitter.com/mediashiftorg/status/705242586924109824
I have been watching Holocracy & teal related practices for some time. Medium’s 6-point synthesis is quite good: https://medium.com/the-story/management-and-organization-at-medium-2228cc9d93e9#.m7fiz0a59
RT @schneierblog: Interesting Research on the Economics of Privacy: New paper: “The Economics of Privacy, by Alessandro Acquisti… https:/…
Too true: “Group chat is like being in an all-day meeting with random participants and no agenda.” — @jasonfried http://bit.ly/21WkokD
I can remember reading the original and being quite excited about the possibilities. Then the patents were filed… https://twitter.com/trentmc0/status/707128866922479616
Planetary alignment pyramid scheme - Bad Astronomy http://bit.ly/1TK67GE
RT @zmanian: The discussion of edwards curve multisignature standards here may be of interest @ChristopherA @lotharrr https://t.co/CcOh4cy5…
A dive into UTXO design approach (used by Bitcoin and some proposed permissionless #Blockchains) and alternatives… https://twitter.com/consensysllc/status/707608045271048192
I’m looking forward to this… https://twitter.com/simondlr/status/660469000799940608
Some thoughts on smart contracts that create a DAO (distributed autonomous org) by investing in them… https://twitter.com/simondlr/status/706113890766213120
The ideas here by @JeremyRubin for contest events to improve #bitcoin remind me of the design charrette process: https://medium.com/@jeremyrubin/improving-the-bitcoin-development-process-e37c3a8606e5#.r34sku4xb
More on design charrettes (they are a different participatory event style but related to hackathons) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charrette @JeremyRubin
Lamport was one of the first to work on the consensus problem, and invented Paxos, the first Byzantine solution: https://twitter.com/trentmc0/status/707607201360289792
Intriguing—citizens in a broad democratic consensual process create a new constitution & vote for it, but denied it: https://twitter.com/lessig/status/707589723448066049
Though I am currently skeptical about Proof-of-Stake, I do believe that it will have an important role in the future https://twitter.com/synereo/status/707536947409977344
Replying to @JeremyRubin
there are a large number of different forms of participatory events. I have tried a few & some are great for different needs.
I’m still can’t commit to the cool @Anchor app without some form of being able to export my voice posts and commentary. #NoWalledGardens
“What is needed now is a new systems-based mindset built around the idea of a regenerative economy” http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/apr/21/regenerative-economy-holism-economy-climate-change-inequality?CMP=share_btn_tw @rachelmrmaxwell
Replying to @aleksblumentals, @clayforsberg, @blindspotting and @pekcafe
I am considering offering talks on “Social Justice, Sustainability & the Blockchain”
Replying to @aleksblumentals, @clayforsberg, @blindspotting and @pekcafe
These would be held conjunction w/ green MBAs at @PinchotEDU & ideally @PresidioGrad
Replying to @aleksblumentals, @clayforsberg, @blindspotting and @pekcafe
You may be interested in reading about Familiar Strangers in http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2008/11/personal-circle.html
Replying to @aleksblumentals, @clayforsberg, @blindspotting and @pekcafe
Also, the prior article on Group Thresholds is relevant http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2008/09/group-threshold.html
Replying to @aleksblumentals, @clayforsberg, @blindspotting and @pekcafe
One source of problem may be related to even older article http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/02/dunbar_triage_t.html
A well-written anecdotal analysis of corporate culture supported by #slack — looking forward to real research: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/what-slack-is-doing-to-our-offices-and-our-minds/
A good article by @StevenLevy connecting the old crypto wars (which I was deeply involved in) & the new crypto wars: https://backchannel.com/why-are-we-fighting-the-crypto-wars-again-b5310a423295
Replying to @aleksblumentals, @clayforsberg, @blindspotting and @pekcafe
Another factor today may be Parasocial Relationships http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/07/cheers_belongin.html
This article comes closest to expressing my vision of integration of #blockchain, #sustainability & #SocialJustice: https://twitter.com/profjasonpotts/status/676123088132542465
My favorite paragraphs by @profjasonpotts in @mesosoupblog about this:
Replying to @jackhodgson
I have the same problem
RT @kentbye: Amazing AI analysis of #AlphaGo’s victory. Argues that human commentators inaccurately saw games as even or balanced
https://t…
Replying to @hashbreaker
we still need hierarchical deterministic keys in 25519 to do some improvements in security learned from the blockchain world
A drawback in design “that the code inside of a smart contract needs to be disclosed to all parties on the network.” http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-and-public-blockchains-will-power-the-smart-contracts-revolution
This is one reason why Ethereum-style #SmartContracts do not fulfill the promise of what I wanted in early ‘00 ideas https://twitter.com/christophera/status/709557820555853825
Sharing your outrage online to change the world? Beware! “the roots of this outrage are, in part, self-serving” http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/opinion/sunday/whats-the-point-of-moral-outrage.html
Paradoxical consequences: “People who invest time and effort in condemning those who behave badly are trusted more.” https://twitter.com/christophera/status/709563411340722176
I’m quite pleased that both DHS SBIR #blockchain decentralized identity proposals I am an architect on were granted! https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/department-of-homeland-security-wants-blockchain-applications/
I’ve also been making progress on #SmartSignatures https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/master/final-documents/smart-signatures.pdf recently w/ @petertoddbtc & some new ideas from @Interledger
Great rational argument on privacy—too bad that like with global warming rational stories are not persuasive to all. https://medium.com/@ryanshea/it-s-not-about-privacy-phone-protection-21b0d4f400d5
RT @zmanian: Embedded scripting in the signature system is one of the great lessons of Bitcoin. Needs wider application https://t.co/sKn5qk…
Great example of how a supposedly deprecated algorithm (MD5) was used in an attack 8 years later. Need a better way. https://twitter.com/tdierks/status/710848028329033728
Interesting science fiction book “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” which treats nascent AI like raising children: http://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2010/fiction_the_lifecycle_of_software_objects_by_ted_chiang/
Over a decade ago at a @ForesightNano conference I suggested that we be sure that future AI can empathize with us. https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/711245669541883904
#QotD “Beneath [the rules] there actually is a culture of participation and of mutual support” @jaystandish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvBLSA02ih0
Nice link: “Kindness is not sneezed into an AI by miraculous contagion from its programmers.” /ht @ciphergoth https://twitter.com/ciphergoth/status/711249501512544256
On my way to Brooklyn for the Linux Foundation’s #Hyperledger meeting—expecting a deeper dive into IBM’s Open Blockchain & other submissions
RT @charlesfitz: First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then they talk gibberish about blockchains…
It feels epically surreal to have all of this #Bitcoin and #Blockchain expertise gathered in the heart of the Chase Bank HQ for #Hyperledger
Not everyone at #Hyperledger meeting is against permissionless ledgers — most just want more choices for federation. https://twitter.com/christophera/status/712439106203230209
RT @Suitpossum: Pretty useful guide to the pitfalls and potentials of Bitcoin as a tool for online financial privacy https://www.expressvpn.com/internet-privacy/bitcoin-anonymity/
Some interesting thoughts on #Ethereum’s limits and plans for its future starting on slide 12… https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/712872668291342336
Replying to @fredhicks
As a digital backer I can’t preorder a digital version of Bubblegumshoe.
“Open source can only have ‘my’ in the associative sense. There is no possessive ‘my’ in open source.” — @nayafia https://medium.com/@nayafia/there-is-no-my-in-open-source-c3e5555390fa
My @Quora answer to What recent research supports the validity of Dunbar’s number? https://www.quora.com/What-recent-research-supports-the-validity-of-Dunbars-number/answer/Christopher-Allen?share=d7d31e1f
I’ve been exploring using hash sigs with digital identity—they are slow & large but quantum resistant. Latest IETF: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-irtf-cfrg-xmss-hash-based-signature
A reference implementation for that IETF hash signature proposal is at http://www.square-up.org/downloads/xmss_2016-03-08.tar.gz
More info on hash signatures at Post-Quantum Hash Signatures at http://www.pqsignatures.org/
Results of hack at Hyperledger meeting using UTXO code from Blockstream, middle from DAH, chaincode & PBFT from IBM:
Pano of media wall installation in lobby of JP Morgan Chase in Brooklyn, made up of old CRTs:
Replying to @CalebBushner
less than a Bitcoin miner :-)
Pareto’s law in reverse: “Half of all free-to-play mobile gaming rev comes from just 0.19% of players” @Swrve_Inc https://www.swrve.com/landing/swrve-monetization-report-2016
“The PoV combined Blockstream’s validation code, IBM’s OBC/UTX Chaincode and Digital Asset Holding’s client layers” https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/713471145039818752
Replying to @chrismessina
mine updated fine before they pulled it.
We are long overdue in TLS to be able to share lists of untrustworthy CAs—soon with Certificate Transparency… https://security.googleblog.com/2016/03/certificate-transparency-for-untrusted.html?m=1
RT @malthe: Genius. @mortenjust made a text editor that only allow the 1,000 most used words in English. http://mortenjust-experiments.tumblr.com/post/138397510331/simpler-language-editor-inspired-by-xkcd-i-made https://t.…
This could be an intriguing UI for making it easier to enter BIP39 mnemonic codes/passphrases… https://twitter.com/malthe/status/713580122373132288 @malthe @mortenjust
RT @petertoddbtc: “The first rule of cryptography is to use someone
else’s design. The second rule of cryptography is to use someone else’s…
On the Hyperledger hackathon “this merges some of the best ideas that DAH and Blockstream are bringing to the table” http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ibm-blockchain-leader-jerry-cuomo-using-shadowchains-launch-moonshots-1551843
So are Swartz, Snowden & Assange the sacrifice of our generation to protect our rights? Who is next? https://twitter.com/profjasonpotts/status/714364562934353920
We need more social change this way: “Making change through norms has a momentum…” @EthanZ https://medium.com/@EthanZ/rooftop-solar-and-the-four-levers-of-social-change-8e64c40bd5d7
RT @driverxmovie: It’s official! Our #Kickstarter campaign is up and running. Take the ride with us! http://kck.st/1pLLbCp https://t.co/5…
Some good generic advice on designing modern packet protocols. To my IETF and W3C colleagues, anything to add? https://twitter.com/rusty_twit/status/714632755397570560
Replying to @jaredhanson
I remember seeing at the P2PFoundation wiki. I will look.
RT @EFF: The FBI announces it can break into the San Bernardino iPhone. We’ve got some questions. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/fbi-breaks-iphone-and-we-have-some-questions
Summary: A bit early even for early adopters “Costs vs. Benefits: My Experience with an Ethereum Smart Contract” http://youtu.be/_90Y8mw_HVY
We need expand the left side of Everett M. Roger’s “Diffusion of Innovation” model—before early adopters is hackers? https://twitter.com/christophera/status/715187282949505028
@tshepang_dev who would you suggest as the top rustlang Twitter accounts to follow? In particular crypto & rustlang? Thanks!
I’m disappointed in the corruption of the term “Smart Contracts”…
1/ I’m disappointed in the corruption of the term Smart Contracts. Bitcoin’s Script, and in particular P2SH is a good start to them, but…
2/ …massive multiple execution of arbitrary code is not (aka IBM’s Chain Code), and…
3/…I would even argue that Ethereum’s languages are not smart contracts either—just another chain code.
4/ I do agree that business logic is hard to do with Bitcoin’s Script, but for all of us talking about Smart Contracts in the late ‘90’s…
5/ …(Szaboian Smart Contracts?) we desired cryptographic composabilty,…
6/ …that the code could be analyzed at multiple levels to be secure (from language proofs to high level business logic atomic validation),…
7/ …limitable (i.e. expression complexity & evaluation cost can be determined) and could often just be validated by consensus of parties…
8/ …not every node in the world (which only at most need to see proof of execution, not the full contract).
9/ These would be true cryptographic Smart Contracts!
.@Aquentys We are working on them, incremental. Last published in Nov https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/blob/master/final-documents/smart-signatures.pdf and more specs soon and code for summer.
RT @VitalikButerin: @ChristopherA @petertoddbtc “evaluated by consensus of parties involved, not every node in the world” Have you heard of…
RT @petertoddbtc: @VitalikButerin @ChristopherA Yes. After all, I seem to have been the first guy to invent them with my early work on fide…
RT @VitalikButerin: @ChristopherA @petertoddbtc Also, imo developer friendliness should come first and above all, composability and other g…
.@VitalikButerin @petertoddbtc I do believe there is a place for business logic on a blockchain (aka “chain code”) but I want more.
.@VitalikButerin @petertoddbtc I agree ease of use is important but not at expense of analyzability, either formal proofs or business logic.
.@VitalikButerin @petertoddbtc Some of the primitive #SmartSignatures & portable proofs could be also useful for EVM or other chain code.
Replying to @iang_fc
first draft rather basic at https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/blob/master/final-documents/smart-signatures.pdf — @petertoddbtc and I making some progress and there are two other groups.
@eris_ltd @petertoddbtc A better analogy is that EVM chain code is like building a DC10 where every screw & bolt is different size and metal
Replying to @eris_ltd and @petertoddbtc
To continue the analogy—Great for an experimental plane and test pilot but not ready for commercial passengers yet.
Replying to @eris_ltd and @petertoddbtc
Not that anyone else is ready to build a commercial plane either! We need standard reliable inspectable parts first!
RT @adam3us: kudos @pwuille Eric Lombrozo, Johnson Lau & other contributors for fast, careful work to scale and improve Bitcoin https://t.c…
RT @WayneVaughan: @ChristopherA I’ve heard smart contracts described as “code that runs on a byzantine fault tolerant network”. I agree the…
RT @WayneVaughan: @ChristopherA How’s this for a Twitter sized definition of a smart contract? https://twitter.com/tierion/status/715518003849404416
Replying to @jaredhanson
I found what you were asking about regarding a revokable license: http://p2pfoundation.net/Peer_Production_License
Some interesting thoughts in here. I have great respect for Arthur Brock’s thoughts on “deep wealth” and currency. https://twitter.com/artbrock/status/715744595666157568