A combination of two of my favorite art forms: hand pan and circus arts… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jIbWAkhhQk

Sat Oct 01 17:32:18 +0000 2016


RT @angela_walch: Working on a new paper abt how language choices can sow systemic risk in uses of #blockchain tech. Abstract here.

https:…

Sat Oct 01 17:36:58 +0000 2016


Academic but maybe possible—using your friends to cryptographically secure your privacy. Relevant to upcoming #RebootingWebOfTrust on 10/19 https://twitter.com/iacr_news/status/782292528573800448

Sat Oct 01 19:25:55 +0000 2016


Replying to @sweis

Ideally doing it cryptographically would be multisig with some threshold of friends.

Mon Oct 03 00:52:39 +0000 2016


Replying to @sweis

the paper wasn’t about a centralized service, it was about your social graph doing cryptography for you.

Mon Oct 03 03:00:46 +0000 2016


RT @Ferdinando1970: Why software patents just took a major hit http://for.tn/2dmmyti @Blockstream @adam3us defensive patent pledge

Tue Oct 04 06:45:52 +0000 2016


RT @alexanderfowler: Congrats to longtime colleague and friend, @adam3us, on your appointment as our new CEO at @Blockstream! https://t.co/…

Tue Oct 04 06:46:07 +0000 2016


Leaving SFO 🇺🇸 ✈️ LHR🇬🇧 ✈️ MXP🇮🇹 for #ScalingBitcoin in Milan.

Wed Oct 05 00:15:17 +0000 2016


RT @trbouma: Recommended read on @Medium: “Who should be in charge of our identities?” http://ift.tt/2dtdssY

Wed Oct 05 14:00:40 +0000 2016


RT @petertoddbtc: Git commits timestamped w/ OpenTimestamps now show up as “verified” on @github

Impressed with the fast response to a su…

Wed Oct 05 20:15:35 +0000 2016


RT @Blockstream: Blockstream Successfully Tests End-to-End Lightning Micropayment Transaction: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/lightning-dev/2016-October/000627.html #bitcoin

Wed Oct 05 20:15:51 +0000 2016


RT @Blockstream: Blockstream Amps Up Lightning Network With First Test Transaction http://www.coindesk.com/blockstream-amps-up-lightning-network-with-first-test-transaction/ via @CoinDesk

Wed Oct 05 20:16:10 +0000 2016


RT @petertoddbtc: More info here on what’s going on behind the scenes w/ timestamped Git commits: https://petertodd.org/2016/opentimestamps-git-integration

Wed Oct 05 20:18:15 +0000 2016


“The challenge here is that flexibility [of Ethereum] comes with a large attack surface.” Key problem with Hyperledger’s Fabric also… https://twitter.com/tuurdemeester/status/783696004239462401

Wed Oct 05 20:26:36 +0000 2016


Looking forward to meeting in person more of the international Bitcoin community this weekend at #ScalingBitcoin in Milan. https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/783607666937561089

Wed Oct 05 21:27:00 +0000 2016


I’m glad to see more people working on formal verification & using coq for smart contract languages https://hackernoon.com/smart-contracts-turing-completeness-reality-3eb897996621#.30d05vg3k @ArthurB @tez0s

Wed Oct 05 21:39:50 +0000 2016


Replying to @ArthurB and @tez0s

Have you seen the #SmartSignatures white paper from #RebootingWebOfTrust https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/final-documents/smarter-signatures.pdf —next event is 10/19 in SF.

Wed Oct 05 21:42:44 +0000 2016


RT @windley: @ChristopherA @ArthurB @tez0s Warms my heart. My PhD diss was on formal methods (hardware). @fcorella is good at this. #IIW

Wed Oct 05 21:45:33 +0000 2016


RT @l_constable: Thanks to @balajis for recommending Seeing Like a State- I left with a completely new perspective on bitcoin and identity.…

Thu Oct 06 02:44:46 +0000 2016


RT @TuurDemeester: This Lightning payments milestone probably marks the start of the ‘unlimited’ transaction volume era for Bitcoin. https:…

Thu Oct 06 02:45:01 +0000 2016


RT @Blockstream: Our post on today’s Lightning network announcement is now on our blog: https://blockstream.com/2016/10/05/blockstream-lightning-first-strike.html. Thanks for all the support!

Thu Oct 06 11:07:29 +0000 2016


Replying to @taoeffect

You should also check out Typora on macOS — only true WYSIWYG editor that I know of that supports github-flavored markdown.

Thu Oct 06 11:11:07 +0000 2016


RT @bergealex4: Crashed @blockchainlabit. Found a picture of Satoshi… and a very cool group of people!

Thu Oct 06 14:43:14 +0000 2016


RT @pamelawjd: Lovely essay about the Reality of (U.S.A) Founder Uncertainty, embracing the unknown & the imperfect. https://t.co/o8mscecl…

Thu Oct 06 14:46:52 +0000 2016


“While the Fable of Founder Certainty makes for good rhetoric, it’s bad history.” The power of doubt & experiments: https://aeon.co/essays/america-treats-its-bold-revolution-as-a-reliquary

Thu Oct 06 14:48:50 +0000 2016


The Socratic Method is one the oldest & best forms of learning & critical thinking but is largely not available. https://aeon.co/essays/can-school-today-teach-anything-more-than-how-to-pass-exams

Fri Oct 07 08:08:41 +0000 2016


I agree with hypothesis in comments that TDD (test driven dev) applies more to large projects like Linux & Bitcoin… http://neverworkintheory.org/2016/10/05/test-driven-development.html

Fri Oct 07 08:27:31 +0000 2016


RT @mir_serena: #Bitcoin hall of fame @deloitte @giacomozucco @blockchainlabit

Sat Oct 08 05:33:26 +0000 2016


RT @kanzure: Transcript: mimblewimble http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/milan/mimblewimble/ … #bitcoin #scalingbitcoin @scalingbitcoin @blockstream

Sat Oct 08 10:25:02 +0000 2016


RT @kanzure: Transcript: fungibility overview http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/bitcoin-adam3us-fungibility-privacy/ #bitcoin #scalingbitcoin @scalingbitcoin @adam3us

Sat Oct 08 10:25:46 +0000 2016


RT @kanzure: Transcript: joinmarket http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/milan/joinmarket/ #bitcoin #scalingbitcoin @scalingbitcoin @joinmarket

Sat Oct 08 10:25:47 +0000 2016


RT @kanzure: Transcript: tumblebit http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/milan/tumblebit/ #bitcoin #scalingbitcoin @scalingbitcoin @EthanHeilman

Sat Oct 08 10:25:49 +0000 2016


RT @lopp: “With Sinking Signatures, can reduce 500,000 blockchain to 300 blocks, 1MB of headers, verifiable in 20s.” - Andrew Poelstra #Sca…

Sat Oct 08 10:28:19 +0000 2016


RT @coindesk: #ScalingBitcoin: Blockstream’s Andrew Poelstra presents Mimblewimble. Here’s our overview: http://bit.ly/2bgMwg5

Sat Oct 08 10:28:38 +0000 2016


RT @kyletorpey: “You could, in principal, have Lightning Network on top of MimbleWimble.” - Andrew Poelstra #ScalingBitcoin

Sat Oct 08 10:31:24 +0000 2016


RT @kanzure: Transcript: Build-scale-operate http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/milan/build-scale-operate/ #bitcoin #scalingbitcoin @ScalingBitcoin @Melt_Dem

Sat Oct 08 12:42:51 +0000 2016


RT @SDLerner: MimbleWimble origin: A guy came from the future to correct the course of history before we fill every bit of storage with bl…

Sat Oct 08 12:50:13 +0000 2016


RT @ScalingBitcoin: #ScalingBitcoin Milan 2016 - Day 1 Part 1 Videos & Presentations published - https://scalingbitcoin.org/presentations

Sat Oct 08 17:38:36 +0000 2016


In 2013 over $410 trillion in global non-cash transactions result in $1 trillion in bank revenues ~= 00.25% fees. https://www.bcgperspectives.com/Images/Global_Payments_2014_Next_Level_Value_Sep_2014_tcm80-171913.pdf

Sun Oct 09 05:24:23 +0000 2016


That $410T in global non-cash transactions is 387B individual transactions results global average tr. size = $1026 https://www.worldpaymentsreport.com/u/f8lyf3vtfy

Sun Oct 09 05:47:50 +0000 2016


…thus it quite fair to say that the average global non-cash transaction is ~$1,000 and it costs on average ~$25 to do it. Not microcurrency!

Sun Oct 09 05:55:19 +0000 2016


So what would it take for this to support Big Int? Then this could do crypto like Bitcoin script! @vruz https://twitter.com/vruz/status/784875571595575296

Sun Oct 09 06:02:00 +0000 2016


RT @zooko: Okay now that openssl-1.1.0 is the stable branch of openssl, let’s get back to killing md5sum! http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2016-10/msg00007.html

Sun Oct 09 06:07:38 +0000 2016


… this non-cash transaction market is what Rippl, Hyperledger & other private blockchains want to disrupt. I seek to be more transformative.

Sun Oct 09 06:25:34 +0000 2016


.@lightcoin The difference between disruptive and transformative is the difference between slicing a pie or growing a bigger pie.

Sun Oct 09 10:19:47 +0000 2016


RT @kanzure: Transcript: Schnorr signatures http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/milan/schnorr-signatures/ #bitcoin #scalingbitcoin @scalingbitcoin @Blockstream @bitcoincoreorg

Sun Oct 09 10:20:29 +0000 2016


RT @kanzure: Transcript: segwit lessons learned http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/milan/segwit-lessons-learned/ #bitcoin #scalingbitcoin @scalingbitcoin @bitcoincoreorg

Sun Oct 09 10:20:46 +0000 2016


RT @kanzure: Transcript: covenants http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/milan/covenants/ #bitcoin #scalingbitcoin @scalingbitcoin @el33th4xor

Sun Oct 09 12:40:31 +0000 2016


RT @SimoMace: #blockchainlab @giacomozucco @adam3us @starkness @petertoddbtc Milan is vibrant…what amazing panel on Blockchain @ScalingB…

Sun Oct 09 12:44:35 +0000 2016


Replying to @WakeUp2Politics

I think you have a wrong twitter handle – I’m not involved with your event

Sun Oct 09 17:23:18 +0000 2016


RT @kyletorpey: Taking the opposite approach of #TheDAO. https://twitter.com/lopp/status/785096252727914497

Sun Oct 09 17:29:13 +0000 2016


I am chairing the program committee for IEEE workshop on Security & Privacy on the Blockchain 4/29/2017 in Paris http://prosecco.gforge.inria.fr/ieee-blockchain2016/

Sun Oct 09 17:40:42 +0000 2016


“compelling evidence that myths & folktales follow the movement of people around the globe back to the Paleolithic” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-trace-society-s-myths-to-primordial-origins/

Mon Oct 10 05:55:59 +0000 2016


I like behavioral hacks: “Dutch Reach: a practice of using your far hand to open your car door” http://99percentinvisible.org/article/dutch-reach-clever-workaround-keep-cyclists-getting-doored/

Mon Oct 10 06:09:29 +0000 2016


Excellent article on the importance of fungibility & its current state of art. Only missing why—coercion resistance. https://medium.com/@JayCoDon/bitcoin-fungibility-the-most-important-feature-of-bitcoin-4b87a381f21a#.mbn6stwfl

Mon Oct 10 06:13:50 +0000 2016


Replying to @JayCoDon and @TuurDemeester

https://twitter.com/christophera/status/785362685554728960

Mon Oct 10 06:16:00 +0000 2016


To all you supporters of fungibility: don’t forget to say WHY! Censorship resistance, power balancing, coercion resistance, non-violence!

Mon Oct 10 06:33:57 +0000 2016


Re: fungibility—accountability is not its opposite. If I have authority, power, fiduciary responsibility over you, you deserve xpub keys.

Mon Oct 10 06:37:57 +0000 2016


Bitcoin today is not very fungible. But that was a major topic of #ScalingBitcoin. We can have both fungibility & transparency. (@nivertech)

Mon Oct 10 06:40:58 +0000 2016


Also relevant to fungibility: it is fundamental to human rights, in particular freedom of association & assembly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association

Mon Oct 10 07:53:45 +0000 2016


RT @DarioTepoTec: @ChristopherA Info/URL/pointer to “how” we get much higher fungibility and higher TX transparency ?
thnx
@nivertech

Mon Oct 10 07:56:15 +0000 2016


I was quoted in @coindesk “Why Weight? Bitcoin Scaling is Moving Beyond Block Size” by @pete_rizzo_ http://www.coindesk.com/weight-scaling-bitcoin-milan-block-size/

Mon Oct 10 11:42:44 +0000 2016


I’ve also have broken my GPG on macOS Sierra. https://twitter.com/kristovatlas/status/785483624107896836

Mon Oct 10 15:20:25 +0000 2016


RT @TuurDemeester: I still get the question “Isn’t a bitcoin HF to bigger blocks inevitable?”. A: No. Tech community has moved on to better…

Mon Oct 10 15:50:59 +0000 2016


Collected wisdom & advice for hosting online communities continues to be relevant & useful. Only regret that it is not more broadly known. https://twitter.com/hrheingold/status/785528781448572928

Mon Oct 10 17:53:27 +0000 2016


RT @TuurDemeester: “I want bigger blocks to scale Bitcoin” is like saying: “Instead of adding many small claims courts, we need to expand t…

Mon Oct 10 17:59:02 +0000 2016


An ugly legal hack that gets injunctions against fake people with same name as someone they wish to censor: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/10/10/dozens-of-suspicious-court-cases-with-missing-defendants-aim-at-getting-web-pages-taken-down-or-deindexed/

Tue Oct 11 01:52:02 +0000 2016


Excellent long read on intersection of human expertise & computer autonomy. Two attached paragraphs are a key quote: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/11/crash-how-computers-are-setting-us-up-disaster

Tue Oct 11 07:21:41 +0000 2016


Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity summarized in three categories: https://www.sovrin.org/The%20Inevitable%20Rise%20of%20Self-Sovereign%20Identity.pdf

Tue Oct 11 10:23:46 +0000 2016


Interesting dimensions of justice in this spidergram. How does your justice system measure up? @InnoJustice @CommonAccord https://twitter.com/innojustice/status/699933840387649537

Tue Oct 11 12:13:31 +0000 2016


I’ve heard of vertical gardens before, but vertical forests? Beautiful!

Tue Oct 11 17:39:18 +0000 2016


Get your comments & suggestions to us on the 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity—we’d to update next week at #RebootingWebOfTrust

Wed Oct 12 06:29:48 +0000 2016


Let’s update the 10 Principles of Self-Sovereign Identity at #RebootingWebOfTrust & make a pledge to support http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html

Wed Oct 12 06:32:11 +0000 2016


The #RebootingWebOfTrust design workshop is next Wednesday Oct 19th in SF http://www.WebOfTrust.info and github at https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016

Wed Oct 12 06:35:41 +0000 2016


I am not as libertarian as many of my fellows in the Bitcoin & Blockchain community—this paper discusses 2 economic challenges to innovation https://twitter.com/profjasonpotts/status/786054012097310720

Wed Oct 12 06:47:48 +0000 2016


I just wish we could get a cryptographer to dive into proofs for a Hierarchical Deterministic key method—can’t use BIP32 method with 25519. https://twitter.com/grittygrease/status/786008328077848576

Wed Oct 12 06:56:11 +0000 2016


This is why most crypto people shut down their encrypted laptops & phones before entering an international airport and will surrender them. https://twitter.com/nsmolenski/status/785970636258578432

Wed Oct 12 07:32:52 +0000 2016


Replying to @juscamarena and @NSmolenski

I am told to surrender rather than turn on. I have backups.

Wed Oct 12 07:56:45 +0000 2016


RT @TuurDemeester: I suspect that most “identity on the blockchain” projects are not studying the fundamentals enough. Here’s an example of…

Wed Oct 12 07:58:53 +0000 2016


I had a number of my sustainabilibuddies from BGI/Pinchot/Presidio MBA ask for more info on Bosco Verticale 🌳: http://inhabitat.com/bosco-verticale-in-milan-will-be-the-worlds-first-vertical-forest/_bosco-verticale/

Wed Oct 12 08:22:13 +0000 2016


The vertical forest only cost 5% more than a regular skyscraper. http://inhabitat.com/bosco-verticale-the-worlds-first-vertical-forest-nears-completion-in-milan-new-photos/

Wed Oct 12 08:25:53 +0000 2016


The 5 essential social media literacies:
• Attention
• Participation
• Collaboration
• Network awareness
• Critical consumption https://twitter.com/hrheingold/status/785887011903111168

Wed Oct 12 08:46:55 +0000 2016


We don’t teach men how to be nurturing, and nurturing male heroes, icons & mentors are rare. I have been lucky. https://norasamaran.com/2016/02/11/the-opposite-of-rape-culture-is-nurturance-culture-2/

Wed Oct 12 08:51:40 +0000 2016


A key quote about males learning nurturing from https://norasamaran.com/2016/02/11/the-opposite-of-rape-culture-is-nurturance-culture-2/

Wed Oct 12 08:54:08 +0000 2016


RT @CoinTelegraph: Why End-to-end Micropayment Transaction Test Matters to #Bitcoin Community https://cointelegraph.com/news/why-end-to-end-micropayment-transaction-test-matters-to-bitcoin-community

Wed Oct 12 09:51:58 +0000 2016


RT @adam3us: another theme of this presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BLWUUPfh2Q&t=9m25s was that a number of cases improve both scalability and fungibility…

Wed Oct 12 09:52:12 +0000 2016


RT @petertoddbtc: Or join Bitcoin Core development and spend most of your time auditing other devs’ code.

E.g. my segwit review: https://t…

Wed Oct 12 09:52:45 +0000 2016


Replying to @culvereric

That is old news. Is completed now.

Wed Oct 12 16:33:46 +0000 2016


Replying to @DarioTepoTec and @PeterIvankay

Path to sSelf-Sovereign Identity http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2016/04/the-path-to-self-soverereign-identity.html

Wed Oct 12 16:35:53 +0000 2016


RT @NickSzabo4: Best way to destroy your investment in Bitcoin: gather an Internet mob to go redesign Bitcoin.

Thu Oct 13 21:20:53 +0000 2016


Replying to @BI_bestpractice and @namahn

Source for the paradox cards? Google search turns up nothing.

Thu Oct 13 21:28:26 +0000 2016


RT @bsfarrington: How many times do you think the “House of Cards” writers have torn up next season’s scripts and said, “Crap. We’ve been o…

Fri Oct 14 00:36:28 +0000 2016


This 1920’s cover of Madonna’s “Material Girl” sung by Gunhild Carling with her trombone brought a smile to my face: https://youtu.be/RUuQ4hoXsCM

Fri Oct 14 00:48:16 +0000 2016


RT @TheBlueMatt: Wrote up some thoughts on all the awesome presentations and my excitement for Bitcoin’s future after @ScalingBitcoin https…

Sat Oct 15 16:39:05 +0000 2016


RT @schwentker: Guidance to Appcoin devs by @msantoriESQ: sell an SDK together with your cryptographic tokens;
sell hardware along w/ it to…

Sat Oct 15 16:45:13 +0000 2016


RT @EthanZ: Really Bad Chess, where adding randomness to the world’s least random game leads to enjoyment and enlightenment: https://t.co/d…

Sat Oct 15 18:53:13 +0000 2016


RT @adam3us: “I want a guarantee with physics & maths, not with laws – that we can give ourselves real privacy of personal communications”…

Sat Oct 15 20:25:43 +0000 2016


Great start for a discussion on tradeoffs in different identity & privacy architectures at #RebootingWebOfTrust https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/privacy-preserving-identity-architectures.md

Sun Oct 16 23:45:55 +0000 2016


Replying to @TuurDemeester

I was never an active cypherpunk, but the conversations had profound impact on TLS over more centralized approaches proposed

Mon Oct 17 00:08:34 +0000 2016


Replying to @TuurDemeester

and my authority as a source for this as the co-editor of the TLS 1.0 standard.

Mon Oct 17 00:11:21 +0000 2016


RT @JayCoDon: Achieving Scale in a Safe & Secure Way. https://medium.com/@JayCoDon/achieving-scale-in-a-safe-secure-way-7a979ad88f48#.t1txfji56

Mon Oct 17 14:39:46 +0000 2016


RT @JayCoDon: My latest on Bitcoin Fungibility and a couple of proposals to help fix it:

https://medium.com/@JayCoDon/bitcoin-fungibility-the-most-important-feature-of-bitcoin-4b87a381f21a

Mon Oct 17 14:40:37 +0000 2016


RT @bramcohen: My new invention: A finger activation process which permalocks when presented with the wrong finger https://twitter.com/evacide/status/787764613492244481

Mon Oct 17 15:39:27 +0000 2016


RT @bergealex4: I just published “Moving forward: reflections on Scaling Bitcoin ‘Retarget’ Milan” https://medium.com/p/moving-forward-reflections-on-scaling-bitcoin-retarget-milan-5e70ba88b2ab

Mon Oct 17 17:27:24 +0000 2016


RT @Timothy_Hughes: Innovation is often limited when teams are not empowered to operate outside of their day-to-day work #digitaltransforma…

Mon Oct 17 17:35:58 +0000 2016


I look forward to continuing the conversation on definition & reqs for Self-Sovereign Identity #RebootingWebOfTrust https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/a-technology-free-definition-of-self-sovereign-identity.pdf

Mon Oct 17 18:23:19 +0000 2016


New paper on how HD keys for 25519 might work—I’d appreciate if some cryptographers could take a look @grittygrease https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/HDKeys-Ed25519.pdf

Mon Oct 17 22:10:58 +0000 2016


RT @taoeffect: Working on proving “Slepak’s Triangle” (HT @VladZamfir for term) for #RebootingWebOfTrust 3.

Screenshot of basic approach f…

Tue Oct 18 01:42:40 +0000 2016


RT @ContractCMO: This is an excellent exposition on the evolution of personal and digital identity. Well worth time to read and consider #s…

Tue Oct 18 15:57:53 +0000 2016


Replying to @DarioTepoTec

not experts I need on 25519 — secp256k1, I do.

Tue Oct 18 15:59:18 +0000 2016


DIDs (decentralized identifiers) conceived at #RebootingWebOfTrust a year ago. Tomorrow a prelim spec is starting: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/did-spec-working-draft-03.md

Wed Oct 19 02:42:58 +0000 2016


The Lightning Network will be the first major use of payment channels in cryptocurrencies—tech has a huge amount of additional opportunities https://twitter.com/lightning/status/788470193076908032

Wed Oct 19 14:05:52 +0000 2016


Some really great topics on decentralized P2P self-sovereign identity submitted for today’s #RebootingWebOfTrust https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings

Wed Oct 19 14:09:27 +0000 2016


RT @aniltj: Rich Credentials for Three-Factor Identity Verification without Prior Relationship by @fcorella http://buff.ly/2e04lAN

Wed Oct 19 14:13:54 +0000 2016


RT @dendrobates: Proprietary network vendors, be very afraid! Me thinks your high margins are in danger.
https://code.facebook.com/posts/1802489260027439

Wed Oct 19 15:39:51 +0000 2016


We need an industry-wide self-sovereign identity pledge before banks & others consolidate identity even more https://techvibes.com/2016/10/18/securekey-banks-digital-network

Wed Oct 19 15:42:14 +0000 2016


We worked hard to make the new version of my blog http://www.LifeWithAlacrity.com more readable. I wish more designers paid attention to this. https://twitter.com/stevenlevy/status/788751178385465344

Wed Oct 19 15:46:50 +0000 2016


Replying to @kevinmarks

Thank you for helping me make my blog http://www.LifeWithAlacrity.com more readable! @StevenLevy @backchnnl

Wed Oct 19 16:04:12 +0000 2016


Replying to @DarioTepoTec and @techvibes

Banks have historically offered identity services going back to Medici era.

Wed Oct 19 16:09:23 +0000 2016


Replying to @DarioTepoTec and @techvibes

also historically Credit Unions have some specific identity focused services & in US even have some laws supporting

Wed Oct 19 16:11:42 +0000 2016


Or more precisely re: “brainwallets are bad” any self-generated passphrase is insecure. People are not good at randomness. @drummondreed

Wed Oct 19 19:52:24 +0000 2016


RT @noahthorp: At #RebootingWebOfTrust - Thanks @ChristopherA and @anarchoass for convening us!

Wed Oct 19 20:18:33 +0000 2016


RT @stewartslockbox: @ChristopherA @btc_joe @lightning Bank accounts come to bitcoin, I cant wait.

Wed Oct 19 20:18:37 +0000 2016


RT @drummondreed: At #rebootingweboftrust, @christophera shares fascinating idea of “Song of Ashok” - poetry-based keys for self-sovereign…

Wed Oct 19 20:18:57 +0000 2016


RT @drummondreed: At #rebootingweboftrust, @christophera says that “brainwallets are a bad idea”, i.e., any pass phrase you can memorize is…

Wed Oct 19 20:19:01 +0000 2016


RT @drummondreed: @ChristopherA Completely agree. Which is why I love the “Song of Ashok” approach

Wed Oct 19 20:19:11 +0000 2016


Great start today to 3rd #RebootingWebOfTrust—40+ identity experts, 7 groups preparing white papers & specs: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/tree/master/event-documents/plenaries

Thu Oct 20 02:35:38 +0000 2016


RT @DarioTepoTec: LUV that draft docs are avail to anyone – thank you :) https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/788931653372481536

Thu Oct 20 04:52:44 +0000 2016


Interesting academic article on limitations of Web Of Trust, relevant to #RebootingWebOfTrust http://lockstep.com.au/library/pki/limitations-of-wot /ht @Steve_Lockstep

Thu Oct 20 04:58:15 +0000 2016


RT @WayneVaughan: Geeking out at the WebofTrust at @Microsoft Reactor.

Thu Oct 20 05:52:00 +0000 2016


RT @drummondreed: At #rebootingweboftrust, great clarity that “identity is not a noun”, but a process of correlation taking place between o…

Thu Oct 20 05:52:53 +0000 2016


RT @drummondreed: At #rebootingweboftrust, all the ideas about key recovery are variations on the web-of-trust model, i.e., you rely on tru…

Thu Oct 20 05:53:01 +0000 2016


RT @drummondreed: At #rebootingweboftrust, @manusporny offered great explanation of worldview conflict between same-origin identity & self-…

Thu Oct 20 05:53:09 +0000 2016


RT @Steve_Lockstep: Right. Identity is about relationships. So it’s not just about me; it has lots to do with the others that know me (i.e.…

Thu Oct 20 13:58:05 +0000 2016


RT @mayazi: @Steve_Lockstep @ChristopherA @drummondreed the predictive output of that comes in the form of reputation or credit. I.e. Conti…

Thu Oct 20 14:38:27 +0000 2016


The Wells Fargo fiasco and control of personal identity: http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/wells-fargo-fiasco-lays-bare-a-broken-identity-system-1092032-1.html @AmerBanker @MarcHochstein @BankThink

Thu Oct 20 23:09:55 +0000 2016


Replying to @Alex_Amsel, @AmerBanker, @MarcHochstein and @BankThink

I’m at #RebootingWebOfTrust today & we are creating approaches to self-sovereign identity

Thu Oct 20 23:20:54 +0000 2016


Replying to @Alex_Amsel, @mr_archenemy, @MarcHochstein and @AmerBanker

…with DIDs (decentralized identifiers) stored on blockchains & Verifiable Claims shared

Fri Oct 21 00:10:57 +0000 2016


RT @drummondreed: @cmort @ChristopherA You are so right. The infrastructure we envision will either solve that problem or it won’t work, pe…

Fri Oct 21 01:14:18 +0000 2016


RT @ftp_alun: This is a great idea, but IMHO, it requires a change in attitude about personal data ownership:
Data is irrevocably owned by…

Fri Oct 21 01:14:33 +0000 2016


Progress report on “DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers)” from today’s #RebootingWebOfTrust

Fri Oct 21 02:06:47 +0000 2016


Progress report on “Identity Containers” from today’s #RebootingWebOfTrust

Fri Oct 21 02:08:12 +0000 2016


Progress report on “Jorum: UN SDG 16.9 Compatable Identity Engagement Model” from today’s #RebootingWebOfTrust

Fri Oct 21 02:09:30 +0000 2016


Progress report on “Bootstrapping Identity & User Adoption” from today’s #RebootingWebOfTrust

Fri Oct 21 02:12:01 +0000 2016


Progress report on “Reconciling COALA IP with Kantara’s Consent Receipts, for Personal Data” from today’s #RebootingWebOfTrust

Fri Oct 21 02:14:14 +0000 2016


Progress report on “Portable Reputation Toolkit” from today’s #RebootingWebOfTrust

Fri Oct 21 02:15:07 +0000 2016


Progress report on “Humanness in Digital Identity” from today’s #RebootingWebOfTrust

Fri Oct 21 02:15:59 +0000 2016


Replying to @Steve_Lockstep

Self-Sovereign Identity will be very difficult & likely will not replace legacy identity any time soon, but we need to start

Fri Oct 21 07:54:41 +0000 2016


Phil @Windley argues that there is a place for permissioned but public blockchains in Self-Sovereign Identity http://www.windley.com/archives/2016/09/self-sovereign_identity_and_the_legitimacy_of_permissioned_ledgers.shtml

Fri Oct 21 15:24:31 +0000 2016


I believe that the whitepapers, specs & ideas from this week’s #RebootingWebOfTrust will have huge impact on next week’s #IIW @windley

Fri Oct 21 15:28:45 +0000 2016


Phil @Windley writes about Verifiable Claims. Great strides on rooting them in DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers) http://www.windley.com/archives/2016/10/when_people_can_share_verifiable_attributes_everything_changes.shtml

Fri Oct 21 15:33:10 +0000 2016


No, have not seen it. Cool idea. https://twitter.com/kevinmarks/status/789490744641728512

Fri Oct 21 15:38:58 +0000 2016


RT @random_walker: New research: Bitcoin is unstable without the block reward https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2016/10/21/bitcoin-is-unstable-without-the-block-reward/

Paper: http://randomwalker.info/publications/mining_CCS.pdf

Fri Oct 21 15:48:32 +0000 2016


RT @adam3us: .@random_walker @n1ckler there has been discussion on long term security issues. Have you analysed miner strategy with a fee a…

Fri Oct 21 15:49:23 +0000 2016


RT @adam3us: .@random_walker to avoid bursty fees/block creating perverse sniping incentives, say fees received by miners are 144 blocks ro…

Fri Oct 21 15:49:36 +0000 2016


#RebootingWebOfTrust proof of concept of a live Verifiable Claim using DID and Bitcoin sig, result stored on IPFS: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmW78stb69zeU55mstyu5G3mYaf3F16crTjEBYL1en9ZNA

Fri Oct 21 23:57:54 +0000 2016


#RebootingWebOfTrust DID (decentralized identifier) Verifiable Claim proof of concept generated by code at https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/tree/master/draft-documents/portable-reputation

Sat Oct 22 00:01:01 +0000 2016


RT @okTurtles: @Rasheed_Moore We’re Getting Things Done™ at #RebootingWebOfTrust. 😄

Sat Oct 22 00:03:47 +0000 2016


RT @lohanspies: Awesome being part of #RebootingWebOfTrust working on Bootstrapping models with @ThessyMehrain and @TheyCallMeMGD https://…

Sat Oct 22 00:25:35 +0000 2016


Survey of thoughts of the attendees of this week’s #RebootingWebOfTrust in SF: https://www.sli.do/event/ggsisqro/infographic/c/c4b6

Sat Oct 22 00:50:10 +0000 2016


RT @harlantwood: 1/n: At #RebootingWebOfTrust over 3 days, my team built a demo integrating decentalized technologies into a Portable Reput…

Sat Oct 22 05:31:40 +0000 2016


RT @harlantwood: 2/n: which:

  1. generates claim
  2. signs with btc key
  3. timestamps with OpenTimestamps
  4. uploads resulting JSON-LD to IPF…

Sat Oct 22 05:31:44 +0000 2016


RT @harlantwood: 3/n: here is a sample claim on IPFS: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmW78stb69zeU55mstyu5G3mYaf3F16crTjEBYL1en9ZNA

generated by this code: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/draft-documents/portable-reputation/src/claim https://t.co…

Sat Oct 22 05:31:47 +0000 2016


Great session today at #RebootingWebOfTrust reviewing draft DID spec. @ChrisLundkvist of @uport_me & I excited to begin our implementations.

Sat Oct 22 05:40:34 +0000 2016


RT @harlantwood: 4/n: thanks team: @noahthorp @TimDaub Glenn & Alex, also thanks @manusporny @drummondreed, & mad respect to whole #Rebooti…

Sat Oct 22 05:44:23 +0000 2016


RT @ValaAfshar: We desperately need a word for this

Sat Oct 22 05:45:43 +0000 2016


RT @bitcoin_experts: luke-jr: In between a softfork and a hardfork. Old nodes continue to see the old transactions, but see nothing of t ht…

Sat Oct 22 06:11:57 +0000 2016


He’s speaking about archives, but the thoughts on belonging & believing, silence & surveillance, etc. appeal to my cross-discipline self. https://twitter.com/jmddrake/status/789846982126817280

Sat Oct 22 20:01:44 +0000 2016


Very reasoned arguments from human rights org @AccessNow about why @BarackObama should pardon Edward @Snowden. As co-editor TLS 1.0 I agree. https://twitter.com/accessnow/status/789114243400470528

Sat Oct 22 20:19:22 +0000 2016


RT @pjvangarderen: “Verifiable, owner-provided attributes are the engine that will drive wide-spread adoption of self-sovereign identity sy…

Sat Oct 22 20:52:01 +0000 2016


Another reason for @BarackObama to pardon @Snowden—incentivize responsible curation of whistleblower data vs irresponsible ones @accessnow

Sat Oct 22 21:53:42 +0000 2016


I actually do think this can be legitimate skill reference, not a resume padder: “practice team building…” http://m.imgur.com/gallery/9FBBa

Sat Oct 22 23:04:11 +0000 2016


We at #RebootingWebOfTrust & #IIW are updating the “Self-Sovereign Identity Principles”. Fork & send pull requests! https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/self-sovereign-identity

Sun Oct 23 00:42:46 +0000 2016


One of the more interesting results from the #RebootingWebOfTrust participant survey: 55% come to collaborate, 0% to network.

Sun Oct 23 02:08:12 +0000 2016


“Why Visionary CEOs Never Have Visionary Successors: Execution CEOs…often start a creative death spiral” @HarvardBiz https://hbr.org/2016/10/why-visionary-ceos-never-have-visionary-successors

Sun Oct 23 16:19:36 +0000 2016


Replying to @Mwforhr and @accessnow

…because, unfortunately, as there are national security issues it is very difficult to have a fair & transparent trial.

Sun Oct 23 16:22:23 +0000 2016


RT @TuurDemeester: @ChristopherA @HarvardBiz “Jobs and Gates – even Disney — shared the same blind spot: suggesting execution executives as…

Sun Oct 23 17:48:50 +0000 2016


RT @Vasili16: #Vision & passion 4 product and customers, and market insight are more important than execution…
#V2V @V2Reality @changemak…

Sun Oct 23 21:30:41 +0000 2016


RT @samfrazierk: Thank you @Snowden @EFF Paul Kocher Alan Freier @christophera @tdierks https://twitter.com/verge/status/790413266040217600

Mon Oct 24 05:19:30 +0000 2016


Reminds me of my Four Kinds of Privacy post—where different stakeholders use same words but mean different things https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-cybersecurity-security-internet-governance

Mon Oct 24 14:43:37 +0000 2016


The Four Kinds of Privacy: “What privacy means varies between…” http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2015/04/the-four-kinds-of-privacy.html

Mon Oct 24 14:49:29 +0000 2016


Another reason why reputation systems are hard: they become used outside the scope/context of what they review. See @frandallfarmer’s work. https://twitter.com/kyletorpey/status/790425668643192832

Mon Oct 24 14:55:42 +0000 2016


Solving Chinese business fraud problems is worthy, but centralized reputation is authoritarian & too abusable http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-surveillance-big-data-score-censorship-a7375221.html

Mon Oct 24 15:02:51 +0000 2016


I believe that the Self-Sovereign Identity solutions we worked toward last week at #RebootingWebOfTrust & this week at #IIW can help.

Mon Oct 24 15:04:45 +0000 2016


Replying to @kyletorpey and @timpastoor

We had our first, very rough working prototype of a self-sovereign identity based reputation system last weekend

Mon Oct 24 15:11:31 +0000 2016


.@timpastoor @kyletorpey Here is @frandallfarmer’s list from #RebootingWebOfTrust on challenges in rep systems https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/ReputationAndTheRealWorld.md

Mon Oct 24 15:18:30 +0000 2016


I appreciate them offering this as Open Source, but are there any patent declarations? Maybe join @Blockstream in a defensive Patent Pledge? https://twitter.com/oleganza/status/790449180929953792

Mon Oct 24 15:31:57 +0000 2016


Replying to @CassSunstein

I’m interested in the commons points made by the judge, but find the paywall frustrating as all I want is the citation or link

Mon Oct 24 15:44:48 +0000 2016


It was bad earlier in the year, but worse this fall as even more people are claiming blockchain expertise that clearly don’t have it. https://twitter.com/sunnystartups/status/790336493189423104

Mon Oct 24 15:48:17 +0000 2016


Replying to @Steve_Lockstep

I generally agree, but with the qualifier that some blockchain’s can serve as a trust anchor for services like time stamps.

Mon Oct 24 15:50:37 +0000 2016


RT @jonmatonis: “rewriting the consensus code and getting it right is spectacularly difficult” -@petertoddbtc https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bcoin-a-menace-to-the-network-or-an-enrichment-of-the-bitcoin-ecosystem-1476909115

Mon Oct 24 15:54:45 +0000 2016


Any defensive Patent Pledge offered alongside the source code for this project? @ahopebailie @chain @Interledger https://twitter.com/ahopebailie/status/790479529546579968

Mon Oct 24 15:57:55 +0000 2016


Replying to @Steve_Lockstep

Yes, I and about a dozen of the participants of #RebootingWebOfTrust will be at #IIW in particular @manusporny @drummondreed

Mon Oct 24 16:00:15 +0000 2016


Not just doing tech at #RebootingWebOfTrust, but also examining philosophical & ethical issues of identity. Draft at https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/draft-documents/Wisdom/Embedding-Human-Wisdom-in-Our-Digital-Tomorrow.md

Mon Oct 24 16:23:22 +0000 2016


RT @Melt_Dem: if you are working on an identity project, you should be talking to @ChristopherA and participating in #RebootingWebOfTrust -…

Mon Oct 24 16:24:56 +0000 2016


Based on feedback from last weekend’s #RebootingWebOfTrust: Draft 04 of DID (Decentralized Identifier) Spec: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/draft-documents/DIDSpecificationWorkingDraft04.pdf #IIW

Mon Oct 24 17:50:21 +0000 2016


Based on work from #RebootingWebOfTrust last week, we have formed #W3C Community Group on Verification Standards: https://www.w3.org/community/digital-verification/

Mon Oct 24 18:20:05 +0000 2016


RT @danrobinson: @ChristopherA @ahopebailie The AGPL license includes an explicit patent grant to users of the open-source software! More g…

Mon Oct 24 18:20:16 +0000 2016


RT @ahopebailie: @danrobinson @christophera the @Interledger javascript reference implementation code (now under care of @the_jsf) is licen…

Mon Oct 24 18:20:21 +0000 2016


I’m please to hear this—Apache 2.0 is one way to deal with patent issues, but I’d like to see more commitments to defensive patent strategy. https://twitter.com/danrobinson/status/790606092686528512

Mon Oct 24 18:25:13 +0000 2016


Neuroscience research showing that with small lies we become more tolerant of big ones: http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.4426.html 😠<sigh> /ht @CassSunstein

Mon Oct 24 18:48:03 +0000 2016


RT @EFF: French courts reject new mass surveillance law, thanks to legal challenge by @laquadrature and ISPs: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/victory-for-the-exegetes-amateurs-french-surveillance-censured-constitutional-council

Mon Oct 24 18:48:14 +0000 2016


RT @CompSciFact: A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer u…

Mon Oct 24 19:04:42 +0000 2016


Best post I’ve seen so far to explain how Bitcoin Unlimited’s approach risks leading us to centralization https://blog.sia.tech/2016/10/24/a-future-led-by-bitcoin-unlimited-is-a-centralized-future

Mon Oct 24 19:31:12 +0000 2016


Sheri Tepper started writing at 54 and has had a huge impact on science fiction community with her work. Never too late to start! https://twitter.com/scalzi/status/790635415707451392

Mon Oct 24 19:35:40 +0000 2016


RT @Provoost: What could possibly go wrong? https://medium.com/the-coinbase-blog/on-phone-numbers-and-identity-423db8577e58 https://twitter.com/barrysilbert/status/790614068516257792

Mon Oct 24 19:39:07 +0000 2016


RT @danrobinson: @ChristopherA I agree, and I really admire and appreciate what Blockstream has done to push this forward in the space!

Mon Oct 24 20:34:22 +0000 2016


RT @danrobinson: @ChristopherA On another note, I’d love for you to check out our work on “signature programs”: https://chain.com/docs/protocol/papers/blockchain-programs You…

Mon Oct 24 20:36:25 +0000 2016


RT @csuwildcat: @ChristopherA feedback on DIDs spec: I’d like to see the idstring represent a cross-chain, unique TLD registration rather t…

Mon Oct 24 20:37:43 +0000 2016


Replying to @csuwildcat

We’ve tried to have one DID that works cross all chains w/ nil result. Instead are focusing on moving DID proofs across chains.

Mon Oct 24 20:40:31 +0000 2016


Replying to @csuwildcat

True, but that may have to be 2.0. No one wants to compromise different decentralized visions. So doing what we can is best.

Mon Oct 24 20:42:52 +0000 2016


Replying to @csuwildcat

You don’t have to persuade me—need to persuade the community. No one wants to give up their stack. Use http://weboftrustinfo.slack.com

Mon Oct 24 22:52:04 +0000 2016


Replying to @medialab

You should look at last week’s work on a DID spec & a verifiable claims experiment at https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/tree/master/draft-documents

Tue Oct 25 00:41:18 +0000 2016


Replying to @susan_ramonat and @angela_walch

Considering Paris late April before IEEE S&P for next #RebootingWebOfTrust

Tue Oct 25 00:44:56 +0000 2016


Replying to @ahopebailie and @chain

There are a bunch of these non-profit orgs forming right now. Isn’t there a better way than forming yet another?

Tue Oct 25 04:59:23 +0000 2016


Replying to @ahopebailie and @chain

BTW, consider separating out cryptoconditions to new @w3c verification community group which is sigs, timestamps, etc.

Tue Oct 25 05:02:29 +0000 2016


RT @DarioTepoTec: Payment infra. providers like @Swisscom_Dev (not obvious) @sixgroup @PostFinance taking a good look at @WeChatApp … bit…

Tue Oct 25 06:24:51 +0000 2016


RT @_tessr: When I was a junior engineer, I explicitly looked for open office plans because they meant easier access to senior engineers.

Tue Oct 25 06:42:03 +0000 2016


RT @mediachain_: Developers, check out the Mediachain v1.0 blog post and quick start guide to start reading and writing data: https://t.co/…

Tue Oct 25 06:58:50 +0000 2016


RT @alexisohanian: My thoughts on Mediachain Attribution Engine on @ProductHunt https://www.producthunt.com/tech/mediachain-attribution-engine#comment-377579

Tue Oct 25 06:59:03 +0000 2016


RT @kyletorpey: Sobering words from @rusty_twit on the state of bitcoin mining centralization. https://twitter.com/bitcoin_experts/status/790871285685366785

Tue Oct 25 15:24:53 +0000 2016


Problem—”smart, hard-working, public-spirited people acting in good faith who are responding to systemic incentives” http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/10/18/vote-all-you-want-the-secret-government-won-change/jVSkXrENQlu8vNcBfMn9sL/story.html

Tue Oct 25 16:37:16 +0000 2016


What is a DID? A decentralized identifier to serve as a trust anchor for self-sovereign identity—a personal root. https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/draft-documents/DIDSpecificationWorkingDraft04.pdf

Tue Oct 25 16:56:32 +0000 2016


RT @RealEstateCafe: Chilling, dark side of ID systems. #Homeless in Boston have expressed similar fears but not life or death stakes #Priva…

Tue Oct 25 21:45:58 +0000 2016


RT @profjasonpotts: Tragedy of the commons + public infrastructure/natural capital = tragedy of the horizons https://twitter.com/cameronneylon/status/790977957691068416

Tue Oct 25 21:48:14 +0000 2016


Answer to ? at #IIW related to both personal and contextual privacy—workers do their best when not watched by bosses https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-outsourced-mind/201604/want-people-behave-better-give-them-more-privacy

Wed Oct 26 01:02:05 +0000 2016


RT @brianeha: Hence telecommuting for knowledge workers. Open-plan offices tend to exacerbate the dynamic described below. https://t.co/tnN…

Wed Oct 26 04:42:35 +0000 2016


RT @MarcHochstein: The big takeaway was that the old paper bank signature card needs to be rethought/reinvented/replaced with something bet…

Wed Oct 26 19:06:56 +0000 2016


RT @kimdhamilton: @ChristopherA @medialab 2/2 We’d like to collaborate with you as we roll out identity guidance for @Blockcerts

Wed Oct 26 23:55:46 +0000 2016


RT @kimdhamilton: @ChristopherA @medialab 1/2 We’re closely following your work on decentralized identity; this is essential for learner-ce…

Wed Oct 26 23:55:53 +0000 2016


RT @lopp: “Bitcoin is a people-powered shared resource. We need to treat newcomers well, not antagonize them.” - @martindale #AllThingsOpen…

Thu Oct 27 00:03:47 +0000 2016


RT @lopp: “Code is law sounds great until you realize that perfect law enforcement means no discretion.” - @martindale #AllThingsOpen

Thu Oct 27 00:06:03 +0000 2016


RT @kfury: How is it that iOS is nearly 10 years old and you still can’t make a photo album on your phone that syncs with Photos on your Ma…

Thu Oct 27 00:18:00 +0000 2016


RT @durumcrustulum: I’m not sure if this is exciting or just deep learning blather. https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06918

Thu Oct 27 03:31:59 +0000 2016


RT @WayneVaughan: Thrilled to see MIT using @Tierion’s Chainpoint protocol in Blockcerts. @kimdhamilton https://twitter.com/medialab/status/790583777852551168

Thu Oct 27 03:35:24 +0000 2016


Replying to @santisiri

Take a look at the newer #RebootingWebOfTrust papers in http://github.com/weboftrustinfo, in particular DID. Making progress!

Thu Oct 27 03:54:06 +0000 2016


RT @santisiri: decentralized public key infrastructure (‘rebooting the web of trust’), interesting paper (via @taoeffect): https://t.co/Gqm…

Thu Oct 27 03:54:17 +0000 2016


RT @heathervescent: End of day 2 #iiw I’ve satisfied my need to learn about sovereign identity and now I’m ready for wine. Whew!

Thu Oct 27 04:03:38 +0000 2016


RT @grittygrease: Parsing JSON is a minefield. http://seriot.ch/parsing_json.html

Thu Oct 27 04:35:13 +0000 2016


RT @vtlynch: A last-call was just posted for TLS 1.3! https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tls/sUzqRJEjOT2bV_PE8MsceeqnB7I

Thu Oct 27 05:00:19 +0000 2016


This is roughly the same event process I use for #RebootingWebOfTrust, inspired from the same source, @MGTaylorNews https://medium.com/@annbadillo/the-book-swarm-or-how-to-write-a-book-in-two-days-3e2edf31795b#.poaqz8l9l

Thu Oct 27 05:31:08 +0000 2016


I’m no longer involved in SSL/TLS & cert auth, but if you want the latest news on it this newsletter is quality: https://www.feistyduck.com/bulletproof-tls-newsletter/issue_21_certificate_transparency_for_all_new_certificates.html

Thu Oct 27 15:56:02 +0000 2016


RT @carlacasilli: I, too, have this dream. https://twitter.com/bdean1000/status/752549133731426304

Thu Oct 27 15:56:49 +0000 2016


RT @jmddrake: “is it legal” says nothing for whether “is it responsible.” “is it ethical.” “is it right.” legality =/= responsibility

Thu Oct 27 15:58:56 +0000 2016


There is something so civilized about an old fashioned breakfast cafe w/ good food, great service & people quietly reading papers. Baji’s.

Thu Oct 27 16:08:13 +0000 2016


RT @bergealex4: Great documentation on transition to SegWit for every actors in the ecosystem https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/10/27/segwit-upgrade-guide/ @bitcoincoreorg

Thu Oct 27 18:06:33 +0000 2016


I had hopes of Apple offering competition to that large Microsoft Surface yesterday, or the giant Google Whiteboard, given demand for 4K TV.

Thu Oct 27 18:51:03 +0000 2016


Only reason I’m upgrading to the new Mac laptop is that I need that 2TB SSD. I’m tired of external drives for my portable. https://twitter.com/schwa/status/791711864048590848

Thu Oct 27 18:54:57 +0000 2016


RT @TuurDemeester: 2/ Someone starts asking the right questions on the #Ethereum subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/59g4nv/what_has_ethereum_produced/

Thu Oct 27 21:50:55 +0000 2016


RT @bitcoincoreorg: Bitcoin Core 0.13.1 with Segregated Witness soft fork is released for general availability! https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/10/27/release-0.13.1/

Fri Oct 28 03:32:20 +0000 2016

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