Great article by game designer @raphkoster on the 20th anniversary of Ultima Online, it’s inspirations & influence: https://www.raphkoster.com/2017/09/28/ultima-onlines-influence/

x-icon Sun Oct 01 14:16:48 +0000 2017


RT @TuurDemeester: It’s 2017, and ppl still can’t identify themselves online to cast a vote. I give it 10 years. #CatalanReferendum #SelfSo…

x-icon Sun Oct 01 14:36:46 +0000 2017


I’m catching up on the last few advance readings before Tuesday’s #RebootingWebOfTrust—lot’s of exciting ideas! https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/tree/master/topics-and-advance-readings

x-icon Sun Oct 01 17:37:17 +0000 2017


I’m in Boston now before Tuesday’s #RebootingWebOfTrust — I have openings in my schedule (and on Friday) if any locals want to meet & chat.

x-icon Sun Oct 01 17:39:28 +0000 2017


140 characters is often unqualified & context-less speech. 280 allows qualifiers & context. I use Twitter for free speech, not poetry. https://twitter.com/naval/status/914194594379710464

x-icon Sun Oct 01 17:44:55 +0000 2017


Replying to @jerrymichalski

I don’t think I need 280 often—but I find that I often delete important adjectives, qualifying statements, or even censor myself if I can’t.

x-icon Sun Oct 01 18:09:50 +0000 2017


Replying to @FedericoTenga

Number of times I’ve posted almost exactly 140 probably >50%. I find myself censoring some statements if I must delete important qualifiers.

x-icon Sun Oct 01 18:13:09 +0000 2017


New video of blockchain-based Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs). Soon adding testnet Bitcoin, Ethereum & Sovrin DIDs: https://youtu.be/tQzQKZKF93w

x-icon Sun Oct 01 18:39:15 +0000 2017


Replying to @leashless

I’m still not convinced that the blockchains of today are the right solution for supply chain. But other cryptographic transaction tech can.

x-icon Sun Oct 01 19:11:16 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: @leashless I’m still not convinced that the blockchains of today are the right solution for supply chain. But other crypt…

x-icon Sun Oct 01 19:14:20 +0000 2017


Replying to @nathanwaters, @leashless, @JScottNelson and @peerismorg

We are working on some very interesting skill tokens in the W3C Credentials CG and at #RebootingWebOfTrust using Verifiable Claims.

x-icon Sun Oct 01 19:19:37 +0000 2017


Replying to @orthograham

We are hoping to iterate it and principles at this week’s #RebootingWebOfTrust in Boston. See also more current info https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/topics-and-advance-readings/self-sovereign-identity-primer.md

x-icon Sun Oct 01 20:00:42 +0000 2017


RT @orthograham: @ChristopherA Extraordinary article. Implications of the herarchical model of identity stratification and ownership b/c of…

x-icon Sun Oct 01 20:00:46 +0000 2017


Replying to @rclemmons

Come to this week’s or future #RebootingWebOfTrust! Or join W3C Credentials CG! We are making progress!

x-icon Sun Oct 01 20:09:02 +0000 2017


Replying to @jamesAmunsch and @SatoshiLite

The Design Workshop is too dynamic of an event process for it to be streamed well. But as much of it we can is shared in our GitHub.

x-icon Sun Oct 01 21:54:35 +0000 2017


Our 5th #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop begins today: functional & decentralized & self-sovereign identity, DIDs, verifiable claims &++

x-icon Tue Oct 03 11:15:39 +0000 2017


Results so far from Day One of #RebootingWebOfTrust: weak signals & decentralized identity whitepapers in progress: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/event-documents/plenaries/0-day1-overview.md

915407920086618112-DLQumoEXcAAAVl3

image-twitter

x-icon Wed Oct 04 02:47:10 +0000 2017


RT @kyletorpey: “Making MAST Meaningful; Bitcoin Atomic Swaps Become Private” — Brian Deery https://medium.com/@BrianDeery/making-mast-meaningful-bitcoin-atomic-swaps-become-private-ff003f7c2b7a#—0-400

image-twitter

x-icon Wed Oct 04 04:25:20 +0000 2017


RT @patio11: The Equifax ex-CEO throwing an unnamed technician under the bus for the Equifax breach is positively maddening. Some thoughts:

x-icon Wed Oct 04 15:26:48 +0000 2017


RT @patio11: Equifax has apparently not made that considered decision, which is the same thing as making a considered decision… they chos…

x-icon Wed Oct 04 15:27:59 +0000 2017


“I now see that Google — and its peers — should have evolved to a higher standard:
‘Do good. Be good.’” https://medium.com/whither-news/moral-authority-as-a-platform-52d80202fff4

x-icon Wed Oct 04 15:37:57 +0000 2017


Companies in Scotland in Britain in EU are re-negotiating the nature of sovereignty—individuals need voice at table: http://digitalscot.news/sovereign-identity-sovereign-scotland

x-icon Wed Oct 04 15:48:19 +0000 2017


New emotion at #RebootingWebOfTrust — “überprüfbarkeitserfahrungslückseligkeit” aka “the bliss experiencing something that is verifiable”

x-icon Wed Oct 04 17:03:57 +0000 2017


👆 hat tip to Christian Decker (@Snyke) for this one :-)

x-icon Wed Oct 04 17:07:34 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: @martindale I also like Robespierre’s “Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corrupt…

x-icon Wed Oct 04 17:10:22 +0000 2017


Day 2 of #RebootingWebOfTrust progress on white papers & demos of apps supporting DIDs on many different blockchains https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/event-documents/plenaries/0-day2-overview.md

image-twitter

image-twitter

x-icon Thu Oct 05 02:34:23 +0000 2017


RT @heathervescent: With my people. Really enjoying @IdentityWoman explain the genius of DIDs to @yaoeo. Feel like something amazing might…

x-icon Thu Oct 05 02:36:00 +0000 2017


RT @moskovich: @ChristopherA I love how @patagonia here: “Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, …” http://www.patagonia.com/company-info.html

x-icon Thu Oct 05 11:16:58 +0000 2017


RT @DigitalscotNews: @ChristopherA How about an adoption blueprint for Government? Scotland wants to be an early adopter.. 😎

x-icon Thu Oct 05 11:17:12 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: New emotion at #RebootingWebOfTrust — “überprüfbarkeitserfahrungslückseligkeit” aka “the bliss experiencing something tha…

x-icon Thu Oct 05 11:17:24 +0000 2017


RT @tonilanec: #BitcoinFamily #weboftrust @ChristopherA

image-twitter

x-icon Thu Oct 05 11:46:16 +0000 2017


RT @zeynep: MUST-READ @hahriehan oped for anyone interested in social change. The right knows how to organize. That’s their key. https://t.…

x-icon Thu Oct 05 19:00:50 +0000 2017


Last day of #RebootingWebOfTrust: Design Workshop exceeded expectations with 16 collaborative papers on identity: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/event-documents/plenaries/0-day3-overview.md

image-twitter

image-twitter

x-icon Fri Oct 06 06:38:07 +0000 2017


RT @katrynadow: Incredible 3 days @ #RebootingWebOfTrust working alongside the creators of our #SelfSovereign future
Speacial thanks @Chris…

x-icon Fri Oct 06 06:40:48 +0000 2017


RT @tonilanec: coming soon to an interwebs near you… #weboftrust #selfsovereign #identity #amirastory @ChristopherA https://t.co/DEtKth1R…

x-icon Fri Oct 06 06:40:58 +0000 2017


Drafted at #RebootingWebOfTrust: Amira—user story & engagement model for a hypothetical advocacy & human rights dev https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/draft-documents/Amira-SSWOT-Engagement-Model.md

x-icon Fri Oct 06 13:59:59 +0000 2017


Experiencing a participatory event (design workshop, hackathon, design sprint) really spoils you against “sage on stage” conferences. https://twitter.com/christophera/status/916190817940918274

x-icon Fri Oct 06 14:12:54 +0000 2017


At #RebootingWebOfTrust we are updating DID (decentralized identifiers) spec for ocap (object capabilities)! Draft: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/draft-documents/lds-obcap/lds-obcap.md

x-icon Fri Oct 06 15:15:56 +0000 2017


Replying to @ChrisLundkvist and @Iiterature

I usually describe it as edges. If you can’t stop people buying and selling, stop them from entering marketplace.

x-icon Fri Oct 06 16:53:55 +0000 2017


RT @Blockstream: Blockstream CEO @adam3us will talk about Privacy, Fungibility & Scale in #Bitcoin at the Hackers Congress in Prague! https…

x-icon Sat Oct 07 13:38:15 +0000 2017


RT @heathervescent: Awesome event, awesome people. https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/916190817940918274

x-icon Sat Oct 07 13:40:10 +0000 2017


RT @trbouma: Centralized systems are very efficient; long recognized as a single point of control and single point of failure

https://t.c…

x-icon Sat Oct 07 20:17:58 +0000 2017


Replying to @naval

There are very few people calling themselves crypto-economists that are ready to be trusted. I look for humility first.

x-icon Sat Oct 07 20:31:39 +0000 2017


Replying to @naval

Don’t discount that that there are game token economists from pre-Bitcoin days (2nd Life, etc) who know more than any new crypto-economists.

x-icon Sat Oct 07 20:33:46 +0000 2017


RT @anguschampion: @timpastoor @petertoddbtc Everyone’s blinded by what seems like free money. So many resources being wasted on get rich q…

x-icon Sat Oct 07 20:34:20 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

It is very interdisciplinary—for instance here is just one paper by economist Ed Castronova pre-Bitcoin but relevant http://www.gamestudies.org/0302/castronova/

x-icon Sat Oct 07 21:42:28 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

An earlier paper by same author: Virtual Worlds: A First-Hand Account of Market and Society on the Cyberian Frontier https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=294828

image-twitter

x-icon Sat Oct 07 21:48:32 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

An analysis of the game economy of Star Wars Online. App Tokens will ultimately act more like this than as currency https://www.raphkoster.com/games/essays/astromech-stats-economy-stats/

x-icon Sat Oct 07 22:10:51 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2004/05/fun-in-following-the-money/amp/

x-icon Sat Oct 07 22:12:11 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

A Wired article from 2004 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/2004/05/fun-in-following-the-money/amp/

x-icon Sat Oct 07 22:28:01 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

In general many ICO app tokens are not that different, and long term may be fundamentally broken without good faucet & sink design.

x-icon Sat Oct 07 22:31:07 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

Yes, game tokens are centrally managed, but so are almost all ICO app tokens. Only one provider can consume them.

x-icon Sat Oct 07 22:32:14 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

Another key point that someone who has some experience designing & maintaining a virtual economy knows how hard & paradoxical it can be.

x-icon Sat Oct 07 22:34:27 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

I’m not saying that the old guard of virtual world token designers understand blockchain incentive designs. But there are many connections.

x-icon Sat Oct 07 22:37:16 +0000 2017


RT @Avivz78: The call for papers for the BITCOIN’18 workshop is online!
(held with FC’18 in Curaçao)
http://fc18.ifca.ai/bitcoin/cfp.html
Send your be…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 03:34:54 +0000 2017


RT @jonasschnelli: I’ll give a talk about „The Bitcoin Core project: what is Bitcoin Core and who is behind it„ at Tue Oct 17th in LA
htt…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 18:56:52 +0000 2017


RT @VladZamfir: @angela_walch @ecoinomia And even when we can objectively verify when a market participant behaves honestly, there are limi…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 18:57:41 +0000 2017


RT @VladZamfir: @angela_walch @ecoinomia The objective verification of whether or not a service has been provided isn’t possible for every…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 18:57:55 +0000 2017


RT @adam3us: @gavinandresen many underestimate risk & complexity, adversarial thinking & game theory’s counter-intuitive, hard to teach is…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 19:01:52 +0000 2017


RT @theQSLmind: Money is the most overestimated asset in life. Underestimated but more important assets are:
-Time
-Attention
-Knowing the…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 19:23:06 +0000 2017


RT @Steve_Lockstep: Terrific #quantumcomputing supplement in current @nature magazine. Experts set reasonable expectations. Long read! No e…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 19:26:33 +0000 2017


Replying to @kate_sills and @naval

Another dimension is that most current crypto-economists focus only on speculative & transactional wealth, and not systemic “deep” wealth.

image-twitter

x-icon Sun Oct 08 21:56:30 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: @kate_sills @naval Another dimension is that most current crypto-economists focus only on speculative & transactional wea…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 21:56:52 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: @kate_sills @naval Another key point that someone who has some experience designing & maintaining a virtual economy knows…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 21:57:11 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: @kate_sills @naval Yes, game tokens are centrally managed, but so are almost all ICO app tokens. Only one provider can co…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 21:57:26 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: @kate_sills @naval In general many ICO app tokens are not that different, and long term may be fundamentally broken witho…

x-icon Sun Oct 08 21:57:27 +0000 2017


Interesting set of goals for the @PanoramixH2020 project—both network mixing for privacy but also accountability. 🤞 https://panoramix-project.eu/home/our_goals/

x-icon Mon Oct 09 00:29:20 +0000 2017


Replying to @ladislavtweet and @naval

A number of links posted elsewhere in this thread if you start at top.

x-icon Mon Oct 09 02:08:43 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: .@lightcoin The difference between disruptive and transformative is the difference between slicing a pie or growing a big…

x-icon Mon Oct 09 15:52:57 +0000 2017


Interesting MBA academic overview of “C-Form” organizations, from open source communities to flat participatory orgs https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marc_David_Seidel/publication/235306022_An_Initial_Description_of_the_C-Form/links/5782574508ae01f736e8e616/An-Initial-Description-of-the-C-Form.pdf

x-icon Mon Oct 09 16:56:10 +0000 2017


RT @windley: Related to my Equifax and Correlatable Identifiers post > “Must Read: Identity Cards and Terrorism.” https://hackernoon.com/the-anonymous-email-a-warning-on-the-dangers-of-mandatory-identity-cards-c3c36b9490fb

x-icon Mon Oct 09 19:38:45 +0000 2017


Richard Thaler, author of “Nudge” & many behavioral economics papers, has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/10/richard-thaler-nobel-economics/542400/

x-icon Mon Oct 09 19:44:08 +0000 2017


Replying to @smashthepast and @rclemmons

For #RebootingWebOfTrust you can subscribe to announcements at bottom of http://www.weboftrust.info/ — for W3C-CCG info https://w3c-ccg.github.io/

x-icon Tue Oct 10 01:51:26 +0000 2017


RT @TuurDemeester: Killer app for self sovereign identity? Info signed by credible source will command higher value in a world of impersona…

x-icon Tue Oct 10 06:27:54 +0000 2017


RT @xmlgrrl: “We should see ourselves as part-time custodians of our customers’ data” — @sainsburys getting #trust really right attitudinal…

x-icon Tue Oct 10 06:37:07 +0000 2017


RT @qz: Before winning the Nobel Prize, Richard Thaler cameoed in an Oscar-winning film—with Selena Gomez http://bit.ly/2kzwXXI

x-icon Tue Oct 10 14:32:51 +0000 2017


RT @anguschampion: The eternal question on almost all ICOs.
( or bitcoin, obviously) https://twitter.com/thestalwart/status/917733440841289728

x-icon Tue Oct 10 14:33:13 +0000 2017


I could make an argument that ICOs reduce unit of account—the extreme is all paying xchg fees as no one will accept the underlying token. https://twitter.com/thestalwart/status/917733440841289728

x-icon Tue Oct 10 14:41:56 +0000 2017


RT @PerianneDC: RE ICOs: @NYSE’s Tom Farley asks what happens to usage tokens if the business model pivots (as startups often do)? @GUFinPo…

x-icon Tue Oct 10 19:24:48 +0000 2017


In our communities, online & offline, big & small, we should be saying more “We don’t do that here”. Useful tool! http://www.thagomizer.com/blog/2017/09/29/we-don-t-do-that-here.html

image-twitter

x-icon Wed Oct 11 06:31:43 +0000 2017


I am arriving Berlin on Saturday—I have Sunday open, some of Monday & Friday & all the 21st & 22nd. I’d love to see more of my colleagues.

x-icon Wed Oct 11 06:36:53 +0000 2017


RT @dustyweb: With @ChristopherA and I co-authoring https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/draft-documents/smarm.md I now have a name collision bound to a conference partly about…

x-icon Thu Oct 12 02:00:35 +0000 2017


RT @hashbreaker: “Today billions of brains sit in skulls, impervious to search warrants. Warrant-proof skulls are a serious problem.” https…

x-icon Thu Oct 12 02:05:52 +0000 2017


I believe that a serious re-thinking of how we build & incentivize innovation needs to be done. Some interesting thoughts here: https://twitter.com/eladgil/status/918159593074671617

x-icon Thu Oct 12 02:18:38 +0000 2017


I would like to explore more the area of ECOs — Ecosystems Coin Offerings. Where companies can compete &/or collaborate on best solutions.

x-icon Thu Oct 12 02:21:26 +0000 2017


RT @NakamotoInst: JUST ADDED: “Smart Contracts Glossary” by @NickSzabo4 http://nakamotoinstitute.org/smart-contracts-glossary/

x-icon Thu Oct 12 02:25:52 +0000 2017


In 90s I hired the best talent at 80% prevailing wage in return for 20% extra time off. So this can work in US too: https://ifstudies.org/blog/his-standards-or-hers-how-men-and-women-define-success

x-icon Thu Oct 12 14:22:51 +0000 2017


RT @TaylorPearsonMe: 25/ In the same way individuals shaped themselves to fit the corporation, we are just beginning to shape ourselves to…

x-icon Thu Oct 12 14:28:45 +0000 2017


I’m looking forward to Signature Aggregation in Bitcoin—not only scaling but also fungibility improvements. Schnorr👍 https://www.coindesk.com/just-segwit-bitcoin-core-already-working-new-scaling-upgrade/

x-icon Thu Oct 12 16:27:32 +0000 2017


RT @lightning: Today we’re excited to announce our Lightning Desktop app, now available for testing! http://blog.lightning.engineering/announcement/2017/10/12/test-blitz.html #bitcoin #ligh…

x-icon Fri Oct 13 10:03:47 +0000 2017


RT @jbdezard: Great post. I agree. Incentivized bindings between equity and tokens need to be engineered properly. https://twitter.com/christophera/status/918299841335255040

x-icon Fri Oct 13 10:06:28 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: I would like to explore more the area of ECOs — Ecosystems Coin Offerings. Where companies can compete &/or collaborate o…

x-icon Fri Oct 13 10:06:44 +0000 2017


Replying to @kevinakwok

We call that the meta game.

x-icon Fri Oct 13 10:09:24 +0000 2017


RT @adam3us: @roasbeef like how @roasbeef @starkness @rusty_twit @Snyke @tdryja & LN collaboration across cos & univ just deliver code, mos…

x-icon Fri Oct 13 10:13:56 +0000 2017


RT @adam3us: @roasbeef @starkness @rusty_twit @Snyke @tdryja rough consensus and running code is better than politics #cypherpunksWriteCode

x-icon Fri Oct 13 10:14:01 +0000 2017


Along with Schnorr Key Aggregation, here is another important future opportunity enabled by Bitcoin’s segwit: https://twitter.com/bitcointechtalk/status/918485250723815424

x-icon Fri Oct 13 10:18:09 +0000 2017


RT @futureidentity: My paper on “Privacy post-Snowden” is out, in Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society (JICES): http…

x-icon Sat Oct 14 13:54:32 +0000 2017


I’d rather see UNICEF as a trusted oracle & guarantor of smart bonds that become for those who demonstrate positive sustainability goals. https://twitter.com/delrayman/status/918861056092659712

x-icon Sat Oct 14 14:15:53 +0000 2017


RT @LaurentMT: Actually, it’s well known that a S.W. topology can even be the sign of a hierarchical structure.
https://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/nips14.pdf htt…

x-icon Sat Oct 14 19:42:23 +0000 2017


RT @LaurentMT: If your goal is to ensure network resilience AND censorship resistance, a S.W. topology might be a complication.
https://t…

x-icon Sat Oct 14 19:45:10 +0000 2017


RT @LaurentMT: So, as a conclusion: like many things, it’s all about trade-off. It’s certainly better to avoid definitive claims expressed…

x-icon Sat Oct 14 19:47:06 +0000 2017


RT @perrymetzger: Utter idiocy. Also, why do people still have maximum password lengths under, say, 128 or 256 chars? You’re storing the ha…

x-icon Sat Oct 14 19:47:52 +0000 2017


RT @kate_sills: Bottom line is, we need political philosophers who know enough law, economics and computer science to design new institutio…

x-icon Sat Oct 14 19:58:59 +0000 2017


RT @kate_sills: Institutions that take full advantage of our advancements in game theory, cryptography, data processing, communication spee…

x-icon Sat Oct 14 19:59:01 +0000 2017


True! 👍 https://twitter.com/kate_sills/status/919249786665967617

x-icon Sat Oct 14 19:59:45 +0000 2017


Replying to @Fennie_Wang and @ixo_foundation

A key challenge is not re-creating a new centrality. Ideally an entity like UNICEF stewards an ecosystem until vibrant, then steps away.

x-icon Sat Oct 14 20:48:48 +0000 2017


RT @aniltj: With current talk re: SSNs and Identity, a recap on the difference between an authenticator and identifier https://t.co/WCfkA4t…

x-icon Mon Oct 16 10:53:33 +0000 2017


This is why every time I see someone attempting “algorithmic agility” or the latest list of TLS ciphersuite I cringe https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2017/10/16/falling-through-the-kracks/amp/

image-twitter

x-icon Mon Oct 16 15:51:00 +0000 2017


RT @petertoddbtc: This is a really good program; strongly recommended to apply if you want to get into Bitcoin development! https://t.co/LX…

x-icon Mon Oct 16 16:00:43 +0000 2017


RT @mgd: Marketing Data and GDPR Compliance cartoon Marketoonist Tom Fishburne https://buff.ly/2ytR66P

image-twitter

x-icon Mon Oct 16 16:00:51 +0000 2017


This is why I supported SSL in IETF process in 90s rather than IEEE or worse ISO. Still wish we’d not used ASN.1, another paywall standard. https://twitter.com/el33th4xor/status/919899906109734912

x-icon Mon Oct 16 16:04:26 +0000 2017


If you manage software development I recommend you read both of these articles: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/we-fired-our-top-talent-best-decision-we-ever-made-4c0a99728fde https://medium.com/@deusexmachina667/you-fired-your-top-talent-i-hope-youre-happy-cf57c41183dd

x-icon Mon Oct 16 16:15:04 +0000 2017


Being an ally (not just of gender, race or sexual preference but all diversity) can be hard. Some tips @betterallies https://code.likeagirl.io/lets-meet-over-coffee-or-is-that-creepy-2c5cfab72469

x-icon Mon Oct 16 16:22:58 +0000 2017


RT @CassSunstein: Misconceptions about nudges. Relevant in the wake of the latest Nobel Prize in Economics.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3033101

x-icon Mon Oct 16 20:14:54 +0000 2017


RT @dustyweb: @ChristopherA @manusporny okay I couldn’t resist https://github.com/w3c-dvcg/ld-signatures/issues/15

x-icon Tue Oct 17 14:07:45 +0000 2017


RT @valkenburgh: An open blockchain token is the digital equivalent of a property right. Property is a right against all (think trespass).…

x-icon Tue Oct 17 16:07:49 +0000 2017


RT @anguschampion: @rezendi Can’t decentralize and make a fortune, yet people keep designing to try to do that. Hence why most decentralize…

x-icon Wed Oct 18 08:28:58 +0000 2017


Replying to @ahopebailie and @github

I’ve begun some: http://github.com/ChristopherA/self

x-icon Wed Oct 18 10:06:42 +0000 2017


@hrdng I’d love to get your review of the start of my Bitcoin CLI course, in particular sections 2-11 https://github.com/ChristopherA/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line

x-icon Wed Oct 18 12:23:53 +0000 2017


Replying to @ahopebailie and @github

I do have a /private repo, but you can’t see it. The files are PGP encrypted so I can easily sync them cross computers. Not used issues yet.

x-icon Wed Oct 18 15:58:37 +0000 2017


Thoughts on digital cash circa 1996, based on the bleeding edge crypto of the time. It wasn’t all invented in 2009. http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/money/nsamint/nsamint.htm

x-icon Thu Oct 19 09:09:16 +0000 2017


Replying to @msgilligan and @MichaelRAlessio

At more recent #RebootingWebOfTrust we’ve been talking about giving software releases DIDs (decentralized identifiers) controlled by DIDs.

x-icon Thu Oct 19 12:08:59 +0000 2017


@NikMilanovic For the latest on self-sovereign identity you should share https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/draft-documents/self-sovereign-identity-primer.md

x-icon Thu Oct 19 13:12:53 +0000 2017


RT @NikMilanovic: The new #blockchain paradigm and the coming extinction for passports, wallets, and SSN’s. http://tcrn.ch/2xM5lQm #fintec…

x-icon Thu Oct 19 13:13:06 +0000 2017


This strategy of division may have started in Russia, but also is happening all over the world: Turkey, Poland, Great Britain, and now US. https://twitter.com/casssunstein/status/920982776748404736

x-icon Thu Oct 19 13:36:50 +0000 2017


I’m not convinced that Xapo Swiss bunker is anything but security theatre. Every expert will say security by obscurity is a bad practice. https://twitter.com/trbouma/status/920845865920749573

x-icon Thu Oct 19 14:46:41 +0000 2017


RT @SarahJamieLewis: “Most security debt is dark” - @Dymaxion #hacklu

As someone who has done lots of legacy tech security work, this.

x-icon Thu Oct 19 14:49:51 +0000 2017


Greg Maxwell & Chris Cook demo a portable @Blockstream Satellite Bitcoin data feed from roof of our Berlin hotel. No internet required!

image-twitter

image-twitter

x-icon Thu Oct 19 15:48:58 +0000 2017


RT @bitstein: Try to find something that makes you as happy as a portable @Blockstream Satellite Bitcoin data feed makes Greg Maxwell. http…

x-icon Thu Oct 19 15:54:50 +0000 2017


Replying to @VCfSEE_TimWayre, @NicolasDorier and @Blockstream

Yes, satellite uplink is expensive, but a Bitcoin transaction is only about 200 bytes, or about US$0.02. Worth it for censorship resistance.

x-icon Fri Oct 20 06:54:10 +0000 2017


RT @iang_fc: @ChristopherA @AAinslie Claude Shannon (paraphrasing K2) said it best: “The enemy knows the system.”

Every natsec agency: “bu…

x-icon Fri Oct 20 12:27:33 +0000 2017


Replying to @PilotDaveCrypto and @Blockstream

Any cheap 45cm satellite dish will work, such as a cheap used DirectTV antenna (though bigger is better). Details at https://github.com/blockstream/satellite

x-icon Sat Oct 21 10:38:19 +0000 2017


Replying to @VCfSEE_TimWayre, @PeterHebly, @NicolasDorier and @Blockstream

We are working on that. Increasing bandwidth using two satellites. Tx are about 200 bytes so can send SMS. And two-way is on roadmap.

x-icon Sat Oct 21 10:41:15 +0000 2017


Replying to @VCfSEE_TimWayre, @PeterHebly, @NicolasDorier and @Blockstream

Yes, today you can’t sink full node from scratch, but you can keep a full or pruned node up-to-date, which is more important. Redundancy!

x-icon Sat Oct 21 10:43:52 +0000 2017


I have been arguing this point for a long time: http://www.participatoryecosystem.com https://twitter.com/cryptananda/status/921685991483760640

x-icon Sat Oct 21 10:46:51 +0000 2017


Replying to @VCfSEE_TimWayre, @PeterHebly, @NicolasDorier and @Blockstream

Thanks! Kindergarten was so much fun—we learned to work together & its lessons set a learning foundation that enable us to change the world!

x-icon Sat Oct 21 11:15:11 +0000 2017


Replying to @amigus

So are you saying Bitcoin is Marxist? It certainly has many of the properties of a participatory ecosystem.

x-icon Sat Oct 21 23:48:34 +0000 2017


We censorship resistance is important! https://twitter.com/shelbygrossman/status/921794306595344384

x-icon Sun Oct 22 00:08:36 +0000 2017


Our 2nd virtual salon on #TokenEthics will be on Wed Oct 25 at 5pm PDT (Thu Oct 26th at 9am Tokyo 00:00 GMT) https://blockstream.zoom.us/meeting/register/fd09efe1bfc8d7797c24e00bf0acd2b8

x-icon Mon Oct 23 07:21:27 +0000 2017


Replying to @maraoz

Can I get one out of @manusporny’s time instead? 🤞

x-icon Mon Oct 23 07:23:34 +0000 2017


Replying to @PeterHebly, @VCfSEE_TimWayre, @NicolasDorier and @Blockstream

I’m asking for a definitive answer. I know that you can be down for at least 24 hours and catch up almost immediately—beyond that, unsure.

x-icon Tue Oct 24 15:56:16 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: Our 2nd virtual salon on #TokenEthics will be on Wed Oct 25 at 5pm PDT (Thu Oct 26th at 9am Tokyo 00:00 GMT) https://t.co…

x-icon Tue Oct 24 18:23:37 +0000 2017


As I recall, the original plan was to use these Ecash tokens for reputation currency, to gift colleagues for good deeds, or buy into parties https://twitter.com/jp_koning/status/922645048675758080

x-icon Wed Oct 25 02:31:39 +0000 2017


RT @TuurDemeester: I no longer endorse Xapo for Bitcoin custody. I worry their technical bar is not raised high enough.

x-icon Wed Oct 25 02:33:02 +0000 2017


This is why in the DIDs we designed for key rotation, so that any keys used in credentials can be rotated rather than revoked. https://twitter.com/newsycombinator/status/922945904969224199

x-icon Wed Oct 25 02:37:47 +0000 2017


RT @darrello: Today’s thinking question: Why do companies think they need to own MY digital identity? #SelfSovereignIdentity #blockchain ht…

x-icon Wed Oct 25 04:57:15 +0000 2017


Tonight’s #TokenEthics Virtual Salon is starting in 5 minutes (5PM PDT, 9AM Tokyo) https://blockstream.zoom.us/meeting/register/fd09efe1bfc8d7797c24e00bf0acd2b8

x-icon Wed Oct 25 23:54:27 +0000 2017


Consensus of today’s #TokenEthics Salon: “Responsible projects gain control of funds as they can usefully spend them.” #ConventionalWisdom

x-icon Thu Oct 26 01:18:08 +0000 2017


RT @yanntn: @ChristopherA Helps teams stay focused + discipline. Contains $$ damage of project blowouts. Could even reduce tax liability…

x-icon Thu Oct 26 03:13:09 +0000 2017


RT @EricLStromberg: @ChristopherA was a fair amount of discussion about time locks and pull cords / triggers for partial refunds (various t…

x-icon Thu Oct 26 03:13:56 +0000 2017


RT @AlpenSheth: @EricLStromberg @ChristopherA …and raising the bar overall for better outcomes down the road, broader participating from…

x-icon Thu Oct 26 13:11:55 +0000 2017


RT @justinpervorse: So turns out being in 25+ Slack channels plus all the DM’s is actually worse than using email to communicate with people

x-icon Thu Oct 26 13:23:15 +0000 2017


Paper proposes improvements to how we measure GDP in order to improve #DeepWealth. We can’t manage what we don’t measure!

image-twitter

x-icon Thu Oct 26 13:49:23 +0000 2017


…co-authored by @DianeCoyle1859 /ht @profjasonpotts

x-icon Thu Oct 26 13:52:03 +0000 2017


RT @DianeCoyle1859: Thank you to everyone for all the kind messages today. Do read all three papers: http://global-perspectives.org.uk/indigo-prize/indigo-prize-winners-2017/

x-icon Thu Oct 26 13:53:20 +0000 2017


Replying to @DianeCoyle1859 and @profjasonpotts

#DeepWealth: Measuring more than the financial transactions of a system, but its resilience, sustainability, commons, and natural capital.

image-twitter

x-icon Thu Oct 26 14:03:31 +0000 2017


RT @ChristopherA: @DianeCoyle1859 @profjasonpotts #DeepWealth: Measuring more than the financial transactions of a system, but its resilien…

x-icon Thu Oct 26 14:03:41 +0000 2017


RT @anivar: @WorldBank Jury Observes: Aadhar has emerged as a barrier for people to access entitlements as basic as food. The problems are…

x-icon Thu Oct 26 14:23:36 +0000 2017


RT @sweis: Nice timeline of SSL, TLS, & PKI history:
https://www.feistyduck.com/ssl-tls-and-pki-history/

x-icon Thu Oct 26 14:26:08 +0000 2017


Replying to @1WorldIdentity

…and nothing on agenda related to self-sovereign Identity?

x-icon Thu Oct 26 14:42:54 +0000 2017


Is this showing anywhere in Bay Area? https://twitter.com/arstechnica/status/923538633604456449

x-icon Thu Oct 26 14:46:30 +0000 2017


Replying to @PeterHebly, @VCfSEE_TimWayre, @NicolasDorier and @Blockstream

Currently Blockstream Satellite is transmitting 92kbps downlink, with only the last 24 hours of blocks & tx. Both are planned for increase.

x-icon Thu Oct 26 19:41:37 +0000 2017


Replying to @PeterHebly, @VCfSEE_TimWayre, @NicolasDorier and @Blockstream

Thus at this moment for a very remote node you have to first sync full node & deliver in <24 hours. If you need more time, talk to us!

x-icon Thu Oct 26 19:43:57 +0000 2017


Replying to @zacharylarson, @DianeCoyle1859 and @profjasonpotts

First paper in this set (though all are on GDP and are interesting): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/10/25/first-winners-indigo-prize-economics-given-135000-re-imagining/

x-icon Thu Oct 26 19:48:16 +0000 2017


RT @TaylorPearsonMe: 6/ Politics and economics by contrast strike me unknown unknowns. We don’t know what we don’t know about them.

x-icon Fri Oct 27 20:37:27 +0000 2017


RT @TaylorPearsonMe: 9/ We are far more ignorant of these systems, yet believe we understand them. As Kahneman said “We are blind to our bl…

x-icon Fri Oct 27 20:37:34 +0000 2017


RT @TaylorPearsonMe: 31/ We may be at a stage analogous to the Articles of Confederation where we are trying a new system of governance tha…

x-icon Fri Oct 27 20:39:25 +0000 2017


RT @TaylorPearsonMe: 40/ We should be cautious. The 20th century should have taught us that testing out new forms of government is a danger…

x-icon Fri Oct 27 20:39:53 +0000 2017


A manifesto by @Joi on ecosystem resilience vs singularity: “Developing a sensibility and a culture of flourishing…” https://pubpub.ito.com/pub/resisting-reduction

image-twitter

x-icon Sat Oct 28 15:49:59 +0000 2017


Replying to @nic__carter and @brandon4bitcoin

I am working on documenting a process for creating procedures for cold storage & smart custody. One scenario is mostly Ledger—in review now.

x-icon Sat Oct 28 15:56:45 +0000 2017


RT @nic__carter: I’m the most paranoid person I know and even I struggle to follow proper crypto opsec. We are NOT mainstream ready until w…

x-icon Sat Oct 28 15:57:34 +0000 2017


The #TokenEthics community has broad consensus that multi-stage models, parallel to how seed/VC rounds work, are needed when issuing tokens. https://twitter.com/spirosmargaris/status/924669282054819841

x-icon Sun Oct 29 16:17:39 +0000 2017


Replying to @lopp and @MeherRoy

App-coins are worse than alt-coins, as they can only be used for one specific centralized service. I’m open to ideas about ecosystem tokens.

x-icon Sun Oct 29 17:53:54 +0000 2017


Replying to @ak_kim0, @anguschampion and @lopp

Example? Four different companies, different code bases, implementing the Lighting Network—new capability, decentralized, no pre-mine or ICO

x-icon Sun Oct 29 17:57:51 +0000 2017


I worry that we are loosing this battle. Top security professionals agree that, at best “Biometrics are usernames, not passwords”!! https://twitter.com/netik/status/924333873252646914

x-icon Sun Oct 29 18:07:50 +0000 2017


Replying to @dgwbirch and @netik

I disagree. They “can be” but should not be passwords. Even on iPhone the real authenticator is possession of the phone with registered keys

x-icon Sun Oct 29 18:11:30 +0000 2017


Good overview of sortition by kate_sills, which was used by the Athenian Greeks in democracy, and largely forgotten today! https://twitter.com/kate_sills/status/924728954178564097

x-icon Mon Oct 30 01:51:44 +0000 2017


Replying to @Kyle_DH

I also don’t like them as identifiers either, because a) correlation risks & abuses & b) there are many people with same biometric

x-icon Mon Oct 30 03:48:56 +0000 2017


Video by @BTCBenny detailing many of the advanced features of the @GreenAddress #Bitcoin wallet: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yKtYGoMNgdE

x-icon Mon Oct 30 15:20:15 +0000 2017


Replying to @smdiehl, @sj_mackenzie, @jjmerelo and @brian_steffens

You may want to take a look at Simplicity, a sequent calculus approach to a secure provable language https://blockstream.com/2017/10/30/simplicity.html

x-icon Mon Oct 30 15:33:49 +0000 2017


I talked briefly about Simplicity in my #SmartSignatures whitepaper earlier this year. More info available now: https://blockstream.com/2017/10/30/simplicity.html

x-icon Mon Oct 30 15:36:19 +0000 2017


Here is my poster talk on #SmartSignature languages presented at Euro S&P earlier this year:

image-twitter

x-icon Mon Oct 30 15:39:20 +0000 2017


Here is the full #SmartSignatures paper: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/ID2020DesignWorkshop/blob/master/final-documents/smarter-signatures.pdf?raw=true

x-icon Mon Oct 30 15:42:06 +0000 2017


Another addition to possible #SmartSignature languages (came out after my paper) is @Chepurnoy’s Σ-State Authentication Language, from FC27:

image-twitter

x-icon Mon Oct 30 15:52:45 +0000 2017


At this month’s #RebootingWebOfTrust we continued some discussions on #SmartSignature languages, this is scheme-ish: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/draft-documents/smarm.md

x-icon Mon Oct 30 15:55:47 +0000 2017


Related to this topic is @smdiehl’s talk “Near Future of Programming Languages”:
http://dev.stephendiehl.com/nearfuture.pdf

x-icon Mon Oct 30 15:57:55 +0000 2017


RT @lopp: Simplicity: A New Language for Blockchains https://blockstream.com/simplicity.pdf H/T @alexbosworth

image-twitter

x-icon Mon Oct 30 20:54:32 +0000 2017


Dr. O’Connor’s t-shirt at #PLAS2017 w/ Simplicity’s complete denotational & operational semantics for provable code: https://blockstream.com/2017/10/30/simplicity.html

image-twitter

image-twitter

image-twitter

image-twitter

x-icon Tue Oct 31 16:42:41 +0000 2017


RT @Blockcerts: The plan is for Blockcerts verification to support all of these methods. https://twitter.com/chrisjagers/status/925359769430487040

x-icon Tue Oct 31 20:00:52 +0000 2017


😠 “It appears that network hardware…are blocking TLS 1.3 packets because they don’t recognize the protocol.” https://blogs.akamai.com/2017/10/i-can-haz-tls-13.html

x-icon Tue Oct 31 20:13:01 +0000 2017


RT @marcidale: IRS told @drummondreed that switching from social security numbers to secure digital id could save $20 B/yr in fraud alone #…

x-icon Tue Oct 31 20:13:26 +0000 2017


RT @okTurtles: #BlockCon 2017 - Decentralized Public Key Infrastructure (DPKI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUKkMag9x1w @goblockcon #DPKI

x-icon Tue Oct 31 20:36:46 +0000 2017

Updated: