RT @SEC_News: Statement on potentially unlawful promotion of initial coin offerings and other investments by celebrities + others https://t…
RT @DecentralizedID: Introducing the Universal Resolver for Decentralized Identifiers - post and primary dev by DIF member @Peacekeeper: ht…
Very true. There are parties that I still won’t do biz with because they don’t contribute back to the communities that made them successful. https://twitter.com/francispouliot_/status/926129445462781952
RT @JAXenterCOM: #Simplicity could become the go-to language for crypto-currencies and #blockchain applications http://sta.cr/2UAW1
RT @kyletorpey: 🤔Where would sidechain progress be without the XT, Classic, Unlimited, and 2x distractions? https://twitter.com/Truthcoin/status/926463533524627456
Two years ago we today we started the first #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop in SF. Five events later we are making great progress!! https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/661662459372154880
RT @BitcoinMagazine: Introducing a Programming Language so Simple, It “Fits on a T-shirt” https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/introducing-programming-language-so-simple-it-fits-t-shirt/ @Blockstream #bitcoin #Pr…
Replying to @BitcoinMagazine and @Blockstream
Discussion from last #RebootingWebOfTrust of requirements for a language on top of Simplicity might possibly be: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/blob/master/draft-documents/smarm.md
RT @ChristopherA: @BitcoinMagazine @Blockstream Discussion from last #RebootingWebOfTrust of requirements for a language on top of Simplici…
If there is anyone at #ScalingBitcoin that wants to talk tonight about Simplicity, #SmartSignatures, Smarm, Dex & MAST languages, ping me!
As usual, @kanzure is doing an AMAZING job capturing the text the talks & presentations live from @ScalingBitcoin http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/scalingbitcoin/stanford-2017/
Replying to @kanzure and @ScalingBitcoin
Watching @kanzure transcribing @roasbeef is like watching a race between two thoroughbreds! Who will win?
RT @thegrugq: #1 - get an iPhone https://twitter.com/ZDNet/status/926484786440372230
The long term risks & cost of doing an ICO or other cryptographic token offering: https://twitter.com/melt_dem/status/926898134973911042
RT @ChristopherA: @kanzure @ScalingBitcoin Watching @kanzure transcribing @roasbeef is like watching a race between two thoroughbreds! Who…
RT @kanzure: @ChristopherA @ScalingBitcoin @roasbeef me. i won. https://twitter.com/kanzure/status/926940907466735617
Replying to @Melt_Dem
It also causes startup to lock in business model, preventing them from from pivoting. Not many startups have avoided pivoting.
Replying to @Melt_Dem
Incentives can become misaligned in ICO, creating moral hazard. Post ICO laziness is also a risk. How do you hire qualified people post ICO?
RT @lopp: “I’m going to make @kanzure’s fingers fall off while trying to transcribe what I’m saying.” - @roasbeef @ScalingBitcoin
RT @lightcoin: @lopp @kanzure @roasbeef @ScalingBitcoin Kanzure: “Challenge accepted!”
RT @kanzure: @adam3us @lightcoin @lopp @roasbeef @ScalingBitcoin here you go https://twitter.com/jmcorgan/status/926944848443142144
👍“Money is not inherently valuable” “just a tool…to communicate…to exchange…to store…to account for the value” https://medium.com/@AudunGulbrands1/money-is-a-social-construct-and-thats-why-you-should-run-a-bitcoin-full-node-ea0330cb69a5
Current plan is a #SmartSignatures, Bitcoin Script, Simplicity, etc. dinner Sunday. @petertoddbtc @roasbeef @johnsonlau01 @kallewoof
“Why does the price of Bitcoin keep going up?” — @bobbyclee
RT @petertoddbtc: Disagree on this point. While not for everyone, I find meeting people in person much more efficient, and builds stronger…
RT @benjaminjwhitby: @jamie247 @RuffTimo @evernym @SovrinID @brockpierce @wmougayar @sytaylor @DomSchiener @DelRayMan @stefanobernardi @cbu…
Replying to @lightcoin
Schnorr, MAST, Simplicity, Scriptless Scripts & other true predicate smart contract approaches.
RT @TuurDemeester: “Why biometric features are usernames, not passwords” https://twitter.com/manukasabakan/status/926697716259753984
RT @buzz: “This is content production in the age of algorithmic discovery” https://medium.com/@jamesbridle/something-is-wrong-on-the-internet-c39c471271d2?source=linkShare-7e6927bbe7dd-1510032088
RT @mndell: Flaw crippling millions of crypto keys is worse than first disclosed https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/flaw-crippling-millions-of-crypto-keys-is-worse-than-first-disclosed/
RT @drummondreed: At #W3CTPAC, @manusporny beings the #selfsovereignweb session with Credentials Community Group chairs @ChristopherA and @…
RT @drummondreed: @jamie247 @Steve_Lockstep @benjaminjwhitby @RuffTimo @evernym @SovrinID @brockpierce @wmougayar @sytaylor @DomSchiener @D…
RT @Provoost: @nicksdjohnson @maurelian_ @phildaian Maxwell “likes” threshold signatures, because it’s too difficult for idiots to implemen…
RT @TheBlueMatt: Lets take Segwit2x’s failure as a learning experience - Bitcoin’s community is strong, and needs to broadly support any…
RT @RuffTimo: @jamie247 @Steve_Lockstep @benjaminjwhitby @evernym @SovrinID @brockpierce @wmougayar @sytaylor @DomSchiener @DelRayMan @stef…
RT @Blockcerts: “Are blockchain-based Certificates useless?” Clearing up technical misconceptions. http://community.blockcerts.org/t/blockchain-based-certificate-useless/473/4
We need to understand how these informal reputation networks form & how to support them, else we risk the humaneness of them: “Digital data doesn’t count for much because most of what is valuable is offline biashara.” https://kioneki.com/2017/11/08/how-kenyas-digital-financial-inclusion-industry-is-failing-women-entrepreneurs/
Replying to @LukeDashjr
Could you maybe automate regular changes to POW faster than ASICs can be built & paid off, using random parameters based on say Xth byte of a yearly blockhash? Is it plausible?
RT @lightcoin: I want a sidechain generator like this @ChristopherA :D https://twitter.com/lightcoin/status/920784687852789760
RT @alexstapleton: A Revised “Ostrom’s Design Principles for Collective Governance of the Commons” by @ChristopherA
http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2015/11/a-revised-ostroms-design-principles-for-collective-governance-of-the-commons-.html
Replying to @iang_fc and @pamelawjd
Your paper refers to too large a Dunbar Number. See http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2008/09/group-threshold.html — I have a whole series of these linked off of http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/tags/community-by-the-numbers/
RT @iang_fc: @ChristopherA @pamelawjd But I’m getting to the end of my teaching tenure with only one part V left to write: https://t.co/DPJ…
RT @Dsocuk: Really good things getting going with #TokenEthics. Credit to @ChristopherA and all ethical and responsible coin and token…
RT @senatorshoshana: Letter from @RSI @accessnow
@C4Liberty @CenDemTech @demandprogress
@EFF @EngineOrg @FreedomWorks @ncacensorship
@NewAm…
We need a cryptographic blinding like this for W3C’s Verifiable Claims. A worthy addition is to see if Andrew Poelstra’s Scriptless Scripts technique inspired by Mimble Wimble can add something to this. Join us! https://twitter.com/grittygrease/status/928645793338204160
RT @jfnewbery: @orionwl @pwuille @jonasschnelli @adam3us @TheBlueMatt @lopp @murchandamus (shameless plug 😳) I’ve announced an initiative…
RT @jfnewbery: @orionwl @pwuille @jonasschnelli @adam3us @TheBlueMatt @lopp @murchandamus @roasbeef @JackMallers @alexbosworth @starkness…
Read the whole thread — much work has been done to improve Bitcoin & more to come. With collegiality hopefully returning & heads down on code some great things can happen! https://twitter.com/jfnewbery/status/928642936555876354
RT @betterallies: The next time I meet someone at a tech event, I’ll assume they’re technical. How about you?
“Death by a thousand microa…
RT @naval: Twitter Rules:
Praise specifically, criticize generally. Don’t respond to negativity. Say it as if to their face. Be original. D…
Replying to @DoveCameron
I hope one of them is you are starring in a 50’s retro noir movie.
“I have yet to see an ICO that doesn’t have a sufficient number of hallmarks of a security” SEC Chairman Jay Clayton in unscripted remarks: https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-chief-fires-warning-shot-against-coin-offerings-1510247148
👍Important new anonymity tool: “allows users to acquire…tokens for each Cloudflare challenge CAPTCHA that they solve. Once…acquired, users are able to bypass future…CAPTCHAs using the redemption phase of the protocol” https://medium.com/@alxdavids/privacy-pass-6f0acf075288
RT @jfnewbery: @orionwl Work continues apace on signature aggregation and batch validation
(thanks to @pwuille and gmaxwell)
Relevant to our Joram & Amira user stories from #RebootingWebOfTrust: small authoritarian regimes can still threaten legal immigrants & refugees: https://twitter.com/united4iran/status/928701010805252099
Simulation of an important concept in Game Theory from Nobel winner Schelling. Relevant to diversity, intolerance & even ecosystems of ideas. “1. Small individual bias→Large collective bias.
- The past haunts the present.
- Demand diversity near you.” http://ncase.me/polygons/
@FledgeLLC At one point several years ago you had some standard documents for non-equity financing for benefit corps, in the form of a revenue or royalty backed instruments. This may be of interest for crypto tokens. Any updates on sample docs?
I’ve been playing with Github corp’s “Soft U2F” FIDO second factor auth utility for the Mac, which makes use of the trusted processor & fingerprint sensor in Touch Bar of the newer Macbook Pros. So far I like it over leaving a Yubikey Nano in my Mac. https://githubengineering.com/soft-u2f/
RT @ChristopherA: @FledgeLLC At one point several years ago you had some standard documents for non-equity financing for benefit corps, in…
Given engineer salaries I have always considered the architecture of the office environment to be critical. Open offices fail, hub & spoke can work, eudemonia never heard of: https://medium.com/@ummerr/youre-working-in-the-wrong-place-e289036ee01c
RT @pascalbouvier: the Romans invented most things (Greeks too)
this: “Rome had a legal system that venerated property rights & was desi…
Replying to @jmj
I’m not at architect but I’ve built out 3 productive office environments. None perfect but many lessons learned. For engineers particularly pay attention to natural light & air, and sound.
RT @ChristopherA: @jmj I’m not at architect but I’ve built out 3 productive office environments. None perfect but many lessons learned. For…
I do wish there was an option on the iPhone for multi-factor authentication using both biometric sensor AND password. No hardware reason why not possible & would make it ever more secure. https://twitter.com/schneierblog/status/928729164978335744
Replying to @pierre_rochard and @jmj
No, one for Consensus Development (originally TLS), one for Certicom (my best), one for game company (modified house). Almost did a design for Silent Circle. I would love to do one for Blockstream.
Replying to @Melt_Dem and @emirates
Good to know, I had wondered. What was biggest thing wrong?
Replying to @SatoshiLite
I believe in the fundamental vision of the original Tweet coin, and this forks us back to be Tweet Classic Coin.
Replying to @paulmadsen and @taoeffect
has updated his thoughts on the DCS Triangle during the last #RebootingWebOfTrust with a new paper in in draft form at https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2017/tree/master/draft-documents/dcs-theorem
It looks like @BlockStack is beginning to move toward DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers)! Come join us in the W3C Credentials CG to define the future & interoperability of this standard & Verifiable Credentials! @larrysalibra https://www.larrysalibra.com/blog/blockstack-token-sale-voucher-registration-walkthrough/
RT @trbouma: ‘The next phase in our roadmap replaces URLs with Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), which address not only the availability c…
RT @drummondreed: At #W3CTPAC @selfsovereignweb session, @manusporny shows #DIDs (decentralized identifiers) - the new class of #blockchain…
Replying to @csuwildcat, @JudeCNelson, @larrysalibra and @blockstack
The next meeting of the W3C Credentials CG is next Tuesday at 12pm ET (9am PT) & the topic is DID Catchup. Great time for you to rejoin us & participate in latest discussions based on feedback from #RebootingWebOfTrust #IIW & #W3C events.
RT @kimdhamilton: On a flight, overhearing so much small talk about about loss of physical wallets, identity theft, … So of course I’m jo…
RT @theinstagibbs: @lopp Quick skim: Appears to be multiparty channels at its core, with a way of only requiring a subset of those parties…
RT @lopp: Proposal for a new Bitcoin layer that addresses the scalability problem with opening & closing payment channels by enabling trust…
RT @NicoleLazzaro: Heading down to DevCamp. Talking about Dreams and Perseverance 10yrs from my first camp making the first iPhone game ti…
Replying to @darrello, @blockstack and @larrysalibra
Do you know what your IP address is? DIDs are not names nor identity, but decentralized Identifiers that serve as a bottom layer roughly parallel to IP addresses. But decentralized & hopefully censorship resistant unlike IP addresses. Much to build yet!
RT @jptrophardy: Bitwala to US persons
RT @alansilbert: Raised $70MM in equity. Can’t dedicate ONE employee to development work on the protocol his business is based on. If all…
RT @scifri: “You can write optimistic disaster stories,” says @doctorow. These are stories “where the lights go out and instead of your nei…
RT @trbouma: Key requirement for #selfsovereignidentity: Cryptographically prove that an identifier was under the sole control of an indivi…
RT @Suitpossum: The UK pioneers new forms of financial surveillance (or, how to use the bank-controlled digital money system to enforce imm…
RT @random_walker: Tweet one paper of yours that you wish were better known.
I’ll start.
A Critical Look at Decentralized Personal Data A…
RT @codeCrypto: @mwilcox @rextar4444 @VitalikButerin @balajis @ChristopherA @muneeb @taoeffect Can you tell me the fair price for someone t…
RT @jonasschnelli: Updates on Confidential Transactions efficiency:
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2017-November/015283.html
RT @lopp: “Bulletproofs: Efficient Range Proofs for Confidential Transactions” On-chain scaling for privacy! https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/1066.pdf
RT @dustyweb: The W3C CCG is up to some cool shit https://twitter.com/manusporny/status/930510736215957505
👍 Thread… https://twitter.com/wtogami/status/894736062601240576
RT @TuurDemeester: Some clarifications on new “Bulletproofs” — Bitcoin privacy improvement of Confidential Transactions — by @pwuille. http…
Replying to @hillbrad
GitHub offers a very interesting SoftU2F that leverages the touch bar on new Macs: https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
RT @jonasschnelli: @brianchoffman @gavinandresen @petertoddbtc 4 developers have currently commit access: @orionwl @pwuille @MarcoFalke a…
RT @finhstamsterdam: It’s high time that we stop using identity and go for pseudonyms, proxies and anonymous tokens that give the counterpa…
RT @ChristopherA: @hillbrad GitHub offers a very interesting SoftU2F that leverages the touch bar on new Macs: https://github.com/github/SoftU2F
RT @adam3us: this is exactly it. it’s like aircraft systems design, review, systematic full spectrum stress testing, and on found bugs full…
RT @trentmc0: If you have a legal contract on-chain and the chain forks, do you have legal obligation with both forks? @iang_fc https://t.…
RT @palleylaw: There are no neutral protocols. Designing “censorship resistant” technology is an ideological choice.
RT @LukeDashjr: ABCore enables you to run a full node on your Android phone. https://twitter.com/LarryBitcoin/status/931952276343853057
My concern is lack of clear understanding or transparency of security architectures or procedures of these Bitcoin custody firms, whether Coinbase, Xapo, Bitgo, etc. I’m in process of starting to define some requirements that customers can ask of their custodians. https://twitter.com/brucefenton/status/932569952627888134
Replying to @brucefenton
Ideally true. I that will be possible through something I call #SmartCustody, which are cryptographic scripts. In the meantime the minimum requirement of fiduciary responsibility is dual control, which could be multisig from two parties.
Replying to @brucefenton
The key problem is that these are fungible assets and thus need greater cryptographic security scrutiny. Chain of custody & authorization controls are important but not whole story.
RT @msantoriESQ: @_drgo @ChristopherA @brucefenton @virtuallylaw I’ve reviewed a few of the crypto custodial agreements being proposed to o…
RT @dickontoo: @mjg59 What worries me is that somebody at @Intel thought this was a good idea.
I need to find another platform.
RT @mjg59: So yeah on reflection I don’t see many outcomes where this is fairly harmless so uh happy thanksgiving
RT @zmanian: Very Important thread. The security of every Intel based computer is in jeopardy at the moment https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/932730696614813696
“If customers having access to their data,…for contextual consent, and these new digital rights are all part of the new normal, the real call to action is…ensuring that businesses and business models are future-proof”—@katrynadow http://bit.ly/2Ag8D45
Cameroon government has shut down again Internet for the two English-speaking provinces, causing economic harm & violating human rights. We need more decentralized & self-sovereign technologies — it won’t solve the larger political problem but can help. https://twitter.com/iayongwa/status/932721117445308416
Replying to @dustyweb, @cwebber and @puckipedia
Three way name collision complete. Zooko’s Triangle?
RT @adam3us: “The Tokyo Tanshi, one of the largest Japanese Inter-Dealer Brokers, will be working with @DGI lab & @Blockstream on innovativ…
My long-time colleague, Kalle Alm @kallewoof, coder of Infinite Canvas & Infinity Canvas for iOS, is one of the tech leads for the @DGI team in this partnership. I’m very happy that his talents are now being brought to Bitcoin & sidechains. https://twitter.com/blockstream/status/932881019459342336
RT @EFF: You might only have a brief moment to make a difference by teaching digital security to someone. Here’s how to take full advantage…
RT @nntaleb: No, do not join an NGO to save the world. Just take risks, start a business.
https://medium.com/incerto/the-merchandising-of-virtue-b548762658f0
I know the folk from one of the parties involved—several Packet Clearing House (@PCHglobal) folk shared office space with us during SSL/TLS days, so this @Quad9DNS seems quite interesting as an secure alternative to Google DNS. https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/932676885984759808
RT @adam3us: @Daniel_Plante @_MicheleSeven @LukeDashjr @Hermetec @petertoddbtc @eric_lombrozo @lopp @NickSzabo4 @TREZOR @bisq_network it is…
RT @eric_lombrozo: @adam3us @Daniel_Plante @_MicheleSeven @LukeDashjr @Hermetec @petertoddbtc @lopp @NickSzabo4 @TREZOR @bisq_network It’s…
RT @adam3us: the problem as @petertoddbtc pointed out, is that the Bitcoin ecosystem is sufficiently complex, that journalists get bamboozl…
RT @adam3us: @petertoddbtc “don’t trust, verify” applies to experts - check the credibility & track record of “experts” & advisers. it’s sh…
RT @trbouma: An innovation so obvious and profound it stops you in your tracks. #dyslexia https://twitter.com/BrentToderian/status/932809438607507457
10 times as long as wide! Wow, reminds me of the plot from Arthur C. Clarke’s book Rendevous With Rama. https://twitter.com/davidbrin/status/932780204837105664
Good thread on this asteroid with astronomers on r/space. Key point, if traveling faster, longer shape makes sense as spaceship. But at this speed a spherical spaceship makes more sense. https://amp.reddit.com/r/space/comments/7ealls/solar_systems_first_interstellar_visitor_with_its/
RT @ChristopherA: Good thread on this asteroid with astronomers on r/space. Key point, if traveling faster, longer shape makes sense as spa…
RT @coindesk: Blockstream, Digital Garage Team Up to Foster Blockchain in Japan http://bit.ly/2iBcP3Y
I’ve often wished for this. It takes large source file with a gnarly bug (typically compiler) and reduces it to a smaller source that just reproduces the bug. Makes for easier reporting & testing. #debugging https://twitter.com/johnregehr/status/933418126322032640
Replying to @CommonAccord, @StewieKee and @margarethagan
Where are the patents detailed?
Replying to @BrentToderian
Some of this is just useful for anyone reading. There also have been some readability improvements using colored text that are interesting. I’d love to see some more empirical testing of different techniques. http://www.beelinereader.com/individual @BeeLineReader
RT @ChristopherA: @BrentToderian Some of this is just useful for anyone reading. There also have been some readability improvements using c…
Replying to @_MicheleSeven
Alacrity, noun. From the Latin alacritas meaning promptitude. Quickness in action or movement. Alacrity stresses promptness in response to a suggestion or command, cheerful and eager willingness, appropriate quickness, and in general the beginning of fast movement.
RT @coincenter: Visualizing Digital Currency Regulation State-by-state https://coincenter.org/entry/visualizing-digital-currency-regulation-state-by-state
RT @lydia_hallie: I’m a 19-year-old girl and a software developer. Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about how I did it, which i…
👍“…state and non-state actors should not conduct or knowingly allow activity that intentionally and substantially damages the general availability or integrity of the public core of the Internet, and therefore the stability of cyberspace.”—@theGCSC https://cyberstability.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/GCSC-Call-to-protect-the-Public-Core-of-the-Internet.pdf
I would like to see more operating systems be able to be shipped and updated as Reproducable Builds. This significantly improves transparency that allows for more secure software. Eventually I’d like to see this from boot to user: https://tails.boum.org/news/reproducible_Tails/index.en.html
Dir. of Estonia’s e-Residency @KasparKorjus asks “What services would you choose to access right now from another country if you could? Which country do you think could best offer those services if they were to evolve into a borderless digital nation too?” https://medium.com/e-residency-blog/what-is-a-nation-children-born-today-will-grow-up-with-a-radically-different-answer-b31f14403c3c
I’m quite concerned about India goverment’s #Aadhaar national identity program, from both a security & human rights/dignity perspective. Yet other countries are considering following the model—please don’t! https://www.medianama.com/2017/11/223-how-not-to-screw-up-your-national-id-india-aadhaar/
RT @josepimpo: Unfortunately Mexican bureaucrats and politicians want to forcefully impose biometric ID for voting, taxes and retirement fu…
RT @aantonop: @AaryamanVir @ChristopherA @nixxin You can’t fix the main problem: a completely centralized architecture that puts far too mu…
RT @iam_anandv: @ChristopherA You have no idea, how bad it is. Some of the criticism with evidence and data can be found at https://t.co/8s…
RT @Scimitar_SS: @JonHall_ @piyush1890 @lsaiz @ChristopherA Not having to carry it means nothing when it controls your very existence! Aadh…
RT @Scimitar_SS: @ChristopherA Learn from India guys - fight this thing with all you got, or you’ll have nothing left to fight with or for.…
RT @ZLOK: How to Digital ID: Biometric information is a permanent identifier, which can be easily compromised, and is impossible to change.…
RT @terence_fdes: A Biometric Registry can be a boon or a disaster like #Auschwitz …. Impossible to place controls over Who Will Use it F…
Replying to @anonshiv
The problem is use of this data by a future regime, more tyrannical or a kleptocracy, or by mafia. Europe learned this lesson in WWII where more Jews, Gypsies & Gays died as a percentage of population in Netherlands than in Germany due to good records. https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/education/languages/dutch/pdf/article_croes.pdf
Replying to @naresh_sunkara and @datarade
SSN is bad, but biometrics as identity are worse.
Governments in Africa continue to frequently block the internet and social media outlets—including as recently as last week during Somaliland’s presidential elections. #CensorshipResistance https://qz.com/1135970/mo-ibrahim-index-2017-mo-ibrahim-is-worried-about-fake-news-and-internet-shutdowns-in-africa/
RT @rossdawson: Detailed visual map of MegaTrends to 2050 across 16 categories from Richard Watson https://rossdawson.com/blog/visual-network-map-megatrends-2050/ https://t.co/FMI…
Replying to @naresh_sunkara and @datarade
I do believe that it is possible to make a system (a total system, not just tech but also law & practices) that can both be significantly more secure than #aardhaar & protect human rights & dignity. Thus my own efforts towards UN goal 16.9 “by 2030 provide legal identity for all”
RT @ChristopherA: @naresh_sunkara @datarade I do believe that it is possible to make a system (a total system, not just tech but also law &…
This thread lists civil liberties, human rights & dignity trod upon by India’s #Aadhaar as well as detailing some of the abuses. Yes, it has made some things more convenient for those who already have wealth or power, but someday it may target them as well. We can do better! https://twitter.com/rita_banerji/status/876727281166598145
Replying to @VitalikButerin and @JbTheGardener
We are working on defining blinding & selective disclosure techniques in the W3C Credentials CG, which meets Tuesday’s at 12ET. Cryptographer @JanCamenisch has been coming but we could really use some more people with cryptographic engineering experience. https://w3c-ccg.github.io
RT @VitalikButerin: Self-sovereign identity making progress with Zug ID registration: https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/uport-self-sovereign-identity-opens-to-residents-of-zug/
Great job! My main concern c…
RT @digitaldutta: Because #Aadhaar doesn’t verify age, It can be used to show minor boys & girls as majors, make them vote for favourable c…
Replying to @kylesamani
For me Lightcoin’s biggest value is as a “live” testnet. This will allow it to potentially offer features sooner that Bitcoin can, like it did with segwit. In the future this can mean fungibility improvements, exchange-less trading atomic swaps, etc. Someday maybe a sidechain?
Replying to @KarelBassez, @b41125446 and @kylesamani
Two things: there are some features that a testnet can’t test sufficiently (though start on a testnet!); secondly I believe that Bitcoin legitimately must make changes difficult, but it also must innovate. Lightcoin could become such a place to learn from.
Replying to @b41125446, @KarelBassez and @kylesamani
I’m not not representing any of Blockstream’s ideas in this thread, solely my own brainstorming. I’m not a Bitcoin core contributor.
RT @jungly: @ChristopherA Users must
- have an independent existence
- control their identities
- have access to their own data
- agree to…
RT @jungly: “Rather than just advocating that users be at the center of the identity process, self-sovereign identity requires that users b…
RT @bmann: Q to KV from RBC: how are banks dealing with key management? Long answer, best practices, didn’t really answer (end user key man…
RT @ericmuyser: Execution execution execution. Every idea I’ve ever had, has been had by at least a dozen people in the world. I am but a m…
“If we want fully human digital identity to work on the internet, we have to respect the deeply human need for self-determination. That requires means for individuals to assert self-sovereign identities.”—@dsearls in @linuxjournal http://m.linuxjournal.com/content/new-hope-digital-identity
RT @EFF: New proposal to protect the “public core of the Internet” presented at cyberspace event in New Delhi https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/11/eff-cyberspace-events-delhi-protecting-public-core-internet
RT @dsearls: @SailingDigital @ChristopherA @linuxjournal We are all both individual and social. The two are mutually dependent yet distinct…
Though I would not use it personally due to its use of JavaScript & questions on random sources of key material, the idea of using speech or voice recognition in a hardware wallet is interesting. A new definition of “air gap”. https://twitter.com/nwbld/status/931734820639657985
RT @NickSzabo4: Permissioned finance in action: government hijacks bank and brokerage accounts of political enemies. In many countries, wea…
RT @a_greenberg: In honor of bitcoin hitting $10,000, here’s the first story I wrote about bitcoin from 2011. (in fact the first magazine s…
RT @Truthcoin: For your consideration, a modest proposal: name 1/10000th BTC as a “Finney”.
It’s the last and only new name we’ll need. We…
RT @rusty_twit: OK #bitcoin I’m now ready for anything.
Replying to @VitalikButerin, @austinhill and @Blockstream
I am very 👍 on collegiality.
Replying to @Bruhannale, @svs, @AaryamanVir, @aantonop and @nixxin
I’d like to find the link to the full white paper described here — it seems to be absent from article.
There are some good thoughts on improvements needed for privacy & regulations in this new Indian government white paper on #aadhaar, however newer architectures & technologies like cryptographic selective disclosure & blinding are missing from discussion. http://meity.gov.in/white-paper-data-protection-framework-india-public-comments-invited
The W3C is beginning to work on standards-based solutions using these new architectures & technologies as part of the Credentials CG. As co-chair, I would welcome participation by some of this team report team & would be glad to schedule a special meeting. https://w3c-ccg.github.io
Replying to @matthew_d_green and @JbTheGardener
I’m in the process of creating an “adversaries” document describing various attacks & losses of Bitcoin keys. Includes some stories from various luminaries like Greg Maxwell. Only about 30% done.
Replying to @matthew_d_green and @JbTheGardener
This list of key compromise attacks against companies is useful, but I’d like to see more data about attacks against individuals, as well as non-personal adversaries like bitrot & key fragility. For instance I’m sure most losses of keys are lost passwords. https://magoo.github.io/Blockchain-Graveyard//Blockchain-Graveyard/
RT @manusporny: Credentials CG discusses resolving remaining issues in DID specification.y: https://w3c-ccg.github.io/meetings/2017-11-30/ #w3c #ccg
RT @JustinDillonLaw: Here’s my latest @atlblog column, which uses the Garrison Keillor allegations to plead for some restraint. https://t.…
Replying to @naresh_sunkara, @joshephraim and @adambsterling
Some of my past talks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJ0DUQTMYEC5n-OgYtu5wJ1Ev7hpjDXuM
RT @dominiquefrnces: An old friend called up to ask if he could give me $5000 to invest in crypto for him. No. The point of #bitcoin and cr…
RT @cobbo3: #InternetShutdowns in Sub-Saharan Africa have cost up to US$ 237 MILLION since 2015, says .@cipesaug
https://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=249 h…
Beautiful post-sunset view of San Francisco from the Berkeley hills tonight…
RT @rusty_twit: You may disagree with how #bitcoin was designed, but you should understand it. Genuine apologies if this is discomforting…