RT @Blockstream: Congrats @pwuille for making @coindesk’s “Most Influential in #Blockchain 2017” list! https://twitter.com/coindesk/status/947699170353340416
RT @WayneVaughan: Bitcoin Sign Guy named most influential in 2017 by @coindesk.
It’s notable that only @pwuille is on both the 2016 and 2…
RT @danrobinson: @Blockstream You can try out Simplicity yourself using this online REPL (built on repl.it, using the Haskell code from the…
RT @danrobinson: My deep dive into Simplicity, an exciting potential replacement for Bitcoin Script (from @Blockstream’s Russell O’Connor)…
RT @danrobinson: I just published “Understanding Simplicity: implementing a smart contract language in 30 lines of Haskell” https://t.co/ow…
Replying to @lopp
Help us add LN tutorial to Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line course? Or offer bounty to Blockchain Guild to do so?
RT @DelRayMan: Crypto-artist, @HelloLuis, killed it for @CoinDesk’s most influential series. Check out a bit of the backstory behind his pr…
First Blockchain Guild 0.5 BTC bounty awarded, to @kallewoof for btcdeb, a Bitcoin Script debugger. Patrons for this project are @ChristopherA, @jimmysong, @TuurDemeester @SatoshiLite & @zcashco. More bounties to be won, see https://github.com/BlockchainGuild/BlockchainGuildCommunity
Replying to @parabolictrav, @kallewoof, @jimmysong, @TuurDemeester, @SatoshiLite and @zcashco
We are working on puzzling through the process of creating a non-profit — it is evidently hard to create dedicated to FOSS.. In the meantime I’m focused on facilitating direct relationships between patrons & worthy devs, and mentoring apprentices.
Replying to @Ragnarly
For now I am accepting non-tax deductible donations toward Blockchain Guild getting its legal infrastructure going, or toward future bounties via BTC 12pypEWGCnFXPJdSs283Q9W95BLEsQ9UBW.
Replying to @bhec39, @theinstagibbs, @kallewoof, @jimmysong, @TuurDemeester, @SatoshiLite and @zcashco
Create a worthy GitHub pull request that is accepted for being merged into a future Bitcoin Core release.
Replying to @parabolictrav, @kallewoof, @jimmysong, @TuurDemeester, @SatoshiLite and @zcashco
For now I am accepting non-tax deductible donations toward Blockchain Guild getting its legal infrastructure going, or toward future bounties via BTC 12pypEWGCnFXPJdSs283Q9W95BLEsQ9UBW.
Replying to @parabolictrav, @kallewoof, @jimmysong, @TuurDemeester, @SatoshiLite and @zcashco
I would like to see some trustless form of both Patreon & bounty commitments to evolve, that can to support both individual contributions and also infrastructure & commons.
RT @parabolictrav: @ChristopherA @kallewoof @jimmysong @TuurDemeester @SatoshiLite @zcashco I feel it’s imperative something like you’ve de…
RT @ChristopherA: @parabolictrav @kallewoof @jimmysong @TuurDemeester @SatoshiLite @zcashco I would like to see some trustless form of both…
RT @ChristopherA: @parabolictrav @kallewoof @jimmysong @TuurDemeester @SatoshiLite @zcashco For now I am accepting non-tax deductible donat…
RT @ChristopherA: @parabolictrav @kallewoof @jimmysong @TuurDemeester @SatoshiLite @zcashco We are working on puzzling through the process…
Replying to @janeygak, @kallewoof, @jimmysong, @TuurDemeester, @SatoshiLite and @zcashco
All that is required is acceptable pull requests to win bounties. Listing yourself as member is optional — but it does mean you can participate in group decisions. For instance, the members ACK’ed the PR on the purpose statement for Blockchain Guild.
RT @lightcoin: The year is 9 A.B. (After Bitcoin). It has been 502401 blocks since Genesis. The current coinbase reward is 12.5 BTC. There…
RT @alansilbert: Important project here. We should all do what we can to make development more robust. https://twitter.com/ChristopherA/status/948601029817352197
RT @pwuille: To the many concerns I’ve been hearing about whether BIP173 (bech32) addresses were ready to be implemented, the proposal was…
A possible worthy Blockchain Guild bounty might to support a major update to @peterktodd’s python-bitcoinlib — it is one of the most popular Bitcoin FOSS projects but it needs more time than Peter can give it. Are you using it? Consider contributing! https://github.com/BlockchainGuild/BlockchainGuildCommunity
RT @alexbosworth: If you are developing sidechains, forkchains or altchains, you should be prepping for atomic swaps. The atomic age is com…
Replying to @cryptoqst and @peterktodd
There are comparatively few Bitcoin libraries I currently trust. We need more, and better security review. One of the goals of Blockchain Guild is to support these.
RT @peterktodd: @ChristopherA Frankly, the more I use python, the less I think writing Bitcoin stuff in it is a good idea. I’d recommend de…
Replying to @peterktodd
The challenge is bitrot. I agree that better libraries should be created. However, there are many people already using your python-bitcoin-lib and suspect it is better for community to keep them more secure until the projects using them refactor to superior architectures.
Replying to @bikeitjohn, @recrypt_it, @kallewoof, @jimmysong, @TuurDemeester, @SatoshiLite and @zcashco
It isn’t a book, but a GitHub-hosted tutorial that is continually being updated to try to keep up with latest Bitcoin Core changes. https://github.com/ChristopherA/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line
Replying to @bikeitjohn, @parabolictrav, @kallewoof, @jimmysong, @TuurDemeester, @SatoshiLite and @zcashco
Submit a pull request is the only requirement to join as Blockchain Guild apprentice. The Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line tutorial is a good place to start understanding Bitcoin itself: https://github.com/ChristopherA/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line
Replying to @cryptoqst and @peterktodd
Fork Peter’s repo is a good start. Make some example code. Look at Learning Bitcoin from Command Line course and replicate some of the activities.
RT @Aristot73: My favourite:
Conclusions and Future Work from the #spectre paper https://spectreattack.com/spectre.pdf 1/x
RT @Aristot73: Conclusions and Future Work from the #spectre paper 2/x
The Bitcoin ecosystem is too decentralized to offer the $50K to $1M grants that the Ethereum Foundation is offering in grants to support it’s ecosystem, however, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t find ways to do similar incentives in the Bitcoin ecosystem. http://www.ParticipatoryEcosystem.com
RT @FreedomofPress: Please read this important profile of accused whistleblower Reality Winner. She is being prosecuted under the Espionage…
RT @adam3us: good article on Bitcoin 2018 tech trends: segwit, bech32, schnorr aggregation, sidechains, lightning, privacy: tumbleBit, zero…
I’ve been concerned about India’s #Aadhaar national identity program on many different levels: bad architecture, inadequate policy & laws behind it, use of biometrics & security in general—more evidence now: https://gizmodo.com/full-access-to-indias-national-biometric-database-repor-1821772876 This is NOT a model for other nations to follow!
RT @DanielSolove: Notable Privacy and Security Books from 2017 – a list compiled by @DanielSolove
https://www.teachprivacy.com/draft-post-template-privacy-2/
#privacy #infosec…
RT @timpastoor: @ChristopherA @bsuichies I’d say this would be the schoolbook example of how NOT to do it, if China’s Sesame Credit wasn’t…
RT @trbouma: A #mustread by anyone in the business of creating identifiers and #digitalidentity. Identifiers - A Field Guide by @IdentityWo…
RT @starkness: @zaoyang @WoganMay @kylebrussell @nikillinit @TheStalwart @mdudas @craigcaruso @Alex_Danco @Melt_Dem (6) Turns out the smart…
Replying to @watersNYC
We are in progress for signing a deal for Santa Barbara on March 6th. Not sure if Fall #RebootingWebOfTrust will be in US or in Europe.
Replying to @recrypt_it and @YBhutwala
A series of exercises collected together as a self-paced tutorial. https://github.com/ChristopherA/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line
RT @XplodingUnicorn: I played Dungeons and Dragons with my daughters.
They were supposed to fight the wolves surrounding a town.
Instead,…
RT @rusty_twit: Finished my 4000-word dense summary of ~20 proposed #bitcoin enhancements. So much awesome! Facing impossible task of cre…
Replying to @lukOlejnik, @w3c and @w3ctag
Congratulations! I look forward to sharing the DID (decentralized identifiers) work that the W3C Credentials CG is working on.
RT @arcalinea: Tutorial on how to build zkSNARK circuits using libsnark from @1HowardWu , this is awesome. 👏
Best overview so far of proposed MAST upgrade to Bitcoin by @hrdng. It allows for smaller, more sophisticated smart contracts & greater privacy thus more fungibility. https://bitcointechtalk.com/what-is-a-bitcoin-merklized-abstract-syntax-tree-mast-33fdf2da5e2f
I’m anticipating more processsor security attacks to come. We need RISC-V & open hardware! “This is just like peeling the lid off the can of worms”—security researcher Paul Kocher on Intel Meltdown & Spectre. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-08/-it-can-t-be-true-inside-the-semiconductor-industry-s-meltdown
RT @tiagomteles: Andrew Poelstra from @Blockstream just did a fantastic talk about Milblewimble and scriptless scripts at #realworldcrypto…
RT @kallewoof: MAST is now fully functional, with an example below, in btcdeb (mbv-taileval branch). It uses OP_MERKLEBRANCHVERIFY and tail…
RT @kallewoof: @crittercreek You can make bigger and more complex scripts and only show the path through the script that you ended up takin…
Replying to @MonkeyKing472 and @kallewoof
We have definitely been talking about this at #RebootingWebOfTrust — we call it “social key recovery”. I might add to the discussion that as there may be some provable history between parties (say timestamped transactions) this can be added to evaluating the relationships.
RT @danieltbar: @VladZamfir @taoeffect @socrates1024 @ChrisLundkvist @PeterBorah @DecentralizedID @Microsoft @SovrinID @uport_me @blockstac…
Provable history is useful for oracles/consensus who are not delegates to evaluate the the recovery. It also may be useful for the delegates to might be participating in a STARK creation of a new key for the subject.
Yes, the subject may choose in advance that is the way that they request, but that doesn’t mean others have to accept it. The option that other information can be used by others evaluating the key change can optionally help. Let’s get team to do paper at next #RebootingWebOfTrust
RT @ChloeCondon: Me trying to be an extrovert at tech conferences. 😐
RT @TaylorPearsonMe: 13/ Keep your identity small, but don’t let that stop you from throwing yourself into the role.
RT @kallewoof: @pwuille finishes segwit wallet PR. Bcashers respond by ridiculing it with a 3 day old account. We respond by reviewing or c…
I would love to have you present this as a topic paper in advance of next #RebootingWebOfTrust or as a possible work item in the W3C Credentials CG.
RT @kimdhamilton: Hack on Decentralized Identifiers next week with the W3C Credentials CG https://w3c-ccg.github.io/announcements/
A cover of one of my favorite songs, “Mad World” by Tears for Fears, on my favorite instrument, the handpan, performed by @Charrier_David in an evocative and creative video: https://www.facebook.com/handpandavid/videos/1740265479380974/
Also on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIbeQVmWiCE
RT @lopp: Q: Does Jameson know any engineers in the crypto space who are available to work on _____?
A: No; demand far exceeds supply. Ther…
Replying to @lopp
The online resource “Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line” is a good place to start https://github.com/ChristopherA/Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line — from there, consider apprenticing by getting involved in a Bitcoin related open source project.
RT @rusty_twit: To run #clightning on mainnet, you need: (1) BTC to throw away (2) Full, unpruned, synced node (3) Ability to compile, con…
RT @lukOlejnik: Poland to exempt 90% of small/medium companies (250employees) from #GDPR articles 13 (informing users about data collection…
RT @PaulStefko: Pay for the content you consume. Even if it’s free, figure out some way to compensate the creator. That can mean money, a r…
RT @Blockstream: Introducing #LightningCharge, a new micropayment processing system that makes it easy to build apps on top of #Lightning.…
RT @Snyke: @Blockstream @rusty_twit @adam3us @Excellion @pwuille @Ben_Teitelbaum If you’d like to connect to the store, open a channel to 0…
RT @adam3us: some thoughts on trust as it relates to #blocksat @blockstream Bitcoin satellite http://adam3.us/trust-verify/ (from question posed…
RT @rusty_twit: Note: prepare to lose money, and it’s #reckless I agree with @starkness here. People were already building mainnet using a…
RT @coindesk: The Sidechains Breakthrough Almost Everyone in Bitcoin Missed http://bit.ly/2ENQZmm
RT @NotASithLord: I have a perverse desire to run a Bcoin node, hook it up to a JavaScript Lightning Network implementation, and run @Block…
RT @adam3us: take note of @rust_twit disclaimer. people run self-driving cars on the road too. dont put your savings on a lightning channel…
RT @devilscompiler: #BitcoinCash is not a medium of exchange. Not even peer-to-peer. Not “Satoshi’s Vision”™. Average tx fees $0.35. Median…
RT @tmornini: Best reason for a port choice ever? https://twitter.com/Snyke/status/953430661750317057
RT @Blockstream: Under the hood: @Blockstream Store is built on #WordPress & #WooCommerce and connects with #LightningCharge and c-lightnin…
RT @jonasschnelli: Will give an interesting talk about „Bitcoin Core: what is it and who is behind it“ on Feb. the 10th in Melbourne.
ht…
RT @aesedepece: There are already 29 insanely brave nodes running Lightning Network on #Bitcoin mainnet. Exciting times! ⚡️ https://t.co/rG…
RT @adam3us: @AmirPolyteknik .@trezor or @LedgerHQ trade off is former has more open source but latter has secure element (and upstream man…
Replying to @AmirPolyteknik
Both are strong, but make different security tradeoffs. Trezor uses more inspectable software on hardware that is not rated for crypto. Ledger uses hardware chips that are cryptographically designed for crypto, but due to NDA is less inspectable. Fortunately seeds are compatible.
RT @betterallies: 5 things #MaleAllies can do for women & underrepresented folks who want to do more #publicspeaking:
🎙️ Have them deliver…
RT @stacyherbert: Big announcement coming soon about a cryptocurrency conference happening Sept/Oct 2018 with an all-women lineup. Filling…
Great 3-part infographic on the #Bitcoin technology that makes the #Lightning Network possible, by @patestevao … https://twitter.com/patestevao/status/953757179185594369
I’ve semi-seriously been thinking about technology voting systems where you have to prove competence in that technology with an educational Verifiable Claim in order to participate in decision making on the future of that technology. Abusable, but better than today. https://twitter.com/marchochstein/status/953786917086261250
Replying to @mwilcox
I agree that this approach has its own problems. But as our technologies get more complicated the details matter. Bike shedding is bad enough in tech standards, but when objections are raised by those who haven’t don’t understand the specs it is increasingly a problem.
Replying to @mwilcox and @lightcoin
I do agree this too is abusable. But I do believe that some minimal level of competence could be required. Maybe not so high it becomes a sand box tyranny, but enough to put some friction on the trolls & draggers consuming too much limited & valuable attention.
Replying to @bohrexciton, @lightcoin and @mwilcox
Agreed. But an unsolvable problem? Unsure.
Replying to @mwilcox
All the more reason they should understand the problem.
Replying to @mwilcox
What is simple & elegant to me is unlikely to be simple & elegant to all.
RT @ChristopherA: @AmirPolyteknik Both are strong, but make different security tradeoffs. Trezor uses more inspectable software on hardware…
A key element in the future evolution of marketplaces for cryptographic currencies is being able is being able to offer “Fair Pricing”. This effort is a first step toward a cryptographic oracle that offers transparency & fairness to all parties in the marketplace. https://twitter.com/ice_markets/status/954000545563529216
RT @ICE_Markets: ICE and @Blockstream launching consolidated feed for #cryptocurrencies and major currency crosses http://ir.theice.com/press/press-releases/all-categories/2018/01-18-2018-140310110…
RT @businessinsider: The owner of the New York Stock Exchange is launching a crypto data product for hedge funds http://read.bi/2DKQXfO ht…
RT @jongeater: @ChristopherA Nice idea. You just invented Professions ;). Seriously critical industrial and legal jobs have carrie that no…
RT @giyom: Exact process needs experimentation for practical imperfect improvement over current state indeed. Surely, Verified Claims tech…
RT @WSJ: Bitcoin trading heads for the big time: ICE plans data feed to serve hedge funds and Wall Street firms http://on.wsj.com/2ETCuxF
I’m collecting ideas for new uses of this ICE/Blockstream blockchain pricing data, ranging from academic scholarship, to various first & second order forms of cryptographic oracles, and potential additional useful data sources.
RT @ChristopherA: I’m collecting ideas for new uses of this ICE/Blockstream blockchain pricing data, ranging from academic scholarship, to…
RT @VitalikButerin: @udiWertheimer @ChristopherA Most interesting blockchain applications don’t require a blockchain; it’s just the margi…
Replying to @OneAdamReese and @Wikipedia
We are not talking about citizen representation. We are talking about smaller groups making wise decisions about complex issues & technologies. I have doubts that the two are comparable, though I do agree the nature of the test is an problem as it can become an attack surface.
RT @awrigh01: Joint Statement by the SEC and CFTC regarding virtual currency enforcement. https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/joint-statement-sec-and-cftc-enforcement-directors
If you’re selling token…
👍 from @anguschampionood: a good thread on some misunderstandings about blockchain that lead to poor decision making: https://twitter.com/anguschampion/status/954085701083164672
RT @kyletorpey: This chart from the Schnorr paper released yesterday gives an indication of how much space could have been saved if the new…
Replying to @Meaningness, @perrymetzger and @St_Rev
I taught in MBA program, most popular elective, made $5k a quarter—probably < min. wage (I consider it a hobby). Students paid over $5k each—big markup. But when I offered to teach outside of school students didn’t sign up—no loans, no credits, etc. Schools are not about classes.
RT @kanzure: Transcript: Mimblewimble and scriptless scripts from RealWorldCrypto 2018 http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/realworldcrypto/2018/mimblewimble-and-scriptless-scripts/
RT @otaviobonder: My first payment to @Blockstream using LN ⚡ Meu primeiro pagamento usando a LN para a @Blockstream ⚡ 👑BTC👑 https://t.co/a…
RT @mikeland86: Hello @lightning!
Just made first Lightning payment on Bitcoin testnet. Amazing. confirmed in 2 seconds, paid 0.000001 in…
RT @zmanian: An ICO is
- The communication challenges of a public company
- The regulatory exposure of mid-sized bank
- The execution chall…
RT @muneeb: If time truly is the most scarce and precious resource then optimizing for anything but time is irrational.
Yet, we have goals…
RT @Snowden: That might be true if banks, landlords, hospitals, schools, telephone & internet companies were prohibited by law from asking…
RT @kate_sills: “England’s first major joint stock company was the ‘Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers for the discovery of region…
“We argue that the economics of blockchains extend beyond analysis of a new general purpose technology and its disruptive Schumpeterian consequences to the broader idea that blockchains are an institutional technology.” @profjasonpotts @yaoeo https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-institutional-economics/article/blockchains-and-the-economic-institutions-of-capitalism/7DFE353FEB8FA25559E6C09FE77E8291
RT @lopp: Lapps will be the next new crypto ecosystem to blossom. Kinda like Dapps, except scalable. http://dev.lightning.community/lapps/index.html
RT @HardcoreValue: What Jeff Bezos thinks when an Analyst congratulates him on a “good quarter”.
Replying to @emanuelecisbani, @profjasonpotts and @yaoeo
That link doesn’t let you download
RT @dhruvbansal: 9 #crypto requires depth: you must understand distributed systems, cryptography, economics, & politics. If you don’t grok…
This is a VERY important cryptographic technique — it addresses a number of problems with previous multi-signature aggregation schemes. Muli-sig is not trivial! It has been solidly vetted, is in process of implementation, and will be very useful if Bitcoin also adopts it. https://twitter.com/Blockstream/status/955883066957840385
RT @alexbosworth: Setup Backyard Brew https://www.yelp.com/biz/backyard-brew-palo-alto with a Lightning-Mainnet coffee storefront interface. If you are near Palo Al…
Our 6th #RebootingWebOfTrust Design Workshop will be held March 6-8 in Santa Barbara. Topics: Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs), Self-Sovereign Identity, Verifiable Claims, Smart Signatures, Object Capabilities, Social Key Recovery, Human Rights & more! https://rwot6.eventbrite.com
I don’t give much credence to the Illuminati-like scenarios suggested by this article, but I do believe in the large systematic risks of a centralized system like Facebook. It is time for us to invest in moving onward to resilient decentralized solutions. https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-facebook-will-infiltrate-national-elections-and-rule-the-world-in-less-than-10-years-unless-732da197b8fd
My slides on “Smart Signatures: Experiments in Authentication” that I presented at Stanford BPASE 2018 (Stanford Blockchain Protocol Analysis and Security Engineering) Conference today are now available: https://www.slideshare.net/ChristopherA/smart-signaturesexperiments-in-authentication-stanford-bpase-2018-final
RT @ChiefScientist: The always awesome @ChristopherA clearly explains smart signatures patterned on the #bitcoin Script language #bpase18 h…
RT @ChiefScientist: @ChristopherA Rebooting the Web of Trust, Santa Barbara, March 6-8, 2018
http://rwot6.eventbrite.com #bpase18 https://t.co…
Replying to @zacharylarson
Try again?
RT @AntonPolishko: Gems at #bpase18 #blockchain #stanford
Replying to @PaulRozehnal and @zacharylarson
Weird, I click on link on my iPhone and it works. https://www.slideshare.net/ChristopherA/smart-signaturesexperiments-in-authentication-stanford-bpase-2018-final
RT @stephendpalley: The ruling on the TRO is probably the first opinion ever to talk about management of crypto assets by a third party tru…
Replying to @BGGoodell
Actually other way around, we care tremendously about privacy, fungibility, and censorship resistance but it is hard to define it as requirement. ANY signature is challenges substitutability, even entirely off-chain. It is the “Denver Wedding Cake Problem” of censorship.
Replying to @lpolovets
I’ve written about this as part of a series of articles “Community by the Numbers: Part III Power Laws”. It is related to Participation Inequality. http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2009/03/power-laws.html
RT @darrello: Another $50K opp - Help move #DIF @DecentralizedID forward by developing #opensource DID-Auth implementation for use in cutti…
RT @rusty_twit: My @linuxconfau “Future Bitcoin Tech” video is up at https://youtu.be/VABppufTdpA notes at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iNzJtJRq9-0vdILQAe9Bcj7r1a7xYVf8CSY0_oFrH9c aka 24 Coming…
The formal semantics of @Blockstream’s Russel O’Connors’s Simplicity blockchain #SmartSignature language fits on a t-shirt: #bpase18 https://blockstream.com/2017/10/30/simplicity.html
RT @chrisrussi: Solutions provided by Simplicity
#BPASE18 $BTC
RT @matthew_d_green: This headline wins the Internet. https://gizmodo.com/senator-demands-fbi-director-explain-his-encryption-bac-1822400040
RT @kate_sills: Love this!
– Vincent Ostrom, in The Meaning of American Federalism
RT @francispouliot_: 6/ When using @Blockstream charge you are 100% in control of the keys and the payment chanels, but you have to manuall…
RT @RonWyden: I’m asking FBI Director Christopher Wray which cryptographers he consulted before calling for government backdoors into Ameri…
RT @kanzure: 1/ Yesterday I surveyed bitcoin+lightning developers. Palpable excitement, let’s get numbers. Posting results here thread. Ann…
RT @patestevao: Keeping my goal of one infographic a week for the next weeks..
I’ve just published a new infographic for the ⚡️ Lightning…
Replying to @dgwbirch
In DID BTCR the minimum is a pubic key used to send funds to a new address, the new address that is used in case you need to revoke or rotate that key, and the implied timestamp. Optionally a service endpoint in op_return. Beyond this some timestamps.
Replying to @Steve_Lockstep and @dgwbirch
In BTCR the MVP a cheap device like an OpenDime, or…
Replying to @Steve_Lockstep and @dgwbirch
…or be willing to memorize some bad poetry “the hazards of bliss are pleasing the lounge
unfair was cinnamon to search and scrounge
the stained vibrant lasers give us lectures
prayer saves the valley from conjectures” https://github.com/ChristopherA/iambic-mnemonic
RT @mayazi: @dgwbirch @ChristopherA At present almost all blockchain identity projects are blocktaries - notarizing identity data & 3rd par…
RT @ChristopherA: @dgwbirch In DID BTCR the minimum is a pubic key used to send funds to a new address, the new address that is used in cas…
RT @ChristopherA: @Steve_Lockstep @dgwbirch In BTCR the MVP a cheap device like an OpenDime, or…
RT @ChristopherA: @Steve_Lockstep @dgwbirch …or be willing to memorize some bad poetry “the hazards of bliss are pleasing the lounge
unfair…
Replying to @Steve_Lockstep and @dgwbirch
A start at some implementing private key recovery mnemonic poetry using JavaScript in Node @chrisinajar is at https://github.com/chrisinajar/password_poem
RT @ChristopherA: @Steve_Lockstep @dgwbirch A start at some implementing private key recovery mnemonic poetry using JavaScript in Node @chr…
Science Fiction writer & social thinker Ursula LeGuin died this week. A profound influence on my early thinking, a balance of yin to Heinlein’s yang. I still see resonance of both writer’s influence on blockchain and other high social tech today.
Replying to @dgwbirch, @Steve_Lockstep and @chrisinajar
Here is our answer to your question: the Joram refugee use case / engagement model from our 3rd #RebootingWebOfTrust after our experience at ID2020 the United Nations, led by @JoeAndrieu: https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-fall2016/blob/master/final-documents/joram-engagement-model.pdf
Replying to @dgwbirch, @Steve_Lockstep, @chrisinajar and @JoeAndrieu
We are working on a new use case now, about Amira, an immigrant programmer working anonymously on “software for good”.
RT @ahopebailie: Interesting that two unrelated threads are highlighting the same UX challenge for very different use cases. @giyom @Christ…
👍Firefox 59 now prominently promotes its support of decentralization protocols on its updates announcements page! Let’s keep the momentum going!
RT @ShaneMatsuo: ScalingBitcoin 2018 Tokyo “Kaizen” is announced. Kaizen is continuous improvement in Japanese. As a program co-chair, I wo…
RT @clayforsberg: “Ostrom showed us there is another way. She showed us given the opportunity we can govern ourselves. We can do it not thr…
RT @SEC_News: Resources to help you better understand initial coin offerings and cryptocurrencies: http://ow.ly/Exiv30i1Cen
RT @JoeAndrieu: The simplicity on the other side of complexity is where technical beauty lie https://twitter.com/tom_peters/status/956303597293117440
RT @JoeAndrieu: The next Rebooting Web of Trust workshop is March 6-8 in Santa Barbara, CA http://rwot6.eventbrite.com Join like-minded technol…
RT @paulvigna: Crypto and regulations, @WSJ op-ed by SEC/CFTC chairmen:
“We are disturbed by many examples of form being elevated over sub…
RT @TheFrankOzJam: I’m better as a performer and director when I have other people with whom I can collaborate. Some call that weakness. Th…
RT @SambodhiPrem: @nic__carter PoW has a parallel in nature: The Handicap Principle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicap_principle
thanks: @DanielKrawisz
RT @hugohanoi: 1/ The anatomy of Proof-of-Work
RT @manusporny: Credentials CG discusses DID Harmonization, encryption, fragment identifiers: https://w3c-ccg.github.io/meetings/2018-01-25/ #w3c #ccg
RT @trbouma: Just reminded myself once again of this excellent way to describe #selfsovereignidentity from @ChristopherA https://t.co/OCdY0…
Replying to @RichardHeartWin
No reason you can’t ask your Bitcoin exchange to top off your existing Lightning channel.
RT @alexbosworth: People’s main complaint about decentralization is that it’s difficult. They’re right. Centralization is easy. Decentraliz…
RT @EFF: Experts believe at least 30,000 people were wrongly accused of taking part in a failed coup in Turkey based on the presence of a t…
RT @kimdhamilton: “New systems create the greatest value when they empower people with recipient ownership, vendor independence, permanence…
RT @manusporny: Credentials CG discusses DID Harmonization, Data Minimization, Education Task Force: https://w3c-ccg.github.io/meetings/2018-01-30/ #w3c #ccg
RT @dustyweb: Did I mention? Two papers I co-wrote for Rebooting Web of Trust moved to “final” form:
- “ActivityPub: from decentralized t…
RT @lukOlejnik: Weaponizing web tracking and identification for automatic persecution systems? Hello 2018. This is way beyond #GDPR #ePriva…
RT @trbouma: “records no longer have to be transmitted by a third party, which is a fundamental break from the typical vendor-controlled ec…
RT @torproject: This is terrifying.
Having a cookie on their computers set by a 1x1 tracking pixel was used to wrongly accuse 30,000 Turk…
RT @_shaunconway: I’m a founder in focus: “How Blockchain Technology is Transforming Sustainable Development” and really enjoyed doing this…
RT @lukOlejnik: This is why #GDPR has proportionality, privacy by design and privacy impact assessments. If enforced seriously, all is ther…
The video of my talk at Stanford’s Blockchain Protocol Analysis and Security Engineering Conference #BPASE18 on “Smart Signatures: Experiments in Authorization” is now available at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E9sbWKbfyJU
RT @Melt_Dem: family game of @settlersofcatan got aggressive. we created a futures market to hedge production. we negotiated trade agreemen…
RT @Laurie_Garrett: And here it is [drum roll please] – The Minion!
It’s a handheld DNA sequencer that fits in your pocket, plugs into USB…
Replying to @lykle
I think the iPhone approach is the best. Biometric fingerprinting info is not passed to network. Instead, the device attests that the biometric it sees now is what was seen before. This doesn’t address many use cases, but there are no easy answers for those.
Replying to @lykle
Nothing great in my opinion. A possible topic for a future #RebootingWebOfTrust. Key thing is biometrics should not be used as an identifier—only should be used as one of many authentication factors, and should ideally never leave the authentication device (i.e. iPhone).
Replying to @lykle
https://www.wired.com/2016/03/biometrics-coming-along-serious-security-concerns/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biometric-security-poses-huge-privacy-risks/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/22/china-voice-biometric-collection-threatens-privacy http://mashable.com/2017/02/14/india-aadhaar-uidai-privacy-security-debate/ https://www.medianama.com/2017/11/223-how-not-to-screw-up-your-national-id-india-aadhaar/
RT @devilscompiler: For PoW crypto, block generation time below 2.5 minutes creates centralization due to the orphan rate. During the time…
RT @kallewoof: Taproot experiment: given two privkeys a=87ba… and b=d244…, construct a key pair p and P which have the properties that…
RT @kanzure: Transcript: Schnorr signatures for bitcoin (@pwuille) http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/blockchain-protocol-analysis-security-engineering/2018/schnorr-signatures-for-bitcoin-challenges-opportunities/ https://twitter.com/pwuille/status/958425264861560832
I’m keeping my eye on SPHINCS, a family of hash-based signature algorithms that, though inefficient & huge, have quantum-resistance properties that may make them useful for long-term signatures (decades!). However, like all crypto, it still needs time to mature. https://twitter.com/veorq/status/958654372765978624
RT @aantonop: For years, the idea that US Internet surveillance technology would be used by despots to punish or kill dissidents has been c…
The current US state-by-state Money Transmitter licensing is not only problematic for startups (I’ve heard $1M+ to start, plus large yearly budget to comply) but also slowing down development of good secure solutions for custody or trustless non-custodial alternatives. https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/958730124974751745
RT @archillect:
Hardware threats to high assurance security is part of the reason why @Blockstream is a founding member and supporter of @risc_v. https://twitter.com/bascule/status/958814440593371136
Replying to @stephendpalley
But do you accept cryptocurrencies as payment? 😀