The W3C Decentralized Identifiers v1.0 spec has reached the PR (Proposed Recommendation) stage, the last before becoming an international standard. If your company or org is a W3C member, please ask your AC rep to read the spec & use cases, and vote yes. https://www.w3.org/blog/news/archives/9179

Wed Aug 04 16:07:48 +0000 2021


RT @EFF: EFF opposes an amendment to the cryptocurrency provision of the infrastructure bill by Sens. Warner & Portman. It fails to protect…

Sat Aug 07 01:16:42 +0000 2021


Scary: ”what is the type of belief through which we can signal that we belong?…it should be a belief that other people are not likely to have, because if everyone has this belief, then it’s not a very good signal of group loyalty.” 🤷🏻‍♂️ https://www.salon.com/2021/08/08/a-terrifying-new-theory-fake-news-and-conspiracy-theories-as-an-evolutionary-strategy/

Mon Aug 09 16:10:55 +0000 2021


RT @IanCSU: Check out @BlockchainComns, the guest speakers have all been amazing, @ChristopherA is a wonderful mentor, and my cohort of pee…

Tue Aug 10 20:53:48 +0000 2021


RT @ChristopherA: I agree, though I have a strong preference for cryptographic smart contract architectures (such as UTXO) over computation…

Tue Aug 10 23:23:52 +0000 2021


RT @EFF: Canada’s proposed online censorship proposal may be the worst yet in a growing pile of bad regimes. The potential harms are vast,…

Thu Aug 12 20:46:03 +0000 2021


RT @jeiting: Ok y’all. The politicians are making laws about apps and it’s …. interesting.

I just finished reading the Open App Markets…

Fri Aug 13 22:34:08 +0000 2021


RT @samanthamess8: Just wrote an open letter to Senator Warren about Bitcoin https://medium.com/@samanthamessing/why-progressives-should-love-bitcoin-an-open-letter-to-senator-elizabeth-warren-176ab5cc9229

Sat Aug 14 16:33:26 +0000 2021


Last weekend, Steve Perrin, a luminary of #TTRPGs, passed away. I worked with him as a staffer at @DunDraCon & he contributed to one of my early game designs. Always welcoming! If you rolled a d100 for success in a skill, that was one of his many innovations. He will be missed. https://twitter.com/Appelcline/status/1427481208456290305

Tue Aug 17 18:34:19 +0000 2021


I particularly like this tribute to Steve Perrin by one of my favorite authors, @seananmcguire: https://twitter.com/seananmcguire/status/1426558298157850637

Tue Aug 17 18:41:15 +0000 2021


RT @seananmcguire: Just read the @tordotcom obituary for Steve Perrin, and now I’m having Big Feelings about how other people get to tell o…

Tue Aug 17 18:41:29 +0000 2021


Another tribute to Steve Perrin, this one from author George R. R. Martin: https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2021/08/15/farewell-to-an-ace

Tue Aug 17 18:53:38 +0000 2021


RT @PrivacyMatters: “We understand that the Taliban is now likely to have access to various biometric databases and equipment in Afghanista…

Wed Aug 18 01:10:04 +0000 2021


RT @JacobBoers: In case @ChristopherA wasn’t clear, this is why we need self-sovereign identity systems! Digital privacy doesn’t matter u…

Wed Aug 18 18:55:48 +0000 2021


Puzzling through if NFTs can be used to help fund trustless self-sovereign identity efforts, and open infrastructure tools & services. First experiment: https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/23329406590917769582697114686361498707644446075778430145570703785160683290625/

Tue Aug 24 19:23:15 +0000 2021


I’ll try an auction tonight when the gas fees are lower, with the auction scheduled to end next week.

Tue Aug 24 19:34:21 +0000 2021


If you are an artist that wants to support my efforts toward trustless forms of Self-Sovereign Identity (aka #SSI), we welcome a donation of original artwork to try out this experimental funding method for open development.

Tue Aug 24 19:37:23 +0000 2021


The auction has started on “Self-Sovereign Identity: Bits of Anonymous #1” with an opening bid of 1 WETH. All funds to support the development of trust-minimized tools for #SSI. https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/23329406590917769582697114686361498707644446075778430145570703785160683290625

Wed Aug 25 17:35:24 +0000 2021


My favorite quote from reply in the thread on this “Bribe DAO Votes” project — ”we aren’t removing corruption from the system, we’re just putting it on a public ledger for everyone to see”🤦🏻‍♂️(but to be honest also interesting🕵🏻‍♂️🔎).

ht/@VinayVasanji https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1430548487062671367

Wed Aug 25 19:14:14 +0000 2021


RT @ChristopherA: The auction has started on “Self-Sovereign Identity: Bits of Anonymous #1” with an opening bid of 1 WETH. All funds to su…

Wed Aug 25 21:09:33 +0000 2021


RT @trentmc0: @ChristopherA This is cool:)

A Q for you, or others: is anyone using non-transferable NFTs as an implementation of Verifiab…

Thu Aug 26 17:33:13 +0000 2021


Replying to @NZN

Really a mistake due to name collision. Link? I’ll see if I can correct.

Fri Aug 27 21:04:06 +0000 2021


Replying to @NZN

I know the original article in coindesk has it wrong, but have I used it wrong since?

Sat Aug 28 19:15:27 +0000 2021


12 hours before close of this NFT auction with artwork created by me, funds from which will support self-sovereign identify projects at Blockchain Commons. We have have two bids so far! Current high bid is 1.1 ETH. https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/23329406590917769582697114686361498707644446075778430145570703785160683290625

Tue Aug 31 18:01:57 +0000 2021


RT @ChristopherA: 12 hours before close of this NFT auction with artwork created by me, funds from which will support self-sovereign identi…

Tue Aug 31 18:02:26 +0000 2021

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