On 6/7/22, Nico Verrijdt <nicoverrijdt@gmail.com> wrote:
Imho the operating systems we use aren't adequate.
This is traditionally done by managing one's own communications in and out of a system in depth.
effectively works, you implement a hashing function as early as possible in the compiler, then you can hash the code of the compiler and verify if the compiler's code changed. Then up to the operating system which you compile
There are a lot of people working on technologies that verify executable content, it's quite exciting ideas, tough ground to move forward.
Privacy issues do arise with this system, but it's nothing more than in real life where you meet someone and say 'Hi, I'm ...', politeness, naivety, in this world now where the internet is totally different, not moral indeed.
Pseudonymity is a common solution to privacy issues. People need a way to stay private when they are not impacting others. When you impact others, I think it's eventual that harmful impacts show who you are.
And also, the internet is free, with such a system an internet with different speeds might be more easily made as every user is known within a certain time span.
I suppose the internet is free so long as we have the freedom to build its infrastructure; we can then build it as fast as we want, like a handmade go-cart. This takes a lot of r&d.
I'm currently working on a blockchain of identities ( https://github.com/nvrrdt/onzecurrency) and I'd like to continue developing this, so I hope the concept has a chance to succeed in its endeavor.
It's great to see a blockchain project; I glanced at the page. I'm not familiar with the security guarantees of a blockchain that doesn't resist a sybil attack, but I like the idea of heuristically proving people's uniqueness in some way. I'm sure many people have considered such things.