I like @David_Gerard, I follow him on twitter and it’s refreshing to see a voice of sanity on the crypto twitters. You might not always agree with everything he has to say, but in a land of unlimited shilling for the shittiest of shitcoins, his book is a breath of fresh air.
I would say the majority of crypto advocates are fine actually - and the discussion is not nearly as much pro/anti as it is delusional versus not-delusional. But the raving nutters are very loud indeed. Main difference I find between me and the non-delusional advocates is that they’re more optimistic for the future of this stuff.
So, as fashionable and fun it is these days to laugh at all things blockchain, as someone deeply embedded in all things blockchain identity I will just say that yes, please, bring your concerns, criticisms, and skepticisms to us at Rebooting Web-of-Trust!
This is a fantastic group of very smart people, that has already put on 5 or 6 workshops, organized by the co-author of SSL/TLS (Christopher Allen), that is trying to fix some of the past mistakes made with authenticating online identity, and we certainly want to do our best to avoid repeating them or making new ones!
So I love it when people bring up legitimate concerns about all things blockchain, and especially blockchain identity. We need you critics to come to our events to tell us how we’re wrong about everything, please.
Why am I still so passionate about it? Because in spite of all of the skepticism, I know just how broken our existing certificate authority system is, and the blockchain, properly applied, can really help fix some of the glaring security issues with it.
I like @David_Gerard, I follow him on twitter and it’s refreshing to see a voice of sanity on the crypto twitters. You might not always agree with everything he has to say, but in a land of unlimited shilling for the shittiest of shitcoins, his book is a breath of fresh air.
I would say the majority of crypto advocates are fine actually - and the discussion is not nearly as much pro/anti as it is delusional versus not-delusional. But the raving nutters are very loud indeed. Main difference I find between me and the non-delusional advocates is that they’re more optimistic for the future of this stuff.
So, as fashionable and fun it is these days to laugh at all things blockchain, as someone deeply embedded in all things blockchain identity I will just say that yes, please, bring your concerns, criticisms, and skepticisms to us at Rebooting Web-of-Trust!
This is a fantastic group of very smart people, that has already put on 5 or 6 workshops, organized by the co-author of SSL/TLS (Christopher Allen), that is trying to fix some of the past mistakes made with authenticating online identity, and we certainly want to do our best to avoid repeating them or making new ones!
So I love it when people bring up legitimate concerns about all things blockchain, and especially blockchain identity. We need you critics to come to our events to tell us how we’re wrong about everything, please.
Why am I still so passionate about it? Because in spite of all of the skepticism, I know just how broken our existing certificate authority system is, and the blockchain, properly applied, can really help fix some of the glaring security issues with it.
I read the book - it’s a bit one sided but it covers stuff in pretty thorough detail and is pretty entertaining along the way, recommended.