The Trust Machine — Part1: Sybil Protection

Designing humanities trust layer for the digital world

All of the concepts and ideas that I am going to describe are very radical and not backed by extensive simulations or research.

They are heavily inspired by conversations with the early developers of IOTA like Paul Handy or Come from Beyond so this will be an attempt to develop a full and clear specification of my vision of the “ultimate” version of IOTA.

Society is the first decentralized network

“I think that somebody is better off being honest than betraying me, because he would either lose his reputation, face legal consequences or miss out on the good things that I would be willing to do for him.”

Virtual trust in the digital world

Real trust in the digital world

The first DLT that manages to integrate real world identities and trust in an open and permissionless way as a sybil protection will make all other cryptocurrencies obsolete.

Conclusion

PS: I am not entirely sure how I will structure the remaining content and it might take a bit of time until I’ve had the time to write the next part but I will try my best, to at least introduce the relevant parts that are necessary to understand our vision.

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I am a hacker, feminist, futurist and tech enthusiast working for IOTA and trying to make the world a better place (whatever that means) :P

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Hans Moog

I am a hacker, feminist, futurist and tech enthusiast working for IOTA and trying to make the world a better place (whatever that means) :P