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putting it on the blockchain provides a mathematical proof that entity X got score Y. That itself doesn't solve the problem of proving that entity X correspond
by em3rgent0rdr 10y ago
putting it on the blockchain provides a mathematical proof that entity X got score Y. That itself doesn't solve the problem of proving that entity X corresponds to person P. Although person P could tie something such as driver's license number to entity X. Of course that could be done with a centralized trust system as well. But with the centralized trust too, but also requires trusting the centralized trust, and makes everyone subservient to that centralized trust.
- Dylan16807 10y agoTraditional web of trust has private keys for everyone. It's already decentralized and secure.
- em3rgent0rdr 10y agobut web of trust means you have to trust your neighboring nodes, and trust that they are determining trust correctly for their neighbors, and so on.
- Dylan16807 10y agoYou can use the exact same semi-trusting and crowd-trusting methods you would use on a blockchain. It's basically the same data, just without an extra layer of complexity thrown on.