5 ms·
A third class plays using a consensus model based on explicit relationships of trust. Each student keeps track of which of the others they consider trustworthy
by jamesgreenleaf 6y ago
A third class plays using a consensus model based on explicit relationships of trust.
Each student keeps track of which of the others they consider trustworthy. Since they all play together everyday, they know who is nice, and who is naughty.
When a supermajority trusts the student placing a new block, that student is allowed to place it anywhere.
When not enough people trust the student placing the block, they prevent that person from doing so. That person may try again, but until they're willing to play nice and act trustworthy, they cannot place any blocks. They sit in the corner and pout until they come to their senses.
No one has to solve any puzzles, or roll any dice.
The tower is built efficiently, and all sorts of interesting designs are made by the creative energy that would have otherwise been wasted on busywork.
- verdverm 6y agoThis is what I expect post-hype / tech-novelty. There are interesting pieces being built in the blockchain space, they can be assembled in more interesting ways if you think about trust and rule making differently (more traditionally?)
- UncleOxidant 6y agoWhich cryptocurrency does this describe?
- verdverm 6y agoHyperledger, Proof-of-authority, coinless blockchain. Cryptocurrencies are not one-to-one with blockchain, rather one thing you can do with them.
- vaer-k 6y agoStellar, I think
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- stilisstuk 6y agoNone. It's the banking system :)
- m4lvin 6y agoit sounds a bit like https://faircoin.world/ https://faircoin.world/
- TeMPOraL 6y agoGood ol' fiat money, of course. The economic system we have, which enjoys tremendous performance benefits of using interpersonal trust as a heuristic.
- kleer001 6y ago> Each student keeps track of which of the others they consider trustworthy. How do you turn that into code?
- verdverm 6y agoproof-of-authority with standard auth(n/z), consortiums is perhaps an apt name?
- bsmith89 6y agoI could be misunderstanding, but I think the problem with this approach is the lack of permanent identity. What's a "supermajority"? Could I get it by making a bunch of fake identities and having them all "trust" me? Alternatively, we could ask for a supermajority of coins, and then I think we've re-invented proof-of-stake.
- verdverm 6y agoYou don't need coins, this is a permissioned chain where people agree on who can participate off-chain. Call it proof-of-authority. See Hyperledger Fabric
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]