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As far as the keys go, you can design a secure enclave to do the crypto then ensure a design element is that it can't create the key without being in space. Per
by ta_666653467 5y ago
As far as the keys go, you can design a secure enclave to do the crypto then ensure a design element is that it can't create the key without being in space. Perhaps it is only active when acceleration is below 0.1g. Or, maybe it's designed to burn out if used in atmospheric conditions outside the vacuum of space. There are plenty of ways i could see it working so that the keys are very secure.
The rest of your points are a feature for deflationary currencies, and perhaps ensures no one currency lasts more than a few decades.
- wyager 5y agoThis is just kicking the can down the road - why would you trust e.g. Intel to do this correctly, without someone on the inside compromising the keys? The pressure to do so (financial, political, espionage-related, etc.) would be enormous.
- CRConrad 5y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28148409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28148409 EDIT: And https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28147525 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28147525
- rebuilder 5y agoSo a trustless oracle? I really don’t think it’s simple at all. For starters, you have to assume the original creators of the project have backdoored their system in every way they possibly can.
- dane-pgp 5y agoIf we assume the code has been audited and that the "1,000 identical probes" idea mentioned above is implemented, then securely generating a random number is as easy as XORing the random numbers of a large enough group of mutually adversarial entities to guarantee that there isn't collusion between all of them.
- dylan604 5y ago>is below 0.1g below 0.1g for a minimum duration. otherwise, put it in the vomit-comet or similar to persuade the SE to generate the key.