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I do think there's no inherit reason why we need to know peoples' legal/irl identities in order to assert that they're suitable for a job. Respectfully, are yo

by 300bps 4y ago

I do think there's no inherit reason why we need to know peoples' legal/irl identities in order to assert that they're suitable for a job. Respectfully, are you extremely young? Someone near me was recently convicted of embezzling $3.2 million from our local government. Should she be able to work as a city controller at another local government when she gets out of jail? I could bring up another certain population applying for jobs at childcare centers but hopefully I am just misunderstanding your position because it seems so ludicrous.

0xPersona 4y ago
To clarify, I don't think pseudonymous work is appropriate for all types of work. I'm not a maximalist. Much of my thinking currently is about pseudonymous work in the context that I've noticed it being done, which is largely in cryptocurrency. Of course none of the people in the scenarios you mention should be able to work those jobs.
- 300bps 4y ago
  Much of my thinking currently is about pseudonymous work in the context that I've noticed it being done, which is largely in cryptocurrency. Would you want to hire a pseudonymous cryptocurrency programmer who purposely created a security flaw at his last employer and then exploited his own flaw himself to drain all of his employer’s wallets? How is that any better?
  - 0xPersona 4y ago
    No. Which is why I would ask them to submit a resume, interview them, do reference calls, check their Github, check their social media, etc. I would hire a pseudonymous programmer. I probably would not hire a pseudonymous programmer with zero history or reputation accrued to their pseudonymous identity.
    - giaour 4y ago
      How do you prevent someone from buying a new identity? In the future you describe, there will surely be a market for an internet profile corresponding to a mid-level programmer. If everything is based on task work, a competent developer could farm multiple identities simultaneously, then use each to pull off a different crime or scam.
    - Dylan16807 4y ago
      If they're sufficiently active on social media, tied into the rest of this, that starts to be their primary identity and it's not really pseudonymous anymore.
jokethrowaway 4y ago
No employee should be able to have the opportunity to steal 3.2M, especially if that's money that has been extorted under threat of imprisonment from honest working people. Sure, people may want to voluntarily pool money for some reason or another; I would recommend smart contracts to manage this in a safe way, but there may be a point where trust is required. Offering a service based on trust means having a reputation-based system (third party reviews, third party audits, third party certifications) of competing people offering the service. The reputation could be based on a pseudonym but an address is be needed for a potential court case. There are plenty of services where this is not relevant though.

by 300bps 4y ago

0xPersona 4y ago

To clarify, I don't think pseudonymous work is appropriate for all types of work. I'm not a maximalist. Much of my thinking currently is about pseudonymous work in the context that I've noticed it being done, which is largely in cryptocurrency. Of course none of the people in the scenarios you mention should be able to work those jobs.

300bps 4y ago
Much of my thinking currently is about pseudonymous work in the context that I've noticed it being done, which is largely in cryptocurrency. Would you want to hire a pseudonymous cryptocurrency programmer who purposely created a security flaw at his last employer and then exploited his own flaw himself to drain all of his employer’s wallets? How is that any better?
- 0xPersona 4y ago
  No. Which is why I would ask them to submit a resume, interview them, do reference calls, check their Github, check their social media, etc. I would hire a pseudonymous programmer. I probably would not hire a pseudonymous programmer with zero history or reputation accrued to their pseudonymous identity.
  - giaour 4y ago
    How do you prevent someone from buying a new identity? In the future you describe, there will surely be a market for an internet profile corresponding to a mid-level programmer. If everything is based on task work, a competent developer could farm multiple identities simultaneously, then use each to pull off a different crime or scam.
  - Dylan16807 4y ago
    If they're sufficiently active on social media, tied into the rest of this, that starts to be their primary identity and it's not really pseudonymous anymore.

jokethrowaway 4y ago

No employee should be able to have the opportunity to steal 3.2M, especially if that's money that has been extorted under threat of imprisonment from honest working people. Sure, people may want to voluntarily pool money for some reason or another; I would recommend smart contracts to manage this in a safe way, but there may be a point where trust is required. Offering a service based on trust means having a reputation-based system (third party reviews, third party audits, third party certifications) of competing people offering the service. The reputation could be based on a pseudonym but an address is be needed for a potential court case. There are plenty of services where this is not relevant though.