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Simkojn – offline verifiable currency using simcards
- supernihil 2y agoWhen thinking about offline currency and simcards we identified the following: verifiable centrally issued identifier printed on card and can be verified by inserting into any phone coin-like small physical tokens offline verification processes could be as simple as a distributed poster with whitelisted id's distributed and decentralized bootstrapping based on trust in accepted id's.
- popcalc 2y agoThe AI generated graphics really cheapen your effort.
- supernihil 2y agoreally? i see it as clipart (think word clipart), so just some tacky fill for the eyes :-)
- geenkeuse 2y agoMeanwhile, here in South Africa, our intrepid criminals are making their own simcards, by the bucketload.. https://www.citizen.co.za/sandton-chronicle/news-headlines/local-news/2024/06/17/counterfeit-sim-card-factory-busted-in-sandton/ https://www.citizen.co.za/sandton-chronicle/news-headlines/l... For fun - Put that phrase in Google. "No chill in Mzanzi"
- nomisssssss 2y agoAs you know this is imho a cool idea. I'm thinking, what hinders the barista in usecase 1 from using the received simkojn in the cash register? Isn't some sort of removal of cards from the list necessary? Maybe I'm missing something...
- supernihil 2y agosimkojns are cash, reusable