happyborgMar 11, 2024

If you have heard of Zooko's Triangle you might like to hear there's a solution:

https://forum.safedev.org/t/a-safe-naming-system-to-support-versioned-websites-nrs-dns/3325?u=happybeing

#SafeNetwork #Decentralized #DNS
#ZookoWilcox #ZookosTriangle

A Safe Naming System to support versioned Websites (NRS/DNS)

Comments, critique, questions all welcome. Safe NRS (DNS) What follows is an outline design that shows how a Name Resolution System (similar to the web Domain Naming System) might be implemented using Safe Network to provide all three sides of Zooko’s triangle: Human-meaningful: Meaningful and memorable (low-entropy) names are provided to the users. Secure: The amount of damage a malicious entity can inflict on the system should be as low as possible. Decentralized: Names correctly resolve to...

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Show threadSebastian Lasse, redaktor.meJan 18, 2021

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Of course that means we've selected a non-human-meaningful edge of a certain "zooko's triangle" (in case you've heard of it?!?) but I think the right answer there is still #petnames https://github.com/cwebber/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/blob/petnames/draft-documents/petnames.md

Of course, how to map that cleanly on top of a social network UI? (cotd..)

Luckily we worked out *most* of the details at RWoT about 1.5 years ago, starting with #Mastodon 's UI (which is pretty much knocked off of Twitter, so) …
https://github.com/cwebber/rwot9-prague/blob/secure-uis/draft-documents/secure-user-interfaces.md
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rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018/draft-documents/petnames.md at petnames · cwebber/rebooting-the-web-of-trust-spring2018

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