Re: Ideals meet Implementations - Blockchains, NFTs, Decentralization, Oh My!

Anil: Moxie is the founder of Whisper Systems, acquired back in Twitter in 2011. Later he developed Signal (the secure messaging app), etc. A similar critique of web3 was published recently by Jeff Galloway (a polarizing voice for many to be sure) at https://www.profgalloway.com/web3/


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On Jan 18, 2022, at 12:06 PM, John, Anil <anil.john@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:anil.john@hq.dhs.gov>> wrote:

Given the continuous discussions around centralization/de-centralization in our community, I found this essay by Moxie Marlinspike …

My first impressions of web3
https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!TWHO5okUoNLRfejX8R4fouQNtXHpePRJgCEMSTTdyJyd1YeYLaovlTtxC0oRLOgLPpNr$__;!!IKRxdwAv5BmarQ!IrG5_q6AE6qea1FemPCOy_y8YEw9na8etw2kGHXAB8UhTKiwV9Y0BRQlLhFxxsU$>

… to have aspects that have relevance to the DID/VC work.

If you don’t know who Moxie Marlinspike is, recommend doing a bit of due diligence to find out.

Best Regards,

Anil

Anil John
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Science and Technology Directorate
US Department of Homeland Security
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