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

Regardless of the flag or intent, Russell's post is an interesting
perspective on the three terms that are the subject of this thread.

Sam Smith's https://github.com/SmithSamuelM/Papers/blob/master/whitepapers/KERI_WP.web.pdf
directly addresses the security and *decentralization* issues with the web.
It's a must read for any discussion of pseudonymous identifiers and
self-verifying content-addressable storage such as IPFS.

Separately, for *blockchains*, Sign-in with Ethereum
https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4361 addresses the narrowly scoped
problem of decentralized authentication and references a somewhat immature
options for human-readable identifiers as ENS  https://ens.domains
including dereferencing to a .jpg

As for *NFT*s, the link to CCG work is what happens when the .jpg is a
biometric and ambient authentication
https://github.com/w3c/did-use-cases/issues/113 is a fact of life.

In CCG, VCs and DIDs are a given. The challenge W3C faces is how much money
is being invested on protocols outside of traditional SDOs and their role
as antitrust and IP solutions.

- Adrian

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 9:05 AM Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
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> On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 at 18:09, John, Anil <anil.john@hq.dhs.gov> wrote:
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>> Given the continuous discussions around centralization/de-centralization
>> in our community, I found this essay by Moxie Marlinspike …
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>> My first impressions of web3
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>> https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html
>> <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!TWHO5okUoNLRfejX8R4fouQNtXHpePRJgCEMSTTdyJyd1YeYLaovlTtxC0oRLOgLPpNr$>
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>> … to have aspects that have relevance to the DID/VC work.
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>> If you don’t know who Moxie Marlinspike is, recommend doing a bit of due
>> diligence to find out.
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> Hi John, you may also find Alex Russell's (formerly of the W3C TAG) post
> on this topic relevant
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> https://infrequently.org/2022/01/washed-up/
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> There was a call for W3C to make a statement on the use of such this form
> of "web washing", and I personally hope that they do
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>> Best Regards,
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>> Anil
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>> Anil John
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