Re: Edge Identifiers & Cryptographic Cliques (a followup on the TPAC Future Proofing Topic)

Christopher,

Much as I appreciate your leadership and innovation in matters of
cryptography as applied to identity, I worry that digital identity is now
distracting us from solving real application-level problems like reputation
and accountability. Anonymity and fuzziness can only get us so far.

Consider, for example, a clique that has two AIs and me acting as I think I
understand your vision. I agree it's valuable for actors external to the
clique to not distinguish whether the accountable entity is an AI or the
human because this gives agency to the human. Sure, but the more relevant
issue is how does the human delegate to their two AIs and how are the
reputations of the AIs and the human managed (so that the system can scale
to other humans that might want to trust an AI as part of their clique).

Adrian



On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 11:07 AM Christopher Allen <
ChristopherA@lifewithalacrity.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 4:17 PM Christopher Allen <
> ChristopherA@lifewithalacrity.com> wrote:
>
>> To provide more depth on the concept of edge identifiers and how they fit
>> within the evolving landscape of decentralized identity, I've written an
>> article titled "Edge Identifiers & Cliques":
>> https://www.blockchaincommons.com/musings/musings-cliques-1/ Another
>> article, with more detail, I will post next week.
>>
>
> Here is the next part of this series, "Open & Fuzzy Cliques"
> https://www.blockchaincommons.com/musings/musings-cliques-2/ .This
> article expands on how relationship-based identity can evolve with new
> identity models that leverage Schnorr-based aggregatable signatures,
> distributed key generation (DKG) multi-party computation (MPC), to support
> relationship-based identity models.
>
> In this latest article, I explore several new clique variants. Open
> cliques represent organic, evolving groups that reflect real-world social
> dynamics, without requiring all members to be directly connected. Fuzzy
> cliques introduce threshold capabilities, enabling groups to make
> semi-anonymous decisions where only some members need to agree—ideal for
> situations that need flexible group dynamics. Device cliques expand
> identity to include non-human participants like oracles, AI, or IoT
> devices, highlighting how identity can be collaboratively managed by
> mixed-entity networks.
>
> I’d love to continue our conversation on how these cryptographic
> approaches might further strengthen our standards work. Your insights are
> always welcome!
>
> -- Christopher Allen
>