An Internet for Humans: Proof-of-Personhood Explained
Identity is one of our most fundamental human rights. In the age of surveillance, commodification and centralization, it is under threat.
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It was just last month that IBM's plans for an "Internet of things" architecture that would feature Bitcoin blockchain technology were revealed. IBM's planned project, called Adept, utilizes three distinct technologies including the blockchain, TeleHash, and BitTorrent. IBM's head of mobile and internet Paul Brody is the "VP of the Internet of Things" and is in charge of the project. In a recent talk with Gigaom at their Structure Connect event in San Francisco, Brody further explained his vision for the Internet of Things and he emphasized that developers should welcome open-source....
This post was released for Issue 13 of Bitcoin Magazine as part of a series of articles about puzzles and games that started with Issue 12. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy writing them. BACKGROUND. In 2005, computer scientist Cameron Browne¹·¹ begins work on a computer program called LUDI as part of his Ph. D. research. On November 2007, after running for a month, LUDI becomes self aware. In a panic, humans attempt to shut it down... Okay, okay. LUDI did not become self aware (yet). But it did something amazing. While humans code sets of rules to be executed by computers,....
Humans and DeFi share a common trait: They both need liquid to survive. In the case of humans, we require water. In the case of DeFi, it requires liquid funds to facilitate trades, automated market makers (AMMs), and to expand the offerings of the platform. But what exactly is liquidity in the context of DeFi, […]
No humans, please, only bots. With the pandemic almost over and people resuming their everyday hustle and bustle outdoors, travelers are excited to book their next travel destination without any human touch. Even wanderlusts are jumping into the metaverse with the option to check out rooms in the metaverse before they book their stay, with […]
These students would get paid through a proof-of-learning mining process on UNITAS. Photo via Robert E. Kennedy Library at Cal Poly. There have been endless debates on whether proof-of-work, proof-of-stake, or some other type of blockchain would be the correct choice for the perfect cryptocurrency, but UNITAS, a proposed decentralized content network, could be offering the most revolutionary blockchain design yet. The basic idea is that UNITAS tokens would be a cryptocurrency based on a content platform where people consume various forms of media. There are no ASICs or GPUs to worry about....