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A set of 3 possibe properties for a good ID/naming system to have: security, decentralisation, and human-meaning/memorability. Conjectured that no single system can achieve all 3 by Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn (just found out they're also one of the creators of Zcash).
eg. Bitcoin/nostr addresses, which are secure and decentralised but rarely memorable or meaningful, and DNS names, which can be secure and meaningful but quite centrally controlled.
Published at
2025-02-16 15:42:12Event JSON
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"pubkey": "ffffffffe5335006069f8b47bfface18f25e537dd4b3ec90e37d3c76a4003fce",
"created_at": 1739720532,
"kind": 1,
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"content": "A set of 3 possibe properties for a good ID/naming system to have: security, decentralisation, and human-meaning/memorability. Conjectured that no single system can achieve all 3 by Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn (just found out they're also one of the creators of Zcash).\n\neg. Bitcoin/nostr addresses, which are secure and decentralised but rarely memorable or meaningful, and DNS names, which can be secure and meaningful but quite centrally controlled.",
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}
