This repository contains documents related to the "Rebooting the Web-of-Trust" series of events in the fall of 2015 and early 2106.
The first DesignShop event, to be held in the Bay Area on November 3rd & 4th 2015, is a facilitated, invite-only event focused on creating the next generation of decentralized web-of-trust based identity systems. The goal of this initial DesignShop is to generate 5 technical white papers and/or proposals on topics decided by the group that will have the greatest impact on the future.
In advance of the November DesignShop, all participants are requested to post in the Topics and Advanced Readings folder a 1 or 2 page topics paper to be shared with other attendees on either:
- A specific problem that you'd like to solve with a web-of-trust solution, and why current solutions (pgp or ca-based pki) can't address the problem?
- A specific solution related to the web-of-trust that you'd like others to use or contribute to?
These papers include (so far):
- Authorities vs. Peers: Pain Points in Security - by Christopher Allen @ChristopherA <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com> & Shannon Appelcline @Appelcline <ShannonA@skotos.net>
- Avoiding Confused Deputy Attack Using Capabilities - by Tyler Close <tyler.close@gmail.com>
- Blockchain-based Trust for Software Components - by Sean Gilligan @msgilligan <sean@msgilligan.com>
- Binding Identity in a Decentralized System - by Wayne Thayer @wthayer <wthayer@gmail.com>
- Blockchain Tech Opportunities in the Web-of-Trust - by Peter Todd @PeterToddBTC <pete@petertodd.org>
- Building a Web of Trust for E-commerce - by Michael Folkson @michaelfolkson <michaelfolkson@gmail.com>
- Cool hack with XDI graphs, blockstore, link contracts, and cryptographic identifiers - by Markus Sabadello @Peacekeper <markus@projectdanube.org>
- Decentralized Authentication with Blockchain Auth - by Ryan Shea @ryaneshea <ryan@onename.com>
- Decentralized Cooperation Needs Decentralized Reputation - by Noah Thorp @noahthorp <noah@citizencode.io>
- Distributed multi-ledger model for financial industry - by Pavel Kravchenko @kravchenkopo <kravchenkopo@gmail.com>
- First Encounters with PGP - by Kiara Robles @anarchoass <kiara.robles@gmail.com>
- Hierarchical Deterministic Keys: BIP32 & Beyond - by Christopher Allen @ChristopherA <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com> & Shannon Appelcline @Appelcline <ShannonA@skotos.net>
- Key Transparency for End Users — by Joseph Bonneau @JosephBonneau <jbonneau@cs.stanford.edu>
- Lightning Network and Web of Trust — by Joseph Poon <joseph@lightning.network>
- Linked Local Names — by Christopher Allen @ChristopherA <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com>
- PGP Paradigm - by Jon Callas - @JonCallas <jon@crypto.expert> & Phil Zimmerman - <prz@mit.edu>
- PKI Tools in EVM-based blockchains - by ChristianLundkvist - @ChrisLundkvist <christian.lundkvist@consensys.net>
- Progressive Trust - by Christopher Allen @ChristopherA <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com>
- Reputation and the Real World - by Randy Farmer @FRandallFarmer <randy.farmer@pobox.com>
- Schnorr Signatures: An Overview - by Christopher Allen @ChristopherA <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com> & Shannon Appelcline @Appelcline <ShannonA@skotos.net>
- Secret Handshake: Key Exchange as a Capability System - by Dominic Tarr @DominicTarr <dominic.tarr@gmail.com>
- Secure Naming on the Blockchain - by Muneeb Ali *@muneeb <muneeb@onename.com> and Ryan Shea @ryaneshea <ryan@onename.com>
- Selective Disclosure of Identity with Hierarchical Deterministic Keys and JSON Web Tokens - by Ryan Shea @ryaneshea <ryan@onename.com>
- Thin Clients - by Greg Slepak @TaoEffect <hi@okturtles.com>
- Trust Exchange: An Architecture for a Permanent Open Trust Network - byHarlan T. Wood @HarlanTWood <h@rlan.me >
- Web of Trust with Blockchain IDs - by Ryan Shea @ryaneshea <ryan@onename.com>
- XDI Link Contracts: An Overview - by Drummond Reed @DrummondReed <drummond@respect.network>
If you would like an invitation to this DesignShop, please email Christopher Allen ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com about why you wish to participate as well as send a topic paper relevant to your specific needs and/or offerings in the field of web-of-trust technologies.