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24 Aug, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Puzzling through if NFTs can be used to help fund trustless self-sovereign identity efforts, and open infrastructure tools & services. First experiment: opensea.io/assets/0x495f9…
I'll try an auction tonight when the gas fees are lower, with the auction scheduled to end next week.
If you are an artist that wants to support my efforts toward trustless forms of Self-Sovereign Identity (aka #SSI), we welcome a donation of original artwork to try out this experimental funding method for open development.
The auction has started on "Self-Sovereign Identity: Bits of Anonymous #1" with an opening bid of 1 WETH. All funds to support the development of trust-minimized tools for #SSI. opensea.io/assets/0x495f9…

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26 Apr
Five years ago, I published "The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity", which laid out the idea of a new sort of user-controlled identity, expanding on ideas from visionaries before me. [1/13] coindesk.com/path-self-sove…
To celebrate that anniversary, I published a new article today that takes a look at where self-sovereign identity has gone in the five years since. [2/13]
I think the principles in the original article have proven the most important element. That's existence, control, access, transparency, persistence, portability, interoperability, consent, minimalization, and protection. They've allowed global conversation about SSI. [3/13] Image
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27 Jan
Bitcoin has quadrupled in value in the last year, which makes #SmartCustody more important than ever. Your holdings might now be worth more than you think. How secure are your digital assets? [1/10]
You could choose to store your keys in hot wallets, which are directly connected to the internet, or in cold storage, which takes them offline. Each has its own advantages and limitations. [2/10]
The #SmartCustody process teaches you how to use cold storage safely and securely, so that you can protect your digital funds yourself. Though emerging tools are changing the landscape, this process remains today the best way to manage self-custody. [3/10] github.com/BlockchainComm…
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21 Sep 20
Twenty years ago today I launched Castle Marrach to the public, my first multiplayer online game design. Unique in offering a #Bartle “socializer-dominant” interactive fiction experience, and a hybrid text & web interactive environment, it was novel for its time. [1/15] ImageImageImageImage
I had founded Skotos in 1999 with a goal of creating "multiplayer interactive fiction on the Internet". We wanted to make games that were more social, more dynamic, more interactive, more “real”, and in particular more story-focused than anything that had been seen before. [2/15]
I also become interested in experimenting with cross-media, and produced two comic books based on our games, Castle Marrach: Awakenings awakenings.marrach.com and Lovecraft Country: Return to Arkham lovecraftcountry.com. [3/15] ImageImage
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6 Jul 20
#SmartCustody Adversary — Convenience

Our first adversay in category “Loss by Mistakes" is CONVENIENCE. It sounds, well, convenient, doesn't it? But it is a real adversary because focusing on it instead of safety or security can cause you to lose your digital assets. (1/8)
CONVENIENCE is an error that arises from your decision to ignore your normal security procedures. Yet that decision might be for entirely good and pragmatic reasons. (2/8)
If you're on the road, cold storage might not be accessible, or it might be vulnerable to theft. If you're frequently trading, you might need access to your cryptocurrency in a easy and quick manner. CONVENIENCE is important, but can be also dangerous. (3/8)
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5 Jun 20
#SmartCustody Adversary — Disaster

DISASTER! Its motivation? "I want to destroy. I want to crumble and burn. I want to ruin with water, to blow things into the air. I am bombs, bullets, and explosions. I am sudden and unexpected but disastrous destruction." (1/9)
This is the third adversary in my #SmartCustody book about protecting your cryptocurrency and other digital assets. And the motivations certainly explain the ways that you could lose your private keys. A house fire, a flood, a tornado, a war. (2/9)
When researching for my book, I heard the story of someone who religiously printed his keys to paper wallets. Every quarter he'd reprint so the ink didn't fade (and would then shred the previous one). Unfortunately, he kept those keys in the basement. Which flooded. (3/9)
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1 Jun 20
#SmartCustody is an ongoing project of @BlockchainComns, a blockchain infrastructure support organization. In it we share the best practices for the use of advanced cryptographic tools in improving the care, maintenance, control, and protection of your digital assets. (1/14) Image
In the 1st edition of #SmartCustody we detail best practices & default storage scenarios, offer an exercise for you to learn how to model digital asset flows, create a risk model, do an adversarial analysis, and use these tools to modify your personal storage scenario. (2/14)
These resources, paid for by your fellow patrons in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency digital-asset community, are available for free in the PDF bit.ly/SmartCustodyBo… and at cost in a print-on-demand book bit.ly/SmartCustodyBo… (3/14)
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