Thread by @balajis

We are building the ledger of record.

As each assertion goes on-chain, the metadata becomes verifiable.

- Proof-of-who via digital signature
- Proof-of-what via hash
- Proof-of-when via timestamp

Argument from cryptography begins superseding argument from authority.

https://twitter.com/chainlink/status/1458949411019526153

We're transitioning from fiat information — it's true because this august institution said so! — to cryptoinformation, which is truth anyone can computationally verify.

Cryptocurrency is cryptoinformation on debits and credits. But it can be generalized.
chainlinktoday.com/balaji-sriniva…

A recent talk on the ledger of record, with some slides.

Instead of simply asserting that something is true because it's from the "paper of record" or false because it's "fake news", we need an impartial mechanism for adjudicating factual disputes on the internet.

That is the ledger of record.

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1290326486382022656

Here's an example of the ledger of record for marriage registries, courtesy of @arjunblj.

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1319092834293538816

Groups like foam.space are developing proof-of-location tools that are more robust than spoofable GPS.

If it works, the ledger of record expands beyond proof-of-who (digital signature), what (hash), and when (timestamp), to where (location).

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1304604151045709824

A chat with @david_perell that begins with the concept of data feeds (like weather channel temperatures, or real estate prices), how they lead to crypto oracles, and how we use that to build the ledger of record.
podclips.com/c/DTMeQ9