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      Kyle Den Hartog

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My Thoughts

  • Convergent Wisdom

    Convergent Wisdom is utilizing the knowledge gained from studying multiple solutions that approach a similar outcome in different ways in order to choose the appropriate solution for the problem at hand.

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  • Financing Open Source Software Development with DAO Governance Tokens

    Is it possible to fix the tragedy of the commons problem with a DAO Governance Token?

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  • My Take on the Misframing of the Authentication Problem

    First off, the user experience of authenticating on the web has to be joyful first and foremost. Secondly, I think it's important that we recognize that the security of any authentication system is probabilistic, not deterministic.

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  • Comparing VCs to ZCAP-LD

    Verifiable Credentials are well suited for provenanced statements. ZCAP-LD is great for distributed authorization systems.

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  • Example Design of an Authorization System with Verifiable Credentials and the Tradeoffs

    I'll cover an example design which relies upon verifiable credentials for an authorization system and the tradeoffs faced.

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  • Common Delegation Patterns in the Verifiable Credential Ecosystem

    Here's 3 ways you can utilize VCs and DIDs to enable delegation and attenuated delegation for more complex scenarios.

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  • Theory of Making a Private Internet

    Privacy is made possible when all actions appear to be random.

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  • Why I Decided to Remove Google Analytics from my Blog

    I want to see a world where people can use technology privately each and everyday

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  • Tech isn't a Tool to Impose Values

    Technologies should adapt to the people rather than users adapting to their technologies.

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  • A thought experiment on free will

    An experiment on testing free will

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  • The Case for Off-Chain Data Storage

    Lets use blockchain smart contracts to act as a trusted database administrator and log management system.

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  • Quantifying Trust: Is it possible?

    If we can build a system that has guarantees of identity verifiability and immutability than how do we quantify trust?

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  • ID2020-Summit-Review

    it's important that organizations like ID2020 host these events to bring key stakeholders together to share experiences and form coalitions

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  • Cryptonomics Equilibrium

    Economic equilibrium means that cryptocurrency has tangible value to all involved parties therefore increasing the demand and flow of the tokens.

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  • Personal Privacy in the Wake of Reoccurring Data Breaches

    It seems like every other week there is a new data breach in the news.

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