There will be 1000 write-ups criticizing the technology, approach, or distribution of @worldcoin. In fact, it's pretty easy to do this for any person with crypto/security background. + You'll get a lot of media attention.
But I think it's important to take a step back, imagine the potential of what if this actually works, understand the technical limitations, and see how we can solve one problem at a time. The project is still in the early phases of development.
After browsing the docs for a few hours (they're very good for an early-stage project), here're a few low hanging recommendations to the team.
* Make the audits public. Seems there were two audits done by Nethermind & Least Authority. The audits are not public yet. https://t.co/uxL8wFTIEA
* Run public security contests and bug bounties. e.g., using @immunefi and @code4rena.
* Clearly state the assumptions. In any crypto/security system, it's important to understand the roots of trust. The assumptions should be of the form: "We trust that (a) the Orb is not compromised, (b) the PKI around the Orb is secure, (c) the ZK proof by Groth16 is secure, (d) the user's device storing the key is secure, etc."
* State the assumptions around the Orb. e.g., The Orb generates an iris code of length X such that for all scans of all Orbs of the same person, the Hamming distance between any two pairs of scans is < Y, and for all pairs of iris scans that belong to different people, the Hamming distance is greater than Z.
* It wasn't clear to me where the iris data is stored and not stored. Make that very explicit. Which devices / services have access to the full iris data vs its fingerprint? Is the fingerprint lossy or cryptographically secure? [i.e., no info about the pre-image, the iris sequence itself, can be extracted from the public info (statistically) vs its protected using crypto and holds private under some crypto assumptions].
* Anticipating a backlash of academic papers breaking the protocol, pro-actively engage with them. e.g., create research grants for folks to write a paper breaking some part of the protocol && suggesting a way to fix and improve it.
* Start an open-source research / development program for alternatives to the Orb hardware implementation.
cc @mnovendstern, @sama , @chriswaclawek
Liquidity inside @TornadoCash 100 ETH pool has recovered 50% from the panic withdrawals caused by the sanction last August. More headaches for @FBI and compliance teams
Anyone familiar with these two addresses on Tron? Trying to figure out what are these addresses:
TXBTkk1L35oEYwvENhQHG8bJGZvJbSqYk7
TPHNzrwNJoivC34Fe6xVDRj6xhYnCZPXTF
They look like gambling dapp hot wallets
#TRON#TRX#USDT#justinsun
🧵 Today, I'm sharing my long-standing theory behind a US government covert operation designed to partially crack Bitcoin privacy and deanonymize transactions. I believe that popular Bitcoin mixer ChipMixer is actually a United States government honeypot. Here's why.
TLDR
SVB depositors will have access to all of their money Monday
Signature Bank closed, all depositors will be made whole
Fed will make available additional funding to eligible depository institutions
Fed prepared to use its full range of tools to support households and businesses
Money printer go BLURRRRR. I just received 624.3427576158434 $BLUR from @BLUR_io’s Season 1 drop. Season 2 begins NOW. Start listing and bidding on Blur to get a head start on Season 2 rewards.
So…$APT has been outperforming in the last couple of weeks. Why? What is the latest with #Aptos and what is coming up for this new #Layer1?
A #Binance Research thread 🧵👇
A new era for the $WOO token
As a first step in a series of improvements, WOO Network has burned 705M $WOO tokens - over 24% of the total supply.
Here’s a breakdown of how we are propelling $WOO into a position of strength in the market (1/4)
👉https://t.co/TNHJ6fia49
This is how early we are in #Crypto
3 years ago: literally nothing
Not talking about infrastructure, talking about usage...
2 years ago: a blip
Today: monthly fees in deepest Crypto winter make #DeFi summer 2020 look trivial