Author: Brooks Boyd 2014-03-06 18:08:51
Published on: 2014-03-06T18:08:51+00:00
In this context, Mike Hearn and another individual discuss the possibility of using a self-signed certificate as a basic start to accrue reputation for Bitcoin users. They also explore the idea of having a Bitcoin user add reputation by signing such a certificate rather than relying on a central signing authority. The discussion revolves around the use of ECDSA signatures and a distributed store of those signed messages to form a reputation score. The aim is to find a way for any user to add to the reputation with just the Bitcoin infrastructure without having to learn X.500 certificate signing on top of EC signatures.
Updated on: 2023-06-08T14:18:53.985869+00:00