Posts with keyword: protocol

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ONDC: An Open Network for Ecommerce

Thu Aug 25 16:04:00 2022

Open networks provide the means for increased freedom and autonomy as more of our lives move to the digital realm. ONDC is an experiment launching in India that is hoping to bring these benefits to shoppers and merchants.
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DIDComm and the Self-Sovereign Internet

Wed Nov 11 07:51:00 2020

DIDComm is the messaging protocol that provides utility for DID-based relationships. DIDComm is more than just a way to exchange credentials, it's a protocol layer capable of supporting specialized application protocols for specific workflows. Because of its general nature and inherent support for self-sovereign relationships, DIDComm provides a basis for a self-sovereign internet much more private, enabling, and flexible than the one we've built using Web 2.0 technologies.
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The Case for Decentralized Identity

Wed Aug 16 14:02:00 2017

We cannot decentralize many interesting systems without also decentralizing the identity systems upon which they rely. We're finally in a position to create truly decentralized systems for digital identity.
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The CompuServe of Things

Sat Apr 26 12:27:00 2014

On the Net today we face a choice between freedom and captivity, independence and dependence. How we build the Internet of Things has far-reaching consequences for the humans who will use—or be used by—it. Will we push forward, connecting things using forests of silos that are reminiscent the online services of the 1980's, or will we learn the lessons of the Internet and build a true Internet of Things?
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Facebook Domination Isn't Inevitable—It's Not Even Likely

Mon May 21 12:20:00 2012

More people—especially geeks—need to understand that protocols are worth the effort they require. And let's not dodge that; decentralized systems are more work. They are harder to design, harder to build, and harder to bootstrap. But the forcing function, freedom, is powerful and eventually wins out.
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The Importance of Protocols

Tue Apr 17 08:39:00 2012

Protocol is all around us in the conventions we use everyday to interact with people. Protocol creates a framework within which different agents can interact and accomplish some purpose. Protocol allows me to interact in a store where the checker and I speak different languages. I only need to understand her when we need to depart from the protocol. Inside the protocol, everything is syntactic. Outside the protocol, semantics matter.
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Protocols and Metaprotocols: What is a Personal Event Network?

Wed Mar 21 14:01:00 2012

The Internet is a creature born of protocol. Protocols are agreements among a set of parties on a sequence of operations and the format of messages that will be used to communicate for a given purpose. Distributed systems depend on protocols to function. Andrew Galloway says 'protocols are the enemy of bureaucracy, of rigid hierarchy, and of centralization.' Through protocols ways overpower and supplant places.
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