I came to Dusk thinking that privacy was about hiding certain bits of data.. After spending some time around the network I started thinking more about who actually gets to be sure of things and who is left in the dark.
In talks about the market people act like visibility and trust are the exact same thing. They think if everyone can see every move then everyone will feel confident. Dusk made me realize that this way of thinking might be wrong.
As I watched the activity on the network I kept thinking about the difference between Moonlight and Phoenix. Moonlight does not feel like a privacy tool to me. Instead Moonlight feels like a way to keep identity and accountability tied together when those things still matter. Phoenix looks at the problem from a different side. Phoenix works to hide transaction details so they are not exposed but Phoenix still lets you verify the things that actually need to be verified.
That difference changed my view on uncertainty. I realized the goal is not to get rid of information. The true goal is to decide where information becomes necessary.
I saw this pattern in how people felt about the coin during the quiet times. People did not seem to care much about how much data was out there. Instead people cared about whether the right data could be proven when it was actually needed.
The time I spent following Dusk the more I realized that privacy is not, about secrecy. To me privacy looks like a careful way to hand out certainty.#dusk @Dusk $DUSK
In talks about the market people act like visibility and trust are the exact same thing. They think if everyone can see every move then everyone will feel confident. Dusk made me realize that this way of thinking might be wrong.
As I watched the activity on the network I kept thinking about the difference between Moonlight and Phoenix. Moonlight does not feel like a privacy tool to me. Instead Moonlight feels like a way to keep identity and accountability tied together when those things still matter. Phoenix looks at the problem from a different side. Phoenix works to hide transaction details so they are not exposed but Phoenix still lets you verify the things that actually need to be verified.
That difference changed my view on uncertainty. I realized the goal is not to get rid of information. The true goal is to decide where information becomes necessary.
I saw this pattern in how people felt about the coin during the quiet times. People did not seem to care much about how much data was out there. Instead people cared about whether the right data could be proven when it was actually needed.
The time I spent following Dusk the more I realized that privacy is not, about secrecy. To me privacy looks like a careful way to hand out certainty.#dusk @Dusk $DUSK