geospatial

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

1/ Personhood is Probabilistic: On the internet, there will likely never be a view with 100% confidence that an entity is a unique human. We need ensemble approaches to increase the probability of personhood.

This is very similar to our thinking on location proofs — it doesn't seem possible to deterministically *prove* that a number / digital file was created at a particular point in the universe.

But we can increase confidence in the authenticity of a location claim by attaching evidence that it's true.

A wide range of strategies for proving location on the Internet is emerging. We categorize them as social, machine + sensor data strategies.

Our plan is to publish the first few recipes built on Astral, but it's an open protocol, and anyone can contribute.

If you want to learn more, send a DC or join our Telegram —

Our plan is to publish the first few recipes built on Astral, but it's an open protocol, and anyone can contribute.

If you want to learn more, send a DC or join our Telegram — https://t.me/+UkTOSXnDcDM5ZTBk

We've designed our location proof schema (built on /eas) with an extensible field to attach supporting evidence. 

We call these extensions "recipes" — recipes define what data needs to be included for a location proof to adhere to a particular strategy.