✳️ dcposch on daimo
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I just preordered the ethOS phone. Transparency: I'm a fan of the devs @markus @nc and @mme, but have no financial connection to ethOS. Shipping your own mobile OS is crazy. Quixotic. The team is small and scrappy. So why do I think this project is important? https://mint.ethosmobile.org/
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✳️ dcposch on daimo
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TLDR I think app distribution is a key problem for crypto, and ethOS is an exciting experiment toward fixing it. Ethereum has some amazing properties. Credible neutrality. "Hardness", to use @js framing. But users don't use protocols, they use apps, & our current channels for shipping an app undermine those qualities.
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✳️ dcposch on daimo
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What do we do today? Mostly, we ship dapps as web apps. Fundamentally a trusted-server model: a modern browser ensures that you're communicating privately with the right host. You trust the host for everything else, including serving you the correct code, every time you use the app.
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✳️ dcposch on daimo
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Or we can ship on mobile. Equally bad. iPhones are not general-purpose computers, they are curated products that run whatever Apple presently allows. Android is a bit better: you can install APKs, but via a scary-looking side hatch so that distribution in practice still requires Google's permission.
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✳️ dcposch on daimo
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🥒 So we are in a pickle 🥒 Cryptography is fundamentally about trusting math. You want to run the right code, the same code that others are running & that's had professional eyes on it. Web gives you no guarantees there.
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✳️ dcposch on daimo
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Cryptocurrency is fundamentally about autonomy: your keys, your coins. Here, mobile gives you no guarantees. Company-curated app stores may allow a particular dapp today and change their mind tomorrow. Neither web nor App Store/Play Store can deliver a window into Ethereum without serious compromise.
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