faust

Swearing by something is an interesting concept that we used to do more often; but we don’t as anymore. One used to swear on their mother’s grave, or their children - essentially asking God(s) to be your witness and arbiter of truth. 

In order to make a transaction of trust, (like a claim, a future claim) one needed to have a trusted third party they could both ideologically trust to execute the transaction, and general rules of conduct they would abide by 

in a way, in a world where we don’t know what to trust, you need ways to swear to third parties because that’s what helps us navigate your own world

if you haven't, this essay by josh is a really good read on generalisation of this form of trust
https://stark.mirror.xyz/n2UpRqwdf7yjuiPKVICPpGoUNeDhlWxGqjulrlpyYi0
also relates to balaji's god -> law -> cryptography

creating and destroying; built flying cars & autonomous vehicles, now building /faust, more here: /july, web: july.rocks

I work for Ethereum at the Ethereum Foundation.

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previously intern Nethermind, epns.io