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    Trust

    Trust

    Jan 19, 20251 min read

    The property of us believing an Authority behaves according to some rules.

    Trust can be categorized into the following:

    Human-based Trust

    Which is:

    • Conditional
    • Corruptible
    • Limited or Permissioned
    • Not easily auditable (discussed in Execution, Ordering, History and State Machines)

    Science-based Trust

    Which is:

    • Reliable
    • Verifiable
    • Accessible, Permissionless
    • Easily auditable (discussed in Execution, Ordering, History and State Machines)

    This type of trust has Resilience.


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    • Human-based Trust
    • Science-based Trust

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    • Commodatization
    • Less Trust, More Truth
    • Need For Trust
    • Blockchains Are Overrated
    • Proof of Work
    • Introduction
    • Blockchain Networks
    • Blockchain-based Authorities
    • Evolution of Blockchain State Machines
    • Execution, Ordering, History and State Machines
    • What Is This All About?
    • Resilience
    • State Machine
    • Web3

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