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.