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other applications for "proof of human"?

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shawn_j

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first of all, the proof would have to work. I'm not sure that social networking profiles can be used.. they can, but somebody will figure out how to cheat it. but the proof is in the pudding, and we'll see if/when it gets tested in the real world.

I'm posting this thread because I've been thinking about this.. how useful it would be to prove that you're a person. this could be done both anonymously and nonymously (if that's a word). there may be multiple implementations of "proof of human".. in some cases, other people know who you are, in other cases (dark proof?) they just know that you are a human.

a few good uses come to mind-

• voting- 1 human, 1 vote
• ebay-style reputations.. you can't escape a bad rep by just using a different address
• decentralized forums
• a crypto-based solution to google's and facebook's war to own your online identity. I would trust an open, decentralized solution much more than a proprietary company. and this will be a huge issue in the future.

that's all that comes to mind at the moment (it's 2:30am and I just got off work lol)... so does anyone else have any thoughts on this? other applications? other ways of doing the proof? do you think it can be done reliably with social networking profiles, as mentioned in the show?

Posted on July 22, 2014 at 11:37 PM

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• ProtoTech

  

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  Proof of human was an interesting concept for me. From a completely logical point of view, I get it. From a practical implementation point of view, I can't help but imagine the flaws and considerations needed. Then again, I couldn't have imagined bitcoin before it's existence. I would love to see LTB test something like this out for LTBc, but the current system is working out and it probably wouldn't be easy.

  Posted on July 23, 2014 at 4:32 AM
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• Tron

  

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  I researched this for a project that I started last year. It is not easy, and no amount of online-only will be reliable if there is a financial incentive to cheat the system. It is just too easy to create puppet e-mail accounts, SMS phone numbers, alternate pictures, made up IDs, etc.

  By linking to a physical identity system like the Notary Public infrastructure, or a licensing division such as the DMV where there are more substantial penalties for fraud, it would be possible.

  Posted on July 23, 2014 at 8:03 PM
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• odolvlobo

  

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  I think the proof-of-human concept is interesting but I would like to see how it could possibly be implemented. Unfortunately, I believe that it is not possible, which is why I think that the best that Manu can come up with is some incentives to discourage cheating.

  Posted on July 23, 2014 at 8:03 PM
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• Chris Barnes

  

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  Voting all the way!! Once there is a way to use biometrics with a smart phone or something similar to uniquely identify each human being as being unique, the world will change! We could have the first ever world wide vote, where each private key is generated with the unique biometric data from each person and then to cast their vote (coin/token) they would need to reproduce the biometric data to spend to the voting address.

  I hope someday, someone will be clever enough to figure this out!!

  Posted on July 24, 2014 at 7:28 AM
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