privacy, cypherpunk, encryption
2 key takeaways from vitaliks talk > Proofs are cypherpunk, backdoors are cringe Zero-knowledge only has soundness breaks (attacker gains unlimited mint of credentials) but never a privacy break where you can uncover identity > Pseudonyms are out, action by action anonymity is in His reasoning is that with AI it's hard to maintain a pseudonym as a single slip up as small as writing ticks will get you caught This is maybe the main point i disagreed with; imagine if satoshi had to create a new identity for every post he made on bitcoins future The aspect of building up a (pseudonymous) reputation over time that gives continuity and a network and makes people take you seriously can't be replicated when every action is anonymous right?
just when we were getting used to post-quantum cryptography, vitalik brings up post-AI cryptography. lovely