2 key takeaways from vitaliks talk

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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?

sasha shilina (@sshshln)

just when we were getting used to post-quantum cryptography, vitalik brings up post-AI cryptography. lovely

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2 key takeaways from vitaliks talk

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This discussion post summarizes two takeaways from a talk by Vitalik Buterin: that zero-knowledge proofs are a privacy-friendly tool whose known failures are soundness breaks, not privacy breaks that reveal identity, and that pseudonyms are giving way to action-by-action anonymity. The poster says Buterin's reasoning for the second point is that AI makes it hard to keep a pseudonym, since a small slip such as writing style can expose the user. The poster disagrees with this, arguing that reputation built over time under a pseudonym, as with Satoshi Nakamoto's bitcoin posts, cannot be replicated when every action is anonymous.

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