Talk with David, Viv, Nick and Gabriel… (and Francis is there too - good luck team).
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Also, Tim Berners-Lee and Ruben Verborgh on Thursday at the same times introducing Project Solid (they are also doing a workshop on building Solid apps):
Looking at the schedule, I know I’m biased but I didn’t see much to compare with either of these two projects. There is some really good stuff, such as talks and workshops by the Scuttlebutt guys and Paul Frazee of DAT/Beaker which are certainly interesting, but nothing on the scale of SAFE or Solid.
Very interesting. While this isn’t at all the main point of the article, I was intrigued by this part:
The exciting opportunity will be building a model where individual users are rewarded in crypto-currencies for sharing their data in return for services. This is not idealistic it is feasible, because the SAFE Network will work in conjunction with blockchain immutable ledger technologies that can validate transactions
Was this worded like this specifically to reach out to blockchain projects, or is there some idea of tighter integration of the SAFE network and blockchains?
I just wonder why Safecoin (which can validate transactions) wasn’t used in the example here, at least alongside Blockchain immutable ledger technologies. People may miss that the Safe Network can also be a crypto currency platform that hosts coins / tokens and validates transactions, plus can hold a distributed ledger if required.
I’ve always thought it’d be very cool if there were a way to integrate with blockchain nodes to enable them to interact with the SAFE network to scale, using SAFE a bit like the Lightning network by locking up blockchain tokens / currencies so they can be traded / transferred / stored on the Safe network, and then transacted back onto blockchains when required by sending out through SAFE connected nodes.
Very much looking forward to hearing the talk tomorrow, and hearing what the outcomes of the conference are for the team
Afaik, lightning doesn’t define the transport mechanism. I suspect instead of using live peer to peer connections to perform transactions, the SAFENetwork could act as an intermediary to add a secure buffer layer. Transactions could still happen at network speed, but the they would be more robust against disruption. In short, it would be somewhere between a blockchain and direct p2p.
Was this worded like this specifically to reach out to blockchain projects, or is there some idea of tighter integration of the SAFE network and blockchains?
Indeed, this can use some clarification. And what is exactly meant by “blockchain immutable ledger technologies”? The explanation in the Medium article could be interpreted as an alternative for Safecoin or changes in the planned implementation of it.
Because for instance preventing ‘stealing’ of Safecoin is more difficult (money incentive) than protecting data and keeping data untraceable, as far that I understand it. See for instance this topic and at the end of this topic
