Sovereign “webs of trust” (weighted scores based on user configurable and sharable analyses of p2p interactions) user verification will always outperform centralized gate keeping … especially under state mandate to “protect our children”, where every other solution is hamstrung out of the gate by special interests and regulatory capture.
Phishing and social engineering attacks simply disappear when your only input comes from established trust networks.
If it is so effective with no drawbacks, why has *no one* used it?
Because no one knows how to implement it properly.
Because special interests and regulatory capture.
Because WoT does have its drawbacks.
Because laws are written for the old paradigm.
Because Nostr has never existed before.
Because we’re still perfecting the tools.
https://github.com/Pretty-Good-Freedom-Tech/graperank-nodejs
PageRank has existed for decades and somehow, no one has used it on social media platforms. They have at least some incentive to make their platforms spam free.
If they could but didn't, why? Because WoT is a suboptimal solution.
There is nothing related to regulations that prevents this.
Now I’m curious. What is suboptimal about WoT?
