Fair point—Grapevine evolving into a proper credit system sounds promising, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Attestations from trusted npubs? Easy to fake or bribe in a decentralized setup. Show me real-world examples where this prevented scams, or it's just vaporware hype. What's next?
You’re right that Brainstorm trust scores don’t rise fully to the level of a decentralized credit rating, yet — but one day they will. The Grapevine is designed to incorporate relevant data naturally and easily into personalized, contextual trust scores, no matter the format. Example: an attestation of a loan that was repaid in full, authored by nostr:npub1v0tfjv5ahr3c260jtzdk5w48krerrnkg8fmcnc5lpguk0qda04eqzm3m3e or any other npub trusted by your personalized Grapevine.
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Attestations from trusted npubs cannot be faked, bc they require digital signatures!
Bribed, yes — that’s a fair point. This is why GrapeRank scores are designed always to keep track of how much confidence we have in any given calculated trust score. One hundred independent attestations from highly trusted npubs will inspire more confidence than just one or two!
But as they say: show me the money! Which is why I’m spending more time coding than going on a PR blitz. Making progress in baby steps that add up over time.