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So Nostr, what’s Eonpass and what’s p2p logistics?

I know I know, you didn’t ask, but here it goes:

Today even large logistics operators (DHL, FedEx, AirFrance Cargo..) don’t really know if what they ship is actually what it’s declared in the data they receive.

This is because data exchanges are still a bunch of e-mail and phone calls in the industry (subcontractors maybe don’t have IT services at all, your salesman just received a phone call from a client to confirm the shipment, etc..)

As you know from nostr, notes must be cryptographically signed to be real.

Eonpass is building something like nostr but with notes that are shipment requests, waybills and all related objects. Brand owners will have nodes as well which can sign the initial data, downstream operators can decide to pass the full signed payload or to just show a ring signature that proves the original request was coming from a set of nodes (without revealing who exactly is their client, because business)

Advantages??

1) remove inefficient data exchange and errors, even small operators can run a node, it’s open source

2) better risk analysis (black market is the least of your problems when you board untested batteries in your 40M new cargo plane ✈️)

3) part of an EU project and Customs offices are actually looking into using the data to speed up compliance and pre-arrival screening (!!!!)

What about BlOcKcHaiN?

Nodes can build their audit trail of what data they receive and send, notarize it in a open-timestamp fashion. This feature is ready for bitcoin and elements

What is the end game?

Once the network is large enough you can use its messages to unlock bitcoin payments (or tether on liquid). Trade finance on bitcoin! The prototype for adaptor signatures is ready: the spending condition is knowing a signed shipment message, signed by an intermediary. Trade finance will not go away with p2p: if you are an importer you want to pay when the goods arrive, if you are an exporter you want to be paid before shipping the goods. You will always have someone on between who eats the risk and finance the thing!

What do you think?

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Discussion

Chris 2y ago

Interesting. Would imagine this could have a significant impact on smuggling?

Thomas Rossi 2y ago

Well smugglers don’t really use the concept of “waybill” and “shipment contract”, they will just attach their box of stuff to the external part of the vessel or try to smuggle it within passengers’ luggage.

It will have an impact on industrial counterfeiting, since as an operator you will see “signed and approved” shipments but also “similar ones but not signed by the brand owner” requests. Then operators decide their risk tolerance.

If customs speed up compliance it will be for fully signed shipments though!

Chris 2y ago

Right my thinking was industrial counterfeiting - entire containers of contraband etc… seems like this would provide the requisite trail of sign offs of ever audited.

Thomas Rossi 2y ago

Yea, the only financing so far in fact comes from an eu tender for building what they call “anti counterfeiting infrastructure”.

I liked the call because it has to be open source and not locked to any technology. The failure of Tradelens by IBM was very loud: you can’t have this system maintained by a single entity. It has to be “really” p2p, some peers will be happy to share data with customs, other will be happy just not to have everything on phone and emails. Maybe multiple networks will come out, pretty hyped about it 😂

Chris 2y ago

Sounds very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I’ll keep a look out for the updates. 🤙🏼