wow thank you. what a compliment! i must agree it's mostly unstated. it's me guessing. i could be wrong, but i'm surprised you have the same thoughts. it's rare indeed!
i enjoyed your comments on the post regarding centralized systems (the disdain!). but some people regard @ned to be a god and will praise anything he says. i like @ned and might even be his biggest fanboy in south korea, but just like you i have my worries.
i get surprised everyday at how people love centralization. many of them will feel safer when @ned tells them they're all registered and good to go. so who knows. maybe steem could take off with a bit of a censorship.
but if we're right and he does intend to control things (just enough to make people think it's completely uncool), then it's open season. at that point i'm afraid nobody will use SMTs. any stiff competition would crush steemit.
only time will tell. so we'll see what happens. btw i love your level of detail in understanding crypto and steem. can't wait to see more of your posts!
I hope the term GPT can be "lived down" because I see a target painted on the back of the shorts on this type of "term".
Just asking to get reamed with Good Person Token, we better massage this term. Any better ways to express this type of "approved poster"?
Then the "individuality verification" on top of "approved poster" or is that part of being an AP?
I will say as well, I hate the term "Oracle" and we can do better.
Whitelist is just a blacklist inverted, and it may be necessary to keep both. Even if that is not stated... a whitelist is created by comparing to a known blacklist.
I like the idea of "multiple competing SMT whitelists" and in that regard, I think Steemit.com should do two things:
a) Announce whitelist generation will be part of SMT creation and it will be up to each SMT to create their own whitelist and share them if they deem ready to do so.
b) Announce they will slowly resign controlling stake to the community via burning and selling it off... THUS ENSURING STEEM can survive as a real Decentralized platform and currency.
first i was confused with the terms. second i cringed.
last year the south korean president was put in jail for having a whitelist. it's anti freedom. dictatorship. outright criminal.
when i look at the post, people seem to applaud it. it's kinda strange.
i could care less about terms like 'oracle'. but 'whitelists' and 'verification' is huge. it's how kim jung un works. forget @dan. this is the one thing that could bring down steemit faster than anything else.
personally i don't think there should even be a list. and steemit inc burning their own steem power seems unlikely.
but @ned did hint to changes so.. let's hope.