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CreatingtheNewWorldofTrustFinalNotesfromRebootingtheWebofTrust

What'sNext?

OnNovember3rdand4th,theRebuildingtheWebofTrustdesignworkshoplookedatthefutureofdecentralizedtrustontheinternetwiththegoalofproducing3-5whitepapersandspecs.ThosepaperswerepolishedforreleaseinDecember,leavingthequestion:what'snext?

Ourmajorgoalistoproducesomethingnotableforthe25thanniversaryofPGP,inJuly2016.Thisshouldbeaworkingproof-of-conceptthatcanhelptheWebofTrusttoreachabroaderaudience.Itshouldbesomethingthat'sbothusableandusedanditneedstobecompelling.

Ifwecanmeetthisgoal,wecanmakeourdesignideasintoreality.


WhatWe'reBuilding

ThewhitepapersandspecsproducedatthedesignworkshoparethefirstproductsofournewWebofTrust,andtheycanbethegermofourdevelopmentgoingforward.

Foranextstep,we'vehighlightedsomeadditionalpapersthatwethinkcoulddraweverythingtogetherandhelptotellourstory.TheyincludeanarticlearticulatingtheneedforanewWebofTrust,explanatoryintroductionsforsomeofourexistingwhitepapers,definitionsofanagreed-uponlanguage,andpossiblyafewmoreusecases.

Beyondthat,ourdesignworkshophighlightedtwoprojectsthatwerepopularandwhichcouldbecomeamajoremphasisforthegroup.

ThefirstisDPKI,adecentralizedPKIsystemthatreceivedanextensivewhitepaperatthedesignworkshop.Figuringouthowtofundandshipitwasthemostpopularsuggestionforournextstepamongdesignworkshopparticipants.

Thesecondisasolutionforrefugeeidentityasdiscussedin"StartingfromZero",oneoffiveusecasesinthe"OpportunitiesCreatedbytheWebofTrustforControllingandLeveragingPersonalData"whitepaper.ThisusecaseevolvedtodiscusstheongoingplightofSyrianrefugeesbuthasonlyincreasedinimportancesincethe11/13terroristattacksonParis.


Itmightbethatneitheroftheseprojectsisrightfor2016.Thecorrectanswermightbeasubsetofoneofthemorsomethingelseentirely.Buttheseweretheprojectsthatreceivedthemostattentionatthedesignworkshop,makingthemagoodstartingpointfordiscussions.

Whateverprojectwedecideupon,weshouldkeepinmindthefollowinggeneralprinciples:

• Buildingaplatformcanbebothdifficultandexpensive,butit'salsothesortofthingthatyoudon'twantinthehandsofasinglecompany,sothatmightbeaperfectgoalforanunaffiliatedgroupofthissort.

• However,platformswon'tgetthepublicexcited.Forthatweneedakillerapp.• Themostsuccessfulprojectwillprobablyincludebothaplatformandanapp,

supportingthebigpictureandthepublicperception.

Aswemapoutthetopographyofthenewdigitalworld,wehopetoturnourWebofTrustintoawholeWorldofTrust.

TheRoadto2016

Theholidaysmakeimmediatemovementtoward2016goalsdifficult,butgrouphangoutsinearlyJanuarycouldsupporttheRebootingtheWebofTrustgroupmovingforward.

Thosehangoutscanalsohelpusdecideuponournextevent.Possibilitiesincludeahackathon,aworkshop,anotherdesignshop,smallworkinggroups,orevenfundraisingevents.WearecommittedtoholdingthisnexteventinWinter2016.AsthefirstdesignworkshopwasheldintheCaliforniaBayArea,theEastCoastmightbeagoodvenueforafollow-upevent,tohelpexpandtheWebofTrustgroupbeyondthe40orsopeoplepresentinSanFranciscoinNovember.

Theultimategoalisalargeget-togetherinJuly2016,where75orsoexpertscouldcelebratetheanniversaryofPGP…andunveilthenewestadditiontotheWebofTrust.

FundingQuestions

Howtofundawinter2016event,anysmallerevents,andthecreationofacompellingreleaseforJuly2016remainsanopenquestion.VCs,donations,andgrantsofferthemostobvioussources,butwemightalsobeabletopresentpitchestotheIETF,EuropeanDARPA,oreventheUN.

Topursuethosepossibilities,wefirstneedtodecideuponourfocus.Hopefullythat'swhattheupcominghangoutswillallow.Fromtherewecanadaptandexpandtheearlydesignworkwe'vealreadydonetocreateproposalsorwritegrants…andultimatelystartrebootingtheWebofTrust.


AdditionalCredits

LeadPaperEditor:ShannonAppelcline

What’sNextSupport:ChristopherAllen,BrianWeller,SoniaSawhney

AboutRebootingtheWebofTrust

ThispaperwasproducedaspartoftheRebootingtheWebofTrustdesignworkshop.OnNovember3rdand4th2015,over40techvisionariescametogetherinSanFrancisco,Californiatotalkaboutthefutureofdecentralizedtrustontheinternetwiththegoalofwriting3-5whitepapersandspecs.Thisisoneofthem.

WorkshopSponsors:RespectNetwork,PricewaterhouseCoopers,OpenIdentityExchange,andAlacritySoftware

WorkshopProducer:ChristopherAllen

WorkshopFacilitators:ChristopherAllenandBrianWellerwithgraphicfacilitationbySoniaSawhneyandadditionalpapereditorial&layoutbyShannonAppelcline

What’sNext?

ThedesignworkshopandthispaperarejuststartingpointsforRebootingtheWebofTrust.Ifyouhaveanycomments,thoughts,orexpansionsonthispaper,pleasepostthemtoourGitHubissuespage:http://bit.ly/weboftrust-issues.Wearealsoplanningformoregatheringsonthistopicinthenearfuture,withtheobjectbeingtohavesomethingnotablereadyforreleaseonthe25thanniversaryofPGP,inJuly2016.Ifyou’dliketobeinvolvedorwouldliketohelpsponsortheseevents,email:

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