Trust, keys and identity
Who vouches for you when nobody is in the room
Trust used to be a person; now it is a protocol. Two essays on the age of trust and the global network, a wallet standing in for a login, access rebuilt after a real breach, and an interactive proof that convinces you while revealing nothing.
- Article The Age of Trust Why knowledge is no longer the main advantage in the AI era.
- Article The Age of Trust, Part 2: The Global Network A vision for a global trusted-contact network where people, specialists, and companies can be discovered through private trust paths.
- Article How Crypto Wallets Work and Why This Is the Future of Authentication A simple explanation of crypto wallets and how the same principle is shaping a new model of authentication based on confirming actions instead of sharing secrets.
- Article The Lithuania Breach and Why I Do Not Like the Phrase “I Told You So” Why incidents like the Lithuania data breach show the need to rethink access infrastructure, authorization, and modern security approaches.
- Interactive Proving a secret without revealing it One slider walks through the stages, the other adds rounds. Watch certainty climb to almost total while the secret stays a secret.
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