True to his word, Philip Rosedale and team at High Fidelity are hiring a C++ engineer to implement the company's plan to register user-generated content on a blockchain:
The company plans to use a public ledger and digital certifications to support the management and tracking of items users register with the company. This blockchain-based system will enable a marketplace for the sale of digital assets with certs showing their provenance and ownership.
You can read more about Philip's vision here and also (mainly) here. Of course, the fact that the company is hiring someone to do this now suggests this blockchain won't actually be publicly available for at least another quarter or two.
Hamlet, due respect to Phil and his consultants but this is crypto-chrome. Its flashy and yes, its the future. In fact, everyone's got something blockchain in the works. Innovative-yes, disruptive-no! When I first saw the article (before I read it!) I thought, wow, Phil's got a solution to the digital rights ownership-copy problem. After reading the article I guess he doesn't. A long time ago some folks from LL's deep engine room quipped that there's no practical solution to the copy problem in the current world model. It can't be done. And, they were probably right. Something disruptive is needed. Its happened before. I remember when public key cryptography first appeared and thinking, "how in the world can they do that?"
Posted by: Argo Nurmi | Monday, September 11, 2017 at 05:42 AM