When did TLS notaries/oracle/zk TLS first emerge? Chatting with a colleague, we guessed ~2017 in industry and academia. 1st academic paper I know of, however, is 2019 (Deco). For industry, TLS Notary's Git dates to 2014, which seems early. github.com/tlsnotary/tlsn…

G-HAL: "Im sorry Dave, I can't let you do that. You lack the emotional majority to look at adult content" Dave: " But I'm 27" G-HAL: " But you keep watching the same lowbrau comedy pods.." Jokes aside, this is just as bad as requiring ID on the internet. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

Seriously, if you're going to build a dystopian internet to protect children, only apply it to children. Don't 1) require everyone to show ID for social media 2) or let AI decide if your mature enough. Just put spyware on kids devices. Its awful, but at least transparent.

How can you ensure anonymous (and potentially adversarial) clients have their reputation updated onchain without revealing the client's identity? New research by IC3 alum and Univ. of Maryland Prof. Ian Miers, along with students Michael Rosenberg, Hari Kailad, and Maurice Shih,