This comment has inspired me to target SOLID and “things I can do to help” on my Sunday afternoon research block. This type of commentary is rife in this article thread and is now just a windmill.
Next, please.
This comment has inspired me to target SOLID and “things I can do to help” on my Sunday afternoon research block. This type of commentary is rife in this article thread and is now just a windmill.
Next, please.
If Schneier can’t get more than 13 comments on a solid protocol crypto wallet, I personally don’t think that anyone will ever care about a solid protocol app of any kind. And I’m all for it, just calling it as I personally see it.
Some things are fire, some things are warm, and some things are DOA.
And I’m typing this on my Linux desktop (f’real).
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/07/data-wallets-...
A Solid protocol cryptowallet. Arcane on top of arcane.
I think it’s entirely unfair to dismiss technology because it hasn’t demanded immediate adoption by society. Solid is attempting to help define a better data future. We have working mechanisms in place but everyone is at a disadvantage except the people loyal to these giant corps. Attempting to give people the power to organize their data as they wish and to be used as they wish is worth it. Even if it doesn’t bring a renaissance.
Crypto wallets are not nearly as arcane as Solid. How many people have Binance accounts?
Market share matters, critical mass matters, adoption matters. I'm suggesting that mindshare goes negative over time if these things aren't achieved, and when you have long-tail blog posts trying to pump life into it, it's pivot time.
Righteousness alone doesn't win any of those things. It's been a very long time since Solid was released and it's like a whisper in the wind.
I do not have a Binance account and think cryptocurrency is a terrible starting point for a Solid application. Not even people who buy cryptocurrency care about where their cryptocurrency is held.
Arguably it hasn’t taken off because no one has incentivized using it.
Here is the Solid website list of apps:
https://solidproject.org/apps