The Seer Protocol is a p2p protocol that enables a distributed and open source reputation system onchain, preserves privacy and enables a more secure ecosystem.
"An important and general problem seems to be that of tagging a negative behavior source for future recognition." - Nick Szabo, 1996
"Don't make a fool of yourself. Reputations matter" - Timothy May, Cyphernomicon, 1994
"We should allow people to develop reputations based on the quality of their ideas, rather than their job, wealth, age, or status." - Hal Finney, 1993
"The idea here is that the ultimate solution to the low signal-to-noise ratio on the nets is not a matter of forcing people to "stand behind their words". People can stand behind all kinds of idiotic ideas. Rather, there will need to be developed better systems for filtering news and mail, for developing "digital reputations" which can be stamped on one's postings to pass through these smart filters, and even applying these reputations to pseudonyms. In such a system, the fact that someone is posting or mailing pseudonymously is not a problem, since nuisance posters won't be able to get through." Hal Finney, 1993
Without user interfaces smart contracts are largely invisible
Without user interfaces, the broad scope of onchain actions enabled by smart contracts are largely invisible to ordinary users, making them vulnerable to "hidden actions"
if (x == true) {
printf("x is false");
}
"Something that looks like a protocol but does not accomplish a task is not a protocol—it’s a waste of time" - Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography