Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago"I am an ancient nobleman and need some coin made prove to me youre a craftsman that can make quality coin" "check this thing out."lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1image"I am an ancient nobleman and need some coin made prove to me youre a craftsman that can make quality coin" "check this thing out."lemmy.dbzer0.comDaftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square85linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareShindo66@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoI really like the “you cant actually make one from a description” angle. That actually makes a lot of sense. Like, you couldn’t even make it from memory, you’d have to copy it.
minus-squareim_fine_sandy@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYep, in a way this has similarities to modern cryptography. In cryptography you can share a public key, which can’t be used to create the private key but can be used to identify the correct private key. With this object, you can share a description which can’t be used to make the object, but can be used to identify the object. Its obviously not infallible security, but it would take some effort to overcome.
I really like the “you cant actually make one from a description” angle. That actually makes a lot of sense. Like, you couldn’t even make it from memory, you’d have to copy it.
Yep, in a way this has similarities to modern cryptography.
In cryptography you can share a public key, which can’t be used to create the private key but can be used to identify the correct private key.
With this object, you can share a description which can’t be used to make the object, but can be used to identify the object.
Its obviously not infallible security, but it would take some effort to overcome.