Hello to my YouTube audience! My prior personal channel is undergoing a rebrand with a new name, “The Pollard Bull.” Catch the explainer video for an in-depth explanation of the story behind the new name mixed in with a few good quotes. Essentially it represents a focusing of my content […]
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I propose the DCCS fundamentally transform itself to an organization of the people, by the people, and for the people by electing a new governing power similar to the way the United States government operates. This begins with a new, private election of the next trustee in trust and the […]
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Recently I learned about the Resource Description Framework (RDF) as a core piece related to the JSON-LD credential format in the digital identity space. There is an intense debate in multiple communities from AI to data engineering to digital identity on how to represent data and provide relationships, or links, […]
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Ever needed to add mental space or knowledge capacity to your brain? Now you can. Use a zettelkasten! Org Roam for Emacs is such a tool. Org Roam uses OrgMode formatted text files. Obsidian is a similar tool if you like the Markdown format.
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This is my response to the Simple English Argument Against Crypto found here: Unsupportable claims from the start. The people who created the project don’t necessarily dislike government.However, I’m sure they dislike corrupted government officials or bureaucracies. Money is normally created by national governments though that isn’t necessarily a good […]
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Announcing Airport, my first Rust Crate! While just a simple code example it is evidence of how streamlined the Rust ecosystem is with regard to writing, packaging, and publishing code. crates.io listing: (Rust Package Registry)https://crates.io/crates/airport Github repository:https://github.com/kentbull/airport Purpose A repository with example code from Edward Curren’s excellent Rust Fundamentals course […]
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Course Syllabus for Caucus Credentialing with Self Sovereign Identity Syllabus Verifiable Credential Ceremonies Present Issue Verify Revoke Issuance Technology Hyperledger Indy Agents Agent Setup Agent Communication Agent Credential Exchange Communication with DIDComm Dynamic Witness Selection KERI Trust Selection of Issuers Login (auth) with DIDs and VCs DIDAuth Credential Types Common […]
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It’s time to make a Crypto Co-op. “Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem to be more afraid of life than death.”— James F. Byrnes Banding together, building together, growing together, and profiting together represent primary foundational inspirations undergirding the various co-operative movements in the history […]
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Authors: Sujith Kumar Kupunarupu, Kent Bull Ravencoin (RVN) is spreading its wings to the Binance Smart Chain as a BEP-20 token. This opens options up to holders of Ravencoin to earn returns from participating in liquidity pools, to gaining credit by collateralizing loans, and to earn returns from minting and […]
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Announcing the pRVN Bridge Announcing the Ravencoin pNetwork token (pRVN) bridge through Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is now operational! The pNetwork and OpenDAO teams completed the final steps this week in connecting the Ravencoin community with the greater DeFi ecosystem. Now around 300 bridge seeders, on the low end, are […]
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