• @itslilith
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    13 days ago

    What NFTs (and crypto in general) do is very different from a web of trust style approach

    Crypto creates one source of absolute truth, the Blockchain, costly computed via consensus.

    Web of trust, on the other hand, requires you to declare which accounts you trust. Via public-private key signing, you can always verify that a post is actually made by a specific person, and if you trust that person (e.g. because you’ve met them before and exchanged keys), you know it’s legit. You can then extend that system by also trusting accounts your trusted accounts verified, etc