[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-19 Thread Birthe C
I also read your posts, I would certainly not like to miss out on anything. Dificulty beeing to persuade anyone I know real life to use tiddlywiki. Birthe Den tirsdag den 19. december 2017 kl. 15.35.42 UTC+1 skrev Mat: > > Well, those who actually ask are clearly the ones who are interested.

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-19 Thread Mat
Jed Carty wrote: > > Is that why people never seem to show much interest in using what I make? > Like multi-user wikis and twederation and other things that have been > requested, because I say 'experiment'? > IMO... or I shoud say IMGuess, the first reason for why "so few users show interest

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread TonyM
Jed, I agree with your position here, even cynicism. What is unusual about block-chain is it is an algorithm who people talk about. Its entered the common parlance but almost 99% of people who use its name have very little understanding of most elements of the algorithm, thus a lot of talk

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Ste Wilson
You have eloquently and precisely laid out my question :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Mat
Datestamped title vs not I think I understand Ste's question and I think it could be solved: The request is to have as simple titles as possible. When a date is baked into the title, it is not simple anymore. Also, if it was a non-shared tiddler first and you then publish it, it changes title

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
I don't understand your question. In TW, all tiddlers must have a unique title. Thus, in a federation, all tiddlers must have a unique (datestamped) title. It breaks a fundamental principle of database design, but there it is. Makr On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 11:20:14 AM UTC-8, Ste Wilson

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Jed Carty
To return to the original post, as was just pointed out to me, git commit histories are blockchains from before blockchains were named that. So tiddlywiki was using blockchain-related technologies from the start. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Ste Wilson
Ahhh. Back to the unique name title field /caption field goodness :) Would it be possible to just create a date stamped field {{title}} in shared tiddlers? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Ciao Mark S. So long as its procedurally clear its doable and I'm sure tolerable. At lot of bottlenecks in TW arise because its not brilliant at contextual help systems that let you know what is going on. - J Mark S. wrote: > > GPG in TW would require the user to add a key to their TW's

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Ste Wilson
I'll be grabbing your multi user stuff next year... A new member of staff so I suppose I should share... :D -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
You likely use encryption in your browser every day without even thinking about it. Google groups, for instance, is in lock mode. GPG in TW would require the user to add a key to their TW's store whenever they wanted to allow the posts of some given author. It could probably be done in just a

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Jed Carty
Is that why people never seem to show much interest in using what I make? Like multi-user wikis and twederation and other things that have been requested, because I say 'experiment'? I am not sure why I find that so funny. I have just given up on answering questions about sharing tiddlers

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Ste Wilson
I returned to twederation the other day and put it on my testing stuff tiddly spot just because I'd asked about it recently and thought I'd give it a go. It was a fairly painless process. I like that others can comment, that I select what gets shared and who I get things off. I don't like that

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread stefct4
On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 7:16:36 PM UTC+1, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > > I am familiar with PGP. I'm not sure how many other TW users are. Whatever > the system it needs be as automated as possible otherwise it could confuse > a stupid person. > I think it might be fairly simple, if the

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Ciao Jed I do not use it because to use it as I'd need to SEE the benefit. Maybe its a catch 22. TBH I always thought TWederation was your and Mat's EXPERIMENT, not a finished product. Since I am not very savvy I was waiting till I saw something that demands I get into it because of its

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Thanks Mark S. TWEDERATION needs signing so that you don't get crap or threats arriving? Right? I am familiar with PGP. I'm not sure how many other TW users are. Whatever the system it needs be as automated as possible otherwise it could confuse a stupid person. J, x On Monday, 18 December

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Tobias Beer
Hi Mat, I have no actual clue, but for now all I can see a term that is hyped to promote bitcoin among the IT savvy. Not being convinced that bitcoin solves any of the problems one might think it's (t)here to solve, you can imagine how that reflects back on the "blockchain" enthusiasm for me.

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Jed Carty
Do people actually use twederation? I haven't heard anything about people using it in a long time. Some of the other projects I am working on can be used for a node-based version of twederation that should eventually make it simple to have cryptographically signed tiddlers. -- You received

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
It's needed for Twederation to prevent injection of spoofed spam. I will add that someone will object that in Twederation there is no danger because you are *pulling* all tiddlers. But in reality, in a shared environment involving more than say 10 users, you do not want to have to check and

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Mat
> > What is so difficult about Beaker Browser? > Well, could it be made to appear like a "normal app" that people install e.g on their phones? We do know they cannot use a BB based TW in their normal browsers. <:-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread stefct4
On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 4:52:35 PM UTC+1, @TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > I don't think Beaker Browser makes ANY sense for TW unless you want it to > become even more difficult to use that it is already. > > What is so difficult about Beaker Browser? IMHO the easiest "use case" is the

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Ciao Jed I think you so far into that world that you are so far from mine on this issue (not others, I think you great! I learned much from you.) you are in outer space on this. Beaker browser is beta software that would let us create a distributed > federated network > Absolutely. And go

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Jed Carty
Saying that beaker browser is too complex in a conversation where adding a novel implementation of a blockchain is being discussed is a bit odd. Beaker browser is beta software that would let us create a distributed federated network, blockchains are a vague and poorly defined technology. More

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Jed Carty
In that article there isn't anything that actually is helped by the blockchain part of what they are talking about with the possible exception of monetisation, but the monetisation schemes currently in place in blockchains seem to just devolve into rent-seeking, so I don't want to support

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
I don't think Beaker Browser makes ANY sense for TW unless you want it to become even more difficult to use that it is already. :-) A programmers dream too far. Just IMO. Jed Carty wrote: > > Using beaker browser makes sense for tiddlywiki, but I don't know what > problem we would solve with

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Jed Carty
Using beaker browser makes sense for tiddlywiki, but I don't know what problem we would solve with a blockchain. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread 'Mark S.' via TiddlyWiki
It sounds more like you want PGP/GPG style digital signing, which would have less overhead than bitcoin. After you've created a tiddler, you could click on an icon to sign it which would put a hash in a field, perhaps "signature". In the context of something like Twederation, when TW's are

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread PMario
On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 3:08:31 PM UTC+1, Dragon Cotterill wrote: > > No, blockchain is not suitable for TW. > Yes and No ... The concepts and mechanisms of blockchains are definitely intersting, even in a TW context. ... I'm intentionally using the plurals here. There are many

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Mat
On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 3:08:31 PM UTC+1, Dragon Cotterill wrote: > > Blockchain is a solution desperately looking to solve problems. > > OK, the idea of the blockchain is sound. It ensure that changes based on > previous data is valid. There are two major drawbacks, one in the >

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread @TiddlyTweeter
Dragon Cotterill wrote: > Firstly the big problem is the need for continuous calculations. This eats > huge amounts of electricity just to be able to validate the transactions. > Absolutely correct. Amongst the biggest benefactors of blockchain for the money systems have been "server farms."

[tw] Re: Why is blockchain perfect for TW?

2017-12-18 Thread Dragon Cotterill
Blockchain is a solution desperately looking to solve problems. OK, the idea of the blockchain is sound. It ensure that changes based on previous data is valid. There are two major drawbacks, one in the blockchain itself, and the second applicable to TW. Firstly the big problem is the need for