Christopher Allen

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@ChristopherA

Blockchain & Decentralized Identity Architect—Internet Cryptography Pioneer—Co-author TLS & DID Standards—Collaborative Tools & Patterns

Lafayette, CA LifeWithAlacrity.com Joined January 2007

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Christopher Allen @ChristopherA Jan 15, 2025

The 2024 annual report from @BlockchainComns is here! It highlights our work toward an open, secure, and compassionate digital infrastructure, emphasizing interoperability and self-sovereign wallet standards through key projects: dCBOR, FROST, and Gordian Envelope. 🧵… [1/11]

Christopher Allen @ChristopherA Oct 24

⓿ I named my first company Consensus Development in 1988, and I've spent decades building systems where machines reach agreement. Humans are harder.

This election season shows how badly our tools for agreeing have aged. 🧵… /1

Christopher Allen @ChristopherA Oct 21

#QotD (quote of the day)

“The biggest problem of intelligent society is no longer the humanization of machines, but the machinization of humans.” — Liu Yongmou ‡

Christopher Allen @ChristopherA Oct 19

Live steam has started!

Octant Verified account @OctantApp Oct 19

Epoch 13 Project Intros | Session, FreeSocks, & Gordian Stack x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Christopher Allen @ChristopherA Oct 19

I will be part of a live stream today hosted by @OctantApp in a 1/2 hour (2pm PDT, 5pm EDT) to discuss privacy, security, and self-sovereignty, along with @session_app @unredacted_org. Come listen and ask questions!

Octant Verified account @OctantApp Oct 19

Kicking off the new week with a brand new stream 👀

Speaking freely 🗣️

Learn about onion-routed messaging, fighting censorship, and self-sovereign privacy.

@session_app | @Cryptic_cm
FreeSocks | Zach from @unredacted_org
Gordian Stack | @ChristopherA from @BlockchainComns

See you at 9 PM UTC!

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