Dear EOSC colleagues,
Using the PID and IPFS outcomes of the ExPaNDS project completed in
2022-2023, the small research direction was started in October
2023, dedicated to the possibilities to build the persistent
identification infrastructure that does not depend not only on the
central authorities and legal fidelity of the underlying entities,
but also on the issues connected with the currently known
disadvantages of blockchain-based and cryptocurrency systems. The
initial discussion was started in 2023 during RDA conference in
Salzburg, with kind participation of Tibor and Bryan (in the
address list).
Through the last year, the research passed a lot of probes,
discussions and developments, under extremely useful initial
guidance by DeSci Foundation and dPID
project, with successful scientific collaboration several
publications (see the list below). During the evolution of the
ideas, the concepts and component ideation were re-thought and
evolved. For now, we are looking for development of the prototype
system that uses decentralised messaging infrastructure based on
DHT to build info exchange and webs of trust, instead of using
blockchain. The motivation and ideation of this wishful change are
described in our working documentation, based on the Rolling
Agenda document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_6eVCZ_mf8jDEggkNZx97Qk1EMYYhpSFByW_CHeea1k
Speaking in advance, the main target here is to avoid maintenance
problems brought by blockchain technologies, in favour of
cryptographically trusted messaging with voluntarily formed web of
trust.
There are several people from different countries involved in the development, and we have formed a small community of the interested people already. Now we are in a search of the optimal organization form of the community, and as an opportunity, of the umbrella organization that may help us to harmonize the status of development. For the next March we have agreed to publish the roadmap document and the first version of Concepts and Definitions if possible.
We would appreciate any advice, collaboration proposal, or help.
If you consider this information interesting, please express your
interest to start a discussion. We usually have a meeting every 2
weeks, from this time on Wednesdays, at 17:00 CET, and the next
meeting is planned for the next Wednesday, 13th of November.
Here is the list of the links where our working documentation and ideation proposals are placed:
-- - == Best regards, Andrey Vukolov Scientific Computing Engineer, PLC Programmer, ExPaNDS project (expands.eu) Data Stewardship Engineer ELETTRA Sincrotrone Trieste (elettra.eu) Strada Statale 14 - 163.5km, AREA Science Park, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy Tel.: +39 348 888 4453