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trusted <-> sybil resistant
commitde3929932db98ec64e903fc600d2f3cc7415644a authordrbeefsupreme <drbeefsupreme@discordja.net> dateTue 5 Jan 2021, 15:01 (6 years ago) parent109d4fb
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@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ solve certain corners of the problem. Urbit proposes that only a new stack,
1515built from the ground up as a tightly integrated system, can realize a great
1616user experience for people using a peer-to-peer web.
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18−Combining a deterministic operating system ([Urbit OS](#what-is-arvo) / Arvo) and a secure,
19−global identity layer ([Urbit ID](#what-is-urbit-id) / [Azimuth](#what-is-azimuth)), the Urbit project has created
20−something that’s never existed before: an encrypted peer-to-peer network where
21−you can be sure that messages are never tampered with or surveilled, and where
22−strangers on that network can be trusted by default.
18+Combining a deterministic operating system ([Urbit OS](#what-is-arvo) / Arvo)
19+and a secure, global identity layer ([Urbit ID](#what-is-urbit-id) /
20+[Azimuth](#what-is-azimuth)), the Urbit project has created something that’s
21+never existed before: an encrypted [Sybil
22+resistant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack) peer-to-peer network
23+where you can be sure that messages are never tampered with or surveilled.
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2425The connected world anticipated by Urbit is a much friendlier one, much like the early Internet, where collegial discussion and collaboration was the norm. Problems that are unsolvable without large-scale political centralization in our current internet – data breaches, spam, fake reviews, malware-spreading, harassment – become tractable when individuals control their computing again. You have one login for everything. You own and control all of your software and all of your data by default. Software is designed around the friendships, families, communities, and organizations you're already a part of – not the other way around.
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