[Cryptography] Anonymous rendezvous (was Business opportunities in crypto)

[jrzx]

>> NewEgg has meta reputation for good curation of reviews, and reviews on NewEgg have reputation by being on NewEgg

> So NewEgg is a trusted third party:

It acquired a reputation for hosting good reviews by hosting good reviews.

It does not have a reputation for hosting good reviews because a Cerificate authority says it is NewEgg. Thus, no trusted third party required.

If they had been hosting good reviews under a bitmessage or Zooko type key, or an onion service key would have worked the same way, without the people being able to confiscate their good name, and without people having the capability to intercept their messages.

What NewEgg accompliehed, can be accomplished on a system that s strongly distributed - no connections between participants except those explicitly desired; and no trusted third parties

Bitmessage is what you say cannot be done, and it is doing it.
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