[Cbor] New Videos on dCBOR-based Gordian Envelope

[Christopher Allen <[e-mail]>]

Hi Folks,

My organization, Blockchain Commons, recently published, "Understanding
Gordian Envelope", a  pair of new videos about Gordian Envelope, our Smart
Document storage system:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLCFKQvik&list=PLCkrqxOY1Fbqpl8FLvG2uoA2xAMoR0FtS

Gordian Envelope was of course the reason that we needed determinism and
thus developed dCBOR. The heart of its design is hashed elision. This
empowers Data Minimization, allowing any holder of data to redact data that
should be private, while still maintaining validation & integrity. The
video explains more!

Part one of the video focuses on the Envelope metaphor and key concepts
such as cryptographic hashes, elision and redaction, determinism, and
dCBOR. It also talks about how data is represented in an Envelope.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcLCFKQvik&list=PLCkrqxOY1Fbqpl8FLvG2uoA2xAMoR0FtS

Part two of Understanding Gordian Envelope then looks at Envelope's
Extensions, which allow you to do more! Signing, encryption, compression,
secret shares, remote function calls, it's all here. But you only pay for
what you use! Envelope can be as simple or complex as you need.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFxStP3ATkw&list=PLCkrqxOY1Fbqpl8FLvG2uoA2xAMoR0FtS

If these two videos intrigue you, the next in the series is on the Gordian
Sealed Transaction Protocol (GSTP), which allows for the transmission of
data in a secure, distributed, transport-agnostic way. Its Encryption State
Continuations (ESC) capability is particularly useful for air-gapped
cryptographic devices, peer-to-peer services, and high-load server
environments.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnH14LkJOnI&list=PLCkrqxOY1Fbqpl8FLvG2uoA2xAMoR0FtS

If you're already familiar with Gordian Envelope, there isn't a lot of new
material here, though everything is updated, consolidated, and (hopefully!)
improved. But if you're looking for an entry to understanding Gordian
Envelope, or want to share something with other developers, this is the
place to look!

I hope you enjoy & find the new videos insightful!

-- Christopher Allen