Re: [stir] SIPCoin - a new cryptocurrency for stopping robocalls

One of the issues that has arisen in parallel with cryptocurrencies is a 
recognition of the exorbitant energy (and therefore environmental) costs 
they entail. I think this document probably requires a section 
addressing this aspect of the system, including any ways that it varies 
significantly from traditional cryptocurrencies in this regard.

/a

On 3/2/18 4:45 PM, Jonathan Rosenberg wrote:
> Cullen and I have just submitted this:
> https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-rosenberg-stir-sipcoin-00.txt
>
> which is a proposal for a new type of cyryptocurrency dedicated solely 
> to preventing spam on the SIP-based phone network. It is designed to 
> be fast, causing less than one second increases in call setup time. 
> NOn-transferrable to avoid being a tool for fraud and avoid being tied 
> to market whim; backed by public CAs with a new type of centralized 
> ledger validation; trivially verifiable by receivers of calls. Also we 
> suggest a technique for incremental deployment on the PSTN which has 
> incremental benefits and economic benefits for each deployment phase. 
> We've done some analysis on the economics to help motivate the solution.
>
> WHen combined with our previous draft, and some nice whitelisting 
> thrown in as described in here, I think this is a very interested 
> technique to put this robocalling plague to rest.
>
> I'm coming to London and looking forward to discussing.
>
> Comments are, of course, welcome.
>
> -- 
> Jonathan Rosenberg, Ph.D.
> jdrosen@jdrosen.net <mailto:jdrosen@jdrosen.net>
> http://www.jdrosen.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> stir mailing list
> stir@ietf.org
> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/stir