Reactions to DeCartography
Reaction to DeCartography
DeCartography is a protocol that outputs data from the Plurality social graph as an oracle. It is being developed by tkgshn as a tool to address Sybil attack. The tool performs cluster segmentation based on transactions in the social graph. This feature is fascinating as it provides a digital native ID verification. After delving deeper into it, I finally understand its appeal. Glen Weyl responded to a direct message on Twitter, expressing interest in the project and offering to help promote it. However, he found the project a bit non-linear, possibly due to language issues. Nonetheless, he enjoyed the DeSoc Paper and is currently in the process of introducing the pluralitybook team to collaborate on the project. DisruptionJoe reacted to a forum post and expressed admiration for the paper and its description. He highlighted that the paper addresses the often overlooked part of the DeSoc Paper by GlenWeyl, Puja, and vbuterin. It focuses on the k coefficient used to dampen collusion, encouraging outgroup collaboration. He also mentioned that the attempt to derive the k-value is the second most comprehensive he has seen, following leone's work. He hopes that the project can receive substantial funding as a grant or directly from a DAO, as it has the potential to become a public good as open-source software. He also expressed curiosity about the software's reliance on publicly available data such as on-chain donations and passport stamps from Gitcoin rounds. alexdw5 mentioned that the project was featured in Gitcoin Digest #42, indicating that they actively follow posts on the Gitcoin forum. They provided a summary of tkgshn's thinking behind DeCartography, emphasizing its role as an effective sybil defense tool to prevent collusion. They also mentioned that DeCartography aligns with the concept of Plurality and suggested that it could be called "Plurality Quadratic Funding." The whitepaper draft is available to read here, and feedback can be added in the comments here. Alex referred to by Glen Weyl is likely Alex Wagner, a product manager at Circle. Alex tweeted about the project, asking for the opinions of those involved in graph-based analysis, such as TrustaLabs. They also questioned whether having one oracle aligns with the idea of empowering multiple communities to protect themselves, which is the essence of pluralism. epowell101 responded to the tweet, and tkgshn provided a page excerpt from their post discussing the differences between TrustaLabs and Block Science's machine learning-based sybil defense and DeCartography. Regarding the idea of having one oracle, tkgshn believes that the process should be transparent and verifiable. They mentioned that DeCartography is also evolving into supermodular.xyz. Overall, the reaction to DeCartography has been positive, with interest from influential individuals and discussions about its potential impact on preventing collusion and promoting outgroup collaboration.