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Summary

"Monas is a system designed to return the authority of owning and controlling data to individual users. It's a decentralized personal data store where users can decide for themselves how to handle and share their own data.

Monas adopts a peer-to-peer system that doesn't have a central server on the network. This allows each user to encrypt and store their own data in a secure manner.

Furthermore, users can have control over access to their own data, thus achieving privacy and autonomy in the web space.

The aim of Monas is not just to create a situation where users can manage their own data, but ultimately to enable users to reflect their will towards technology and corporations, and to govern them.

This system allows users to self-determine how to share and manage their data, securing a true private space. This enables users to control and express their actions and intentions in the digital space.

In the end, by providing a system where users can control their own data and self-determine how to use it, Monas reflects user intentions, contributing to the governance of technology and platforms. This is an important concept in considering AI governance and data governance, making it possible for us to democratically reflect our will towards technology."

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Abstract

Users have the ability of self-determination, choosing who, where, and whether to share or keep their data private.

Monas cultivates privacy and autonomy onthe web space.

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Aim

Monas` purpose extends beyond just allowing users to manage their data;

Ultimately, it empowers individuals to reflect their intentions towards technology and corporations, enabling governance.

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Therefore, Human Space refers to a Private space on the Web and Cyber realm where self-determination is possible."

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Peer to Peer Network

Therefore, authorities (like nations or corporations) cannot control the network itself or infringe on the user's space.

This allows for the creation of a true private space for users alone.

We are considering implementing on IPFS.

However, there are problems with implementing on IPFS.

It's difficult to delete files and metadata, and Re-Encryption, an important function in the forthcoming Cryptree, is also challenging.

Temporary Solution:

One potential solution is to manage whether it can be identified (that is, whether it's listed) on a distributed ledger.

This would entail creating a unique network mechanism.

Access Control and Cryptree

One of the important features of Monas is access control.

Cryptographic Links

The result of encrypting K2 with K1: K1 -> K2. This '->' is called a Symmetric Link.

The same as a Symmetric Link. K1 ⇀ K2. And, it can be updated to K1 ⇀K2'.

The Cryptree

"It is a cryptographic data structure consisting of keys and cryptographic links. It is a directed graph with keys as vertices and cryptographic links as edges."

By combining Symmetric Links and Asymmetric Links, it realizes complex and flexible access control.

Cleaning Function

One of the difficult things to do when controlling access in cyberspace is revoking.

The cryptographic key that the accessor might know is called a 'dirty key'.

Making this dirty key unusable is called Cleaning, and Monas can realize complex and flexible access control by implementing based on Cryptree.

Complex and flexible access control means the ability to divide or combine within private spaces, allowing data to be shared."

Architecture

We think of two types of writers (people who can write information into Monas) in Monas:

User: Data Controller

Users can freely save data such as photos and videos in their private space.

Platformer: Service Provider

Platformers can use information about the user (profiling, followers/followees, credentials) for data storage.

Data Store(Platformer)

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Data Access Control

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In other words, Monas allows for data interoperability by returning users between different platforms.

Monas will link between platforms by returning data that was previously siloed back to users.

Use case

For example, as a storage location for Verifiable Credentials (VC) or credit scores

There has been a problem of where to actually store them up to now

We also think it could be used for oracles to connect different blockchains.

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Often, the topic comes up about how companies can profit when data is returned to users.

This perspective often misses the fact that, by returning data to users, data which was once monopolized and inaccessible becomes accessible to anyone.

This means it is possible to acquire more data than ever before.

A cooperative network is created where participants can freely transfer value between networks from different contexts.

This maximizes the network effect.

And with Monas, it is possible to connect different contexts, different layouts, and different platforms.

This is a movement that is already happening in blockchain."

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Monas gives power in terms of privacy to the user.

Until now, data has been controlled by companies, platforms, countries, and organizations.

This hasn't been for our benefit, but rather for the benefit of companies and platforms, or for authority.

It has been difficult to reflect our will concerning our future and destiny.

But Monas is different. It allows our will to be reflected.

It allows us to choose not to give data to incorrect platforms or organizations.

This leads to the governance of technologies and platforms.

Monas can be used for the governance of technology.

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In the end,

The goal of Monas is not to make profits from data.

This is the boundary of how much information to disclose and how much to keep private.

It is meaningful for the user themselves to determine this boundary.

What one uses as a criterion for drawing this boundary line will differ from person to person.

Monas can create a Personal Data Store that suits the individual.

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Reference

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