#ssb-learning !

cc @DanHassan ... I need to make a better channel-mentions which helps avoid typos like these. I've fallen into this particular one many times myself. In fact that's why I'm seeing this right now

after a DM from @masukomi asking why i don't put image descriptions in the cypherlink themselves I have started to do that. It makes descriptive image captions really portable and reusable!

image caption: image search view of image with this caption: image caption: A sign sits along side the protest camp against the TMT construction near the slope of Mauna Kea, taken on August 1, 2015. The sign is made from wood and on it drawn in white chalk reads "Treaties with Hawaiin Kingdom", France 1857, Austria 1875, Italy 1863, Denmark 1846, Great Britain 1851, German 1879, Spain 1863, Japan 1871, Russia 1869, Sweden&Norway 1852, Universal Postal Union 1885, Netherlands 1862, Portugal 1882, USA (All broken) 1849 1875 1883 1884.

image caption: image search view of image with this caption: image caption: this is on of the 16bit gifs which is a scene which is very calming. it is from the perspective of someone from within a cove which feels hidden and looking out at the lapping ocean. over head and surrounding is the coven. i feel relaxed and chill here, maybe contemplating an adventure or some moments or a night of reprieve to consider the next moves. in the distance and on the horizon is what appears to be a game of thrones style city carved into the stones, so at first glance it can look like a mountain

back-cypherlink: Patchbay imageSearch and &summoning

@dan-hassan ... when I say a threashold algorithm isn't needed, there might be another way to implement a quorum. I mean, several people can sign a thing, but don't need to combine those signatures into a single signature (with a threshold algorithm)? just have certain things not be allowed until there has been several confirmations.

@dominic true it wouldn't be needed but there are social systems and kin networks (I think @Laniyuk was speaking about this at #scuttlecamp) where it is absolutlely needed that access to certain knowledge spaces are granted through a quorum.

Does the addition of a threshold scheme seem theoretically feasible?

@jfr that's an interesting point about people being able to side step the threshold invite scheme by running a pub with the network key and directly.

dominic - does that then mean to make that side channel access impossible there would need to be a change to the core code which means the cypherspace is encrypted with some combination of threshold access AND the network key?

this is a great idea. it would be fairly straightforward to add to peer-invites... actually you wouldn't need threahold signatures... just additional messages that "endorsed" the invite. A pub that's processing the invite just wouldn't accept an invite that wasn't endorsed yet...

I guess you'd want to post the invite somewhat privately, and express who you intended to invite into the space, so others can knowingly endorse it.