Exposing your realword identity is the single biggest deterrent to doing anything malicious. If you support this flawed assumption that it is "impossible" to do anything malicious then I guess you can worry more about 99.9% uptime vs. 99.85% uptime. But if security is your objective then there is nothing more important than realworld identity. As a delegate, if your pseudonym or online reputation is worth less to you than the potential bounty of an attack then we have no recourse against you. If we know your real identity then you will also think about jail time or worse (a much stronger deterrent).
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I understand your reasoning here but this should be strictly voluntary. Some people (like myself) value their privacy and security HIGHLY and you can actually endanger people by "Doxing" (exposing their identify or other personally identifiable information) them and I am against that. This information can be used to attack them, their systems, their family, friends and their finances.
Governments for one are very fond of gathering information on people for "good reason" as well. Trust them, it's all for our own good!!
I have experienced this first hand on multiple levels which is why I am immediately suspicious of ANYONE who trys to identify other people online and I keep my eyes on those people.
If you are on any forum that I participate in, I am keeping track of EVERYONE who asks people for Personally Identifiable Information (PII). You are on MY LIST. "Give us your name, address, what kind of system, how much BTSX do you have etc..." Sure I will, NOT!! I AM WATCHING YOU (two fingers from my eyes to YOU). Watch the Watchers!
It is no joke to me. This is also why I (legally) carry.
Nevertheless, I have offered to identify myself to BM & Stan anytime since they are not far from me.
Your childish response adds nothing of value to the conversation, and I'm offended that you would imply that I don't value privacy. Of course there is no doxxing and the ID part is voluntary - nobody implied otherwise. This is exactly why I am not a delegate and probably will not be one anytime soon. I am not willing to expose my identity, but I will only vote for delegates whose realword identity I know. No contradiction there. I think of being a delegate as a business decision. It has risks and it has potential rewards. If you are not willing to accept those risks you will forego the reward.
The beauty of DPOS is that we only need about 100 people who are willing to accept those risks. Many of them are already publicly involved in crypto (e.g., Dan, Adam Levine, maybe Andreas A in the future, etc). Delegates in DPOS will converge on public and widely trusted personalities such as these. For you to imply that I am doxxing people or urging them to reveal their identity shows that you either completely misunderstood my point or you misunderstand the incentives and risks involved in DPOS. I am a shareholder and I need to protect my investment by voting for delegates I can trust, not some pseudonymous account on a website with nothing to lose. Get it?
I am also a shareholder and vote!! I don't think you know or care very much about about what people have to lose or have lost, other than yourself perhaps.
The beauty of these systems in my opinion is that they should be able to be secured via technology/cryptography not by personalities. Knowing someone (or more likely, thinking that you do) does not make them or the system secure or trustworthy!!
I know who George Bush is, John McCain, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke are....Do I trust them because they are out kissing babies and giving speeches?
F**k NO!!
Has knowing who these people are deterred them from screwing people? One of the prime motivations of many of the pioneers of this field has been to AVOID HAVING TO TRUSTING PEOPLE with your PII.
BTW, If you have no bad intentions that's great. No worries then.