Create an SDK that enables developers to build privacy-preserving social media with encrypted friends lists.
Why? (problem statement)
Social apps like Twitter and Instagram make millions of dollars off of the monetization user data, raising questions over privacy and security. The data contained within these apps also suffers from a severe lack of portability, making it difficult or impossible to transfer your information between providers.
DeSocial (such as Lens Protocol) continues to make significant headway in providing individuals with greater sovereignty over their digital interactions and PII. Can this be taken a step further, where a users' web3 friends list is encrypted and remains private according to the underlying conditions that they set.
What will this tool enable?
Lit Actions + PKPs + web3 storage can be a replacement for a traditional web2 backend. Imagine a web3 Twitter clone that stores the data on a decentralized storage network (such as Ceramic). You could create a PKP that writes to a Ceramic stream, and then grant access to sign with that PKP to a group of Lit Actions for things like createPost() and likePost(). Your Lit Actions can work just like a web2 backend, with business logic to ensure that only correct data is written to storage.
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Create an SDK that enables developers to build privacy-preserving social media with encrypted friends lists.
Why? (problem statement)
Social apps like Twitter and Instagram make millions of dollars off of the monetization user data, raising questions over privacy and security. The data contained within these apps also suffers from a severe lack of portability, making it difficult or impossible to transfer your information between providers.
DeSocial (such as Lens Protocol) continues to make significant headway in providing individuals with greater sovereignty over their digital interactions and PII. Can this be taken a step further, where a users' web3 friends list is encrypted and remains private according to the underlying conditions that they set.
What will this tool enable?
Lit Actions + PKPs + web3 storage can be a replacement for a traditional web2 backend. Imagine a web3 Twitter clone that stores the data on a decentralized storage network (such as Ceramic). You could create a PKP that writes to a Ceramic stream, and then grant access to sign with that PKP to a group of Lit Actions for things like createPost() and likePost(). Your Lit Actions can work just like a web2 backend, with business logic to ensure that only correct data is written to storage.
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