My first week in #ossasepia, has been exciting, for too many reasons that won’t fit into a summary. I learned about the importance of identity, security, ownership and how the concept of ‘keys’ relate to bitcoin. Even more important, I’ve learned to not be overly cautious regarding expressing myself, and have re-discovered my willingness (and the critical need) to pursue and acquire deeper and less subjective knowledge. I’ve embraced the fact that I love the process of discovery, and the discussions on #ossasepia (and reading the btcbase logs) helped me reassure myself of the importance of documenting my journey. Going more technical – I got a brief, but functional exposure to the means of establishing my identity: by setting up new GPG keys and registering my nickname with Deedbot, as the first step to enter the Web of Trust (WOT). As a part of owning my identity – I’ve setup my own website on a self-hosted wordpress deployment on a VPS (only viable option!), and have started posting daily notes on the concepts learned, as well as the areas of improvement.
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Week 1: Notes on PGP, GPG and WOT.
Finally, I’ve setup my wordpress site