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As blockspace increases, the idea of the ledger of record is becoming more feasible. As AI progresses, the ledger of record is becoming more necessary. It means the only truly verifiable citations are links to onchain data via block explorers. Crypto is what AI can’t fake. A thread from 2020 on the ledger of record. A video from 2021 on the ledger of record, going into more detail. Note that it does anticipate the use of AI-based summarization of onchain data to create news. https://t.co/1SnhElumIv

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The ledger of record is the set of all cryptographically signed feeds of on-chain data. It subsumes social media feeds, data APIs, event streams, newsletters, RSS. It'll take years to build, but will ultimately become the decentralized layer of facts that underpins all narrative.
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.@balajis says AI is widening the verification gap. A massive number of jobs will be needed to close it. Prompting floods the world with fakes. Crypto brings back proof. “You're gonna need cryptographically hashed posts and crypto IDs ... to know the data wasn't tampered with.” In the AI era, trust has to be engineered.
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