Community Meetup October 2020: Web3 PKI - Security through Decentralization with Diode

Copied from: https://www.meetup.com/ETHMALAYSIA/events/273405141/

Meetup via video call again! Video call link will be shared before the meetup. Remember to stay safe and practice good hygiene if you do join in-person events =)

Web2 also known as the current internet is running on decades-old
infrastructure. Web Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is the standard for resolving authenticity everywhere in Web2. We highlight its known problems and recent hacks against Web PKI specifically in IoT deployments, and show a Web3 Decentralized PKI (DPKI) approach that enables devices to fetch pinned certificates directly from the blockchain to solve most, if not all, of the shortcomings of Web PKI.

Diode runs on embedded devices, Raspberry PIs and Desktops. Previous
attempts on blockchain-light clients struggled to either keep data size small or sacrifice security. We explain the Diode light client protocol “BlockQuick” and how it’s archiving full decentralization even on tiny microchips.

Links to read up beforehand:
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6nt1zr/eli5_a_pki_infrastructure_how_does_it_work/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19756154

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Guest:

Dominic is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Diode. He is the author of the BlockQuick paper and lead engineer of the Diode network. Before Diode he architected IoT cloud platforms at Exosite and Nokia with millions of connected devices.

The Diode P2P network allows any device on the planet to directly serve secured content to the public Internet. It aims to end the monopoly of datacenter servers and the need for static IP addresses. With Diode, your Ethereum address is your static address.

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Agenda:
8:00 PM | Monthly Ethereum Roundup
8:15 PM | Web3 PKI - Security through Decentralization
9:00 PM | Discussion on pros and cons of Decentralized Social Networks
9:30 PM | End of meetup/Lepak on gather.town

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Target audience:
Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT) & embedded developer or enthusiasts