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0 pointspavel_lishin8y ago0 comments

> you couldn't actually identify the people involved in a particular tutoring session from just the video

I guess it depends on what you're recording, but even if you don't save the audio, or the camera recordings, information can still leak. Am I sharing my screen with my tutor? Great; my browser bookmark bar is visible, and possibly my URL history if I start typing something in. Oh, look - my Gmail tab shows my entire full name. My anonymity is blown before the second frame of the video loads.

> In the case you're describing now, it would make more sense for your to simply give your Help to the person who assisted you in exchange for their assistance.

I guess I don't understand the system. I thought that if I tutor Thomas in some basic mathematics, I earn 20 Tutorbucks. I can then spend those 20 Tutorbucks by paying Jenny to help me understand how Spring's authentication system works. It doesn't really make sense to do tutor exchanges - what am I going to ask Thomas for help with?

In any case, it seems like the answer to the submission's question in your case is a resounding no. There's nothing a blockchain brings to the table.

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_m8fo8y ago· 1 in thread

I see the confusion.

1. Anonymity isn't a goal, persay. Everything you're talking about, in terms of "public incompetence" is true immediately once you post anything online. It's only a matter of time. Personally I'd argue that people who are actively seeking tutoring would be more sought after, but that's another story. Not to mention most of the things you're mentioning could be accounted for during implementation.

2. In your example, if you tutor Thomas in basic math, you would receive 20 Tutorbucks in exchange for said knowledge to be available to everyone, hence the exchange being public (furthermore, a third party would have to spend their Tutorbucks to actually view said session, perhaps). If, you wanted Jenny then to help you with Spring's authentication you could then give her the 20 Tutorbucks as opposed to the system giving it to you, and then it could be private, though that's not how I originally conceived it.

As for the submission question -- how do you guarantee to all participants that data isn't changed without blockchain?

pavel_lishinOP8y ago

> Everything you're talking about, in terms of "public incompetence" is true immediately once you post anything online.

Not true. A potential employer doesn't know what I'm googling for, and they have no way to tie "throwaway37745XXQQXX" on StackOverflow back to me.

> As for the submission question -- how do you guarantee to all participants that data isn't changed without blockchain?

There are other ways to ensure that the data is authentic. Thomas and I could both sign the resulting video or other data with private keys. I'm not entirely sure how else proof-of-help would work, anyway - how does me tutoring Thomas or Jenny tutoring me append to the blockchain? It's all based on what we claim occurred.

I think your idea is good - publicly available tutoring, with social elements - minus the blockchain.

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