Marking Protocol

Design

One suggested idea (contact akrmn for more info)

Track various categories with quantified "trust" being transacted within these categories. Example:

category "Knowledge of Cats" 6yikQlFAbZSaf87bvxXdB1yjoW

address bCxSX2PApbt8azXEpMGwaDcwnspL5zLDGq send 5 trust to bQ8iq8ZUpKW9ztFwyrPfkG2B7oGhgSVM8w with category 6yikQlFAbZSaf87bvxXdB1yjoW imbedded as data set a binary flag to choose whether they can delegate trust or not, and limit of trust delegation, for example [YES 2]

address bQ8iq8ZUpKW9ztFwyrPfkG2B7oGhgSVM8w send 10 trust to bFcEfHYrcbUqvBJXmJkTiFEpU2XLJFxKXC with category 6yikQlFAbZSaf87bvxXdB1yjoW [NO]

so if bQ8iq8ZUpKW9ztFwyrPfkG2B7oGhgSVM8w signs some content with category 6yikQlFAbZSaf87bvxXdB1yjoW referenced, then bCxSX2PApbt8azXEpMGwaDcwnspL5zLDGq will assign 5 trust to that content

if bFcEfHYrcbUqvBJXmJkTiFEpU2XLJFxKXC signs some content with category 6yikQlFAbZSaf87bvxXdB1yjoW referenced, then bCxSX2PApbt8azXEpMGwaDcwnspL5zLDGq will assign 2*5/m trust to that content, where m is the max trust given by bQ8iq8ZUpKW9ztFwyrPfkG2B7oGhgSVM8w in this category.

Each time someone creates a trust transaction, they have to send some amount to the address they trust (in that transaction) and some amount is put into a special address for the category depending on how popular the person being trusted is. The more popular, the more you have to pay (proportionally to the amount sent). So let's say bCxSX2PApbt8azXEpMGwaDcwnspL5zLDGq sends 50 marks for the 5 trust transaction and there is already 1000 marks sent to bQ8iq8ZUpKW9ztFwyrPfkG2B7oGhgSVM8w for trust transactions. Then 1000/50 needs to be sent to the special address. bQ8iq8ZUpKW9ztFwyrPfkG2B7oGhgSVM8w for example can send only 1 mark for the 10 trust of bFcEfHYrcbUqvBJXmJkTiFEpU2XLJFxKXC and if bFcEfHYrcbUqvBJXmJkTiFEpU2XLJFxKXC only has 10 marks sent for trust transactions, then bQ8iq8ZUpKW9ztFwyrPfkG2B7oGhgSVM8w only pas 1/10 marks to the special address.

So it becomes like a betting market. The special address will payout periodically to people proportionally depending on how much trust they put into the "right people". So if bFcEfHYrcbUqvBJXmJkTiFEpU2XLJFxKXC gets sent a lot of trust, people who sent to there earlier, will gain marks.