Century Metadata
summary
Century Metadata stores small encrypted blobs for a century, claiming 8KB blobs per entry tied to a writer key and reader key and a generation counter; registration uses pay once $2–5 and eCash bearer tokens for privacy. Retrieval uses XOR-of-1,000-block fetches across multiple servers (Tor encouraged) to hide access patterns. A provisional spec, hybrid-quantum encryption choices, a test server and Python/Java clients exist as a working demo; long-term reliability relies on a purpose-built foundation and funded redundancy.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07What is Century Metadata
- 3:56How it works technically
- 8:10Why not blockchain
- 10:56Metadata as foundation
- 13:43Current status and plans
- 15:53Q&A
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