Upgrading the Web (Keynote)

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Proposes a transition via a helper app that implements secure JSON over TCP with elliptic curve 521 public keys as global identifiers, producing 105‑digit base32 addresses and eliminating passwords; architecture uses a nodejs‑style event‑loop message server and a cute/qml UI layer with isolated “vats” for computation enabling “cooperation under mutual suspicion.” Claims prototype exists conceptually but says nothing works yet and expects virtually 0% of the world to install the helper app initially.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 3:42RFC 1738
3. 5:27Problems with the Web
4. 6:01HTTP
5. 7:40DNS
6. 14:24Replacing the Web
7. 19:43Transition Plan
8. 24:13Naming System
9. 25:19Public Keys
10. 25:57Secure Jason
11. 26:27URL
12. 28:35Trust Management
13. 30:31Block Diagram
14. 32:49Commitments
15. 34:25Nothing new
16. 35:08IBM Vega

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