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PLATO TALK #3 — Wonderful discussion sharing

Boney — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 03:17:36 +0000

PLATO TALK #3 — Wonderful discussion sharing

TOPIC： Privacy-Preserving Computation Application Scenario Sharing

“Share what you think is a viable implementation scenario and solution based on Privacy-Preserving Computation technology”

cherima

I think privacy computing can be applied to Defi first. As we all know, transactions on blockchain can be queried, which means that once someone knows your address, they can access a lot of information about you, which will bring great security risks to users. Let's say you participate in an airdrop, and for that you need to provide an Ethereum address. In order to avoid confusion with the usual used addresses, you choose to create a new address, so that no one really knows how your account relates to another account. However, after you receive the airdrop and want to sell the tokens, you transfer tokens to an addres offered by CEX which you usually use. This may seem innocuous, but it actually reveals personal information. First of all, you should also have charged CEX with other addresses. It is easy to check the other addresses you have charged to this address on the browser, so others can know the information of other accounts you are using, and even check all your transaction records. There may be some accounts that are linked to your real identity, and all of your information is exposed, which is pretty scary when you think about it. After using privacy computing, we can realize the privacy transaction function, so that the actual transaction data and transaction execution process are not visible to the outside, so that no one can check the transaction data you send, and even can not know who is the recipient of the transaction, so as to protect the privacy of the participants of the transaction.

I know that ZCASH has implemented private transactions, but it does not provide universal privacy computing. PHALA and OASIS, based on TEE technology, can provide a common privacy computing infrastructure, and it is easy to realize privacy transactions based on such infrastructure. Phala made a private transaction demo in 2020, which was implemented by creating a privacy computing contract, which was executed in TEE. The data passed in by the user when invoking the privacy contract was encrypted, so that the outside could not know the specific data.

I've seen PlatON's documentation on privacy computing, but haven't studied it much. Some time ago, I participated in a test activity of private computing network, but I didn't have a strong sense of participation, because I didn't quite understand how to use this product. The computing network does not support writing what I want, it is probably not the same thing as the privacy contract mentioned in documentation.

PlatON Privacy Transaction/Token
https://github.com/AlayaNetwork/Alaya-Go/tree/feature-confidential-token

https://github.com/PlatONnetwork/confidential-transaction

nihat

An application can be made to transmit the data related to covid19 disease of the people in the community [follow-up of vaccinated, unvaccinated] from health institutions to the ministry of health, store it here, change it, distribute it to other institutions that want to access this data.

Process：

The information of people from health institutions about covid19 is transferred to the data warehouse created by the Ministry of Health via the PlatON Network.
The technology that ensures security in the data warehouse and its storage and access permissions are defined. People who are not at risk of covid19 are determined. People who are not at risk of disease generate their own data matrix with the mobile application
This QR code can be used in public institutions, shopping malls, airports, etc. used in places. People who are not at risk of illness and quarantine are allowed to enter the building by scanning the QR code at the building entrances.
The approved data matrix of the persons diagnosed with the disease is canceled from the system and quarantine control is ensured.

Chopper

First, work out the security and availability of data: a large number of valid data, such as hospital records, are dormant and cannot be used in a safe and wide range, which fails to give play to the real value of data. Zero-knowledge proof technology allows verifiers to verify the source of data without infringing on privacy (without exposing data), and to guarantee ciphertext data with integrity, robustness and zero-knowledge characteristics, i.e. guarantee the security and availability of data.

We also need to solve the data safety to be Shared: Re-encryption agent (the encrypted data in the case of security through the client's encrypted, that can share to recipient which can decrypt data), identity based encryption (identity) of the specified receiver and attribute-based encryption (property) of the specified data receiver technology for safety to achieve data sharing.Let the data under the premise of security, play its maximum value.

Sharing such as electronic medical records, if there is a case electronic network sharing platform, the patient as a data provider, with electronic medical records and encryption key, the patient's medical record will be encrypted and stored in a decentralized network, and determines who has permissions to access the data, at the same time the data owner can give security access authorization to a third party, such as hospitals and insurance companies.

most hospital data is independent, lying in their own hospital database. In fact, the utilization rate is not high, data can only be used to generate value. If these data can be integrated into a shared platform to provide samples and references for scientific research and case studies, share medical research results and reduce repeated input of resources, the utilization rate of data can be improved.

susu123

Cases are an excellent application scenario, which can better help medical staff make an overall assessment of patients, track the recovery of discharged patients, and review them regularly! And it can be transferred between different hospitals and departments, reducing unnecessary inspection procedures! marvelous!

The current global medical system is actually independent of each other. Each hospital has its own patient database, but it is independent of each other. Each hospital is an independent center. Cumbersome and repetitive medical examinations result in a waste of resources, and patients will also spend more examination fees. If the network technology of blockchain is used to allow patients to have their own case data, and to authorize different hospitals to control their own health data, it can protect their privacy and prevent their data from being sold by centralized hospitals. To other hospitals, it can save the cost of repeated inspections. This is a real decentralization and a great initiative.

According to their own needs, patients decide to show a certain part of the data, but not all the data.

Akira

Encryption of mobile device data, internal data of financial institutions and medical information data can all be regarded as application scenarios for privacy computing.

[Prize Discussion] Plato Talk #3

Boney — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:45:17 +0000

PLATO TALK #3

TOPIC：Privacy-Preserving Computation Application Scenario Sharing

“Share what you think is a viable implementation scenario and solution based on Privacy-Preserving Computation technology”

REWARD: 4000 LAT

Topic Deadline: 2022/1/13 12:00 UTC

Online Events-Discord（plato-talk）: https://discord.gg/CGz3cSfn9J

Event details：

PLATO TALK #2 — Wonderful discussion sharing

Boney — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 04:15:48 +0000

TOPIC：Tell about your understanding of decentralization

“What is decentralization, why is it important, what opportunities and challenges does decentralization face, and what are your expectations and recommendations for PlatON decentralization?”

@cherima

Decentralization is actually a concept proposed relative to centralization, it is a new form of social relations and content generation formed with the development of the Internet.

We should be familiar with centralization, when content of a website can only be officially released, we can say it is centralized; When a site allows users to speak freely, but the operator can delete user comments at will, we say it is centralized. Extending to the real world, we can also find many examples of centralization. In private enterprises, if the boss is in charge, We say it is centralized; Everything in a country is in the hands of a small group of people, We also say it centralized.

It can be seen that the main characteristic of centralization is the concentration of power, while decentralization is to distribute power to other participants.

Decentralization does not mean the elimination of the center, but the weakening of the center and the strengthening of other participants. The center is chosen by all participants, and the center is not permanent, but only works for a certain period of time. Tt the end of the term, participants will choose a center again.

Why do we need decentralization?
All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. As we said before, the purpose of decentralization is to decentralize power, so decentralization can solve this problem well.

Thanks to the rapid development of the Internet, people's life now has been very convenient, and they can even make money and live without leaving home. However, if you think about it carefully, you can find a big problem. The current Internet enterprises are too centralized, and users' data are controlled by large Internet enterprises, which will bring great risks of data leakage and hidden dangers of security. Facebook had a data leakage in 2018 that exposed the data of hundreds of millions of users; A we-media enterprise seized users' intellectual property rights and caused huge losses to users. With no profit, game makers shut down servers, wipe out player data, and wipe out years of player work. The root of these problems is over-centralization, which is not good for the development of the Internet, so the Internet needs a revolution -- decentralization.

Advantages and disadvantages of decentralization
The advantages of decentralization can be discussed at two levels.
The first is the node level and the second is the governance level.
At the node level, due to decentralization, we can obtain higher security, fault tolerance and anti-collusion, which is not available in the centralized network, there are many references.

At the governance level, power is distributed among many participants and decisions are made jointly by all participants, making it more democratic. At the same time, it can reduce the working pressure of the original central node.

The disadvantage of decentralization is that due to the large number of participants, decisions need to be agreed by all, which leads to lower efficiency than the centralized approach. Therefore, consensus algorithms such as dPoS and nPoS appear in blockchain to improve efficiency.

@adybose

It's very informative reading all the explanations and views about decentralization and the current crypto ecosystem.

I am a big supporter of decentralization. I really find all the different ideas in the space very interesting. It is accepted that Bitcoin happens to be the most decentralized because of its POW consensus model, but it is slow. We can scale a network to achieve higher number of transactions, and try to achieve decentralization through other means as well.

I published a summary post on this topic of Decentralization on my blog:

https://adityabose.hashnode.dev/what-is-decentralization

To try answer the question of What is Decentralization, i would like to answer it from a system theory standpoint....

Decentralization refers to a system where there is no single centralized authority that makes decisions on behalf of all the parties. Instead each party, also called a peer, makes local autonomous decisions towards its individual goals which may possibly conflict with those of other peers. Peers directly interact with each other and share information or provide service to other peers. An open decentralized system is one in which the entry of peers is not regulated. Any peer can enter or leave the system at any time.

Why is decentralization necessary?

Decentralization solves trust issues by empowering multiple participants to manage a network. Users don't have to trust a central authority, and protocols are designed to prevent bad behavior. Decentralization allows participants to have fair participation and opportunity in a network.

Opportunities

The biggest opportunity with decentralization is being able to break free from the monopolies of today who have a great access to all our data and exploit it for profits. In decemtralized systems, users ideally own their data and use it in a way that preserves their privacy. Users can participate in a trustless and permissionless way which gives the power of inclusivity and equitable opportunity.

Challenges

One of the biggest challenges of Decentralization is to achieve true Decentralization in the first place. No system is a 100% decentralized, with some tradeoffs being made across the crypto ecosystem between decentralization, trust, efficiency, speed, and scalability. While Bitcoin and Ethereum are the biggest network with the most decentralization with their POW consensus mechanism, they are slow. This is why many solutions to solve the problem of scalability with newer consensus models like POS where participants stake their assets to be able to qualify as validators. There, a network with too few validators compromises on decentralization.

Another challenge is dependence of centralized services which can pose risks of being single point of failures. For example, validators often run full nodes in a cloud provided by a third party. If these cloud or node service providers go down, this could bring down the network. This had happened with Ethereum when Infura went down in 2020 due to incorrectly upgrsding their client during Ethereum’s Eth2 hard fork. Moreover, over 50% cost of cloud services comes from storage. With the increasing of blockchain data, the cost of validator arises. Therefore, reducing the size of storage is important for validators to reduce cost and further maintain the security of the network.

Suggestion

Where PlatON network scores is its privacy preserving focus, with validators selected from many nodes.

One suggestion that I can come up to improve the status quo of PlatON's decentralization is to run some incentive programs for running validator nodes so that more participants join the network as validators, which would increase the number of nodes.

Another technical aspect which I believe the PlatON network is already trying to solve with the v2 architecture, is to reduce the space required to run validators, using technologies like Zero Knowledge proofs. This would make it easier to run and sync validator nodes on one's own machines instead of relying on centralized cloud servers, reducing the risks that come with single point of failures of third party centralized services.

@seven

Decentralization can be tricky sometimes. A lot of people mention the term decentralization, a lot of organizations do the same, but hardly would you find people who are implementing this to the core.

We all talk about decentralization, and yet we still have some bodies/orgs that are responsible for keeping everything in check. Yes, we know that decentralization comes with a lot of ease by posing the influence of re-organizing and rebuilding what seems to have been done in a traditional way. Say for the DeFi (Decentralized Finance) ecosystem.

We've all come to understand that centralization had a negative effect for some time. In some countries, some banks can literally place a restriction on your bank account if you exceed a particular transaction threshold limit, then you'd be required to go over to the physical bank to try and upgrade your account to another level or one that can accommodate the amount of money that want to have in it, and I dare say that process of doing that is annoyingly stressful. I think Decentralization itself brings an end to situations like these.

But then, a study has shown that Decentralization in its fullness has an issue with inclusivity. The technology that decentralization is spreading across the globe is a little bit cut out from the marginalized. When I say "the marginalized", I'm referring to people who are displaced, folks who are in third world countries, folks who do not even have an idea of how the digital economy works, not to even talk of "Decentralization". Then, this big question arises: how do we preach the gospel of "decentralization" to such people? How do we make sure that there's inclusion for such demography of people? I know that this can be difficult at first, but I believe that the PlatON Network can do this with the right set of people when they find them, It might take some time, but it doesn't mean it cannot be achieved.

That's why I love the work that Jack Dorsey and the folks at B-trust are doing.
（Jack and the team at B-trust are currently working on providing development funds for the people working on bitcoin's core.
It is more like an incentivization program that will enable the development of the web3 space/decentralization ecosystem by making this resources available for people (mostly developers) who are from under-represented groups.
They're currently focusing on Africa, as a continent for a start, then they'll spread on to the global south, to regions like India, and then perhaps to the whole world.
）

what opportunities and challenges does decentralization face
For now, I think that the issue of information about the whole idea behind decentralization should be properly distributed to everyone. There's a whole lot of people who are very skeptical about this idea. Yes, I know this will definitely be present in the early stage of a revolution, so if there's a means of incentivizing people with the required information that they need, then I think a little part of the problem will be solved.

@Akira6

In a system with many nodes distributed, each node has a high degree of autonomy. Nodes are free to connect with each other and form new connected units. Any node may become the center of the stage, but does not have a mandatory central control function. The influence between nodes and nodes will form a non-linear causal relationship through the network. This open, flat and egalitarian system phenomenon or structure is called decentralization.

Decentralization has three main advantages: fault tolerance, resistance to attack, and resistance to collusion. It also makes the rights of each user equal on the chain and dilutes real-world hegemony making it impossible to form a monopoly. That is why decentralization is important.

The opportunity may be that decentralized applications are not yet accepted by mainstream society, and there is still a large market to open. The challenge may be the barriers in technology like the impossible triangle, or the stagnant development of ecological projects due to the market downturn.

Perhaps increase the number of nodes or remove sudo authority.

@nihat

Decenralization is the distribution or transfer of decision-making and operating tasks to users from a center. It has been trending with the development of blockchain technology. It is important for the network structures to be stronger and to survive. I think that PlatON Network will develop decentralization applications and make projects suitable for technological progress

Why is decentralization a trend?

No credentials are required to interact with a decentralized system. Transactions are carried out anonymously using private and public keys.
Transactions and control are distributed among the people using the system rather than a central authority.
User data is kept confidential.

Because it makes everyday life safer, fairer, faster, cheaper, transparent and anonymous.

It is also a technology that prevents central structures from using our personal information for their own benefit.
Centralized structures may choose to restrict or prohibit the use of blockchain technology in order not to lose their power.

suggestion
In PlatON Network 2.0 vision; It is stated that it is building the necessary infrastructure for decentralized artificial intelligence. PlatON Network also stated that it is working to ensure that everyone has access to open source artificial intelligence.

We need to tell people about this technology and the advantages it brings.

PlatON network can make studies and developments in areas that require the use of payment systems, voting systems, energy sector, Internet of Things IOT and artificial intelligence.

@Chopper

Web3.0 should be a decentralized network. Facing the personal credit security crisis, we urgently need a more secure, private and fair Internet environment. Empower everyone to control and maintain their own (digital) identity, assets and data, and thus their own destiny.

In Web2.0, your data has value, but it doesn't belong to you, and the value isn't given to you. In Plato talk#1, I expressed that on-chain data is a gold mine, and the more applications, the more data, the bigger the gold mine In Web3.0, your value behavior will eventually be rewarded, the carrier of value is your data, but also belongs to you.

what opportunities and challenges does decentralization face
Decentralization, scalability, security, and three factors cannot fully account for each other, which is the main problem existing at present

like bitcoin, as a decentralized digital currency, sacrifices performance features to meet the design needs of decentralization and security. The scalability was not achieved.

The scalability of Ethereum network (ETH) can only ensure decentralization and security. Currently, The TPS is still very low, and ethereum transaction congestion often occurs.

in 2017, Bitcoin launched lightning network and isolated witness technology to complete transactions in the chain and confirm transactions in the chain.

Ethereum solutions are currently moving toward Layer 2, like Matic Arbitrum Optimistic ZKSync alleviates congestion on Etherum L1 to some extent and reduces transaction fees for end users.

Ethereum's upcoming ETH2.0 seeks to address transaction congestion through sharding, including NEAR, which also uses sharding.

We are talking about Solona, which has improved TPS to some extent, but not long ago, a suspected DDOS attack brought down the trading network, which is not allowed in a decentralized network and is not in line with the original intention of decentralization.

what are your expectations and recommendations for PlatON decentralization?
I would like platon to be truly decentralized and expand from the current 201 nodes to more so that the network can operate safely.

[Prize Discussion] Plato Talk #2

Boney — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 02:59:13 +0000

PLATO TALK #2

TOPIC：Tell about your understanding of decentralization

“What is decentralization, why is it important, what opportunities and challenges does decentralization face, and what are your expectations and recommendations for PlatON decentralization?”

REWARD: 4000 LAT

Topic Deadline: 2021/12/30 12:00 UTC

Online Events-Discord（plato-talk）: https://discord.gg/CGz3cSfn9J

Event details：
https://letuscompute.hashnode.dev/discord-eventplato-talk-share-views-ideas-suggestions-based-on-the-talk-topic

About PlatON：

PlatON Website：https://platon.network/en

Alaya Website：https://www.alaya.network/en

PlatON Privacy-Preserving Computation WhitePaper: https://link.medium.com/hHaZHcz9Djb

PlatON 2.0 WhitePaper：https://link.medium.com/KCbkhaG9Djb

PlatON 2.0 PPT：https://www.slideshare.net/ShiHeng1/privacypreserving-ai-network-platon-20-249734241

Developer Program：

Hackathon：https://github.com/AlayaNetwork/Alaya-Season-Hackathon

Grants: https://latticex.foundation/grants

Dev-Bounty：https://github.com/LatticeX-Foundation/dev-bounties

Contact：
Twitter：https://twitter.com/PlatON_Network

Discord：https://discord.gg/jAjFzJ3Cff

Dev-Telegram：https://t.me/joinchat/LhO63AsZ_iozZGNl

PLATO TALK #1 --- Wonderful discussion sharing

Boney — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 06:54:19 +0000

PLATO TALK #1 --- Wonderful discussion sharing

⛳TOPIC： Talk about your views on privacy. Why is privacy important?

cherima

I believe that privacy is the product of human's self-will and social development. It is an independent space established by a person, which can protect our spiritual world. When a person's privacy is leaked, he will lose his sense of security, which may lead to huge problems in his life. People are the basic elements of society. The disclosure of a person's privacy may not only affect him, but also his family, friends and colleagues. Privacy is closely linked with the current society. If the problem of privacy leakage occurs widely, it may lead to social instability.

Chopper

In the Internet era, data is a gold mine. Everyone participates in it, but it seems that all data does not belong to them. So the protection of private data is naturally important.

Facebook Now equipped with billions of these virtual identities, Facebook owns a treasure trove of data that it rents out to advertisers. To be clear, Facebook does not necessarily sell this data.
Instead, they use this data to create highly-accurate models, which marketers then target with ads. This is a double-edged sword (for us) as this data collection also contributes to Facebook’s ability to make its platform even more addicting, thus bringing in more attention.This process feeds into itself, creating the multi-billion dollar behemoths that we know today. On the off chance that you are still unaware, they have gotten really good at this. In 2020, Facebook brought in $85.96 billion in revenue, $84.2 billion of which was from advert

User-generated content (UGC) is the dominant model of the Internet. As you said, data brings a lot of profits to big companies, but we don't share any of the profits, and they don't even ask me , which reflects the importance of privacy protection. Let the data truly belong to the user.

there is another example of the importance of private data protection .The Year 2020, Finnish Psychology The cybercriminals behind a data breach at Vastaamo, a treatment facility, began blackmailing patients for hundreds each Euro and threatened to post their personal health data online. Hackers are said to have accessed 40,000 copies Vastaamo patients' medical records and demanded a ransom of about 450,000 euros. The Tor site that the attacker is running The website posted 300 patient records, including therapists' treatment records in addition to names and contact information. The disclosure of a person's psychotherapy record can be even more damaging to patients, involving a person's reputation, the person Relationships and work.

xiyu

Hello everyone.
I'd like to share with you some of my superficial understanding of privacy.
I want to talk about privacy from a technical point of view.

I think privacy can be divided into two levels, and basically I call it "static privacy".
This is also the most common form of privacy, such as the transmission of information on untrusted links, in which information can be hijacked by anyone. If both sides of the communication are unwilling to disclose the specific content of the information, the simplest thing is of course to encrypt the information.
Symmetric encryption is one kind, but it can only realize the information exchange between two people. when the same person needs to interact with multiple people, it needs to manage multiple keys at the same time, so symmetric encryption appears to be "tightly coupled".
Asymmetric encryption provides a more "loosely coupled" method, but this alone cannot resist man-in-the-middle attacks, so it is usually used with "signatures" to verify the identity of both sides of the interaction. in fact, this is the method that the blockchain can provide to us. At this point, if no processing is done, the identity and the privacy of the content will be bound together.
In some scenarios, people need to exchange confidential information anonymously. If man-in-the-middle attacks are considered, it is generally not easy for both parties to be anonymous. But it can ensure that the receiver does not know who the sender is. At this point, secret key exchange technology is combined with asymmetric encryption.

I call these scenarios "static privacy", but what is "dynamic privacy"?

In fact, the existing cases of "dynamic privacy" scenarios are not common, but they are very useful. In fact, when we often talk about data rights in PlatON, we use what I call a "dynamic privacy" approach.

The important premise of confirming the right of data is the separation of the ownership and the right of use of the data. in the digital world, the replication of the data itself is very easy, so the previous data sale is basically an one-shot sale, when I sell the data in my hand. in theory, this data loses the value of being sold again.

In general, the value of the data can be extracted by mining algorithms, while different data mining methods may extract different values, so in theory, the data owner hopes to maintain the long-term value of the data. PlatON privacy computing technology system can actually bring this breakthrough.

In fact, the theoretical research in this field started very early, for example, algorithms such as FHE can support this implementation, but at present, the biggest problem is engineering implementation in applications. And the existing algorithms still have many defects in engineering landing, which may be the reason why we do not see too many applications of "dynamic privacy" at present. We hope that PlatON can bring important breakthroughs in this aspect in the future.

Privacy will be an important infrastructure for web3. In fact, in the past, the protection of user privacy was endorsed by large companies in the Internet field, and users have no ability to guarantee whether user data is used out of bounds.
But in the web3 scenario, although users have more freedom, they put forward higher requirements for privacy protection. An important concept of blockchain is "The code is law", so privacy protection in the field of web3 needs decentralized privacy computing to ensure. This is an infrastructure-level requirement in the area of a blockchain.

PlatON Global Developer Ambassador (Computator) Program (2022)

Boney — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 06:53:04 +0000

Along with the release of the PlatON 2.0 whitepaper, PlatON has officially entered the 2.0 era as a decentralized privacy-preserving AI network.

Combining blockchain and privacy-preserving computation technologies, PlatON is building a decentralized and collaborative AI network and global brain to drive the democratization of AI for safe artificial general intelligence.

Backed by the LatticeX Foundation’s Computator Fund, the PlatON Global Developer Ambassador Program has officially started its recruitment to allow developers from all regions to join the building of a “smart network” and expand the protocol’s global influence and recognition while achieving its mission. Your help will be key to PlatON’s growth in local developer communities.

Our Ambassador Program

The PlatON Global Developer Ambassador Program aims to identify PlatON-loving technology and ecosystem leaders for the protocol’s open-source community. If you wish to become a PlatON Global Developer Ambassador, we expect you to be familiar with PlatON and recognize our mission. Meanwhile, PlatON Ambassadors should popularize PlatON’s technological concepts in local markets with great passion and encourage new developers and companies to contribute to the building of the PlatON ecosystem.

What We Can Offer

As an official PlatON Ambassador, you could get:

Funding support: You could get performance-based incentives and allowances, as well as a budget for community building.
Extensive access to PlatON: You will have a chance to work with PlatON’s key developer team, receive product & technology training, and get deeply involved in the development of PlatON’s core protocol.
Developer community governance: An outstanding Ambassador could participate in the governance of PlatON open-source technology community as its maintainer and become a member of the Project Management Committee (PMC).
Support for project incubation: Ambassadors enjoy priority access to PlatON’s support for project incubation. At PlatON, you could facilitate the implementation of various creative insights as a key player.

At PlatON, you will get a rewarding experience. While meeting strong partners and building personal networks, you’ll be one of the first pioneers to witness the birth of a “smart network”.

Ambassador Levels & Upgrade Mechanism

There are four Ambassador levels, which are determined according to each Ambassador’s competence and contribution, and each level comes with a unique scope of ecosystem participation, as well as different benefits and rewards.

Level	Required Period for Upgrade
Entry	3 months
Intermediate	6 months
Senior	12 months
Tenure	/

Once an Ambassador reaches the required period for upgrade, we will assess whether he/she could be upgraded to a higher level depending on his/her work hours, competence, output, and performance.

Ambassador Tasks

Ambassador Tasks could be formulated and executed depending on their own resources and competence. For instance, Ambassador Tasks could include the following:

Build and manage local developer communities

Build local developer communities and recruit active and insightful developers.

Keep the community active by promoting exchanges and discussions; offer technical support for the community.

Unlock the full potential of the community, encourage members of the community to contribute to PlatON, motivate the development of privacy-preserving applications, and provide suggestions for improving PlatON’s technology and ecosystem.

Conduct technical talks and community-based education campaigns

Develop a full understanding of PlatON, summarize the features and concepts of PlatON’s core technology, study the latest technological advancement in the crypto world, offer segment-specific solutions for PlatON, create valuable and appealing content for promotion and education.

Work with local universities, organizations, communities, and media agencies for community education and promotion.

Identify potential partners in the local market, build partnerships, and promote the adoption of PlatON.

Participate in activities that promote PlatON’s ecosystem growth, take part in local developer contests/hackathons on behalf of PlatON, and speak up for PlatON at developer conferences, workshops, and gatherings.

Host regular tech podcasts to share PlatON’s latest technology and ecosystem progress with the community, analyze PlatON’s core technologies and products, promote its latest announcements and events, and study popular trends, state-of-the-art technologies and applications, etc.

Contribute to the building of PlatON’s infrastructure

Improve existing tutorials and documents and have them translated into the local language to help developers better understand PlatON.

Provide the necessary and available development tools for all types of PlatON developers, produce the relevant technical documents and videos, development tutorials, examples, solutions, etc.

Contribute to protocol development, technical analysis & discussion, as well as the improvement of product experiences, tests, etc.

Organize developer events

Organize local developer training, meetup, and other events, such as tech talks, AMAs, etc.

Organize local hackathons/developer contests, identify and incubate outstanding PlatON-powered projects.

Contribute to the design of PlatON’s technology stack and its research on key technology

Track the research and theories on the latest technology concerning PlatON, study their applications, and prepare and share the relevant reports.

Assist in the research, discussion, and POC design of PlatON’s technology stack and ecosystem map, and promote the implementation of PlatON technology roadmap on an ongoing basis.

Requirements

Familiar with PlatON, and recognize and get self-motivated to promote its vision and values.

Keen on data privacy, with an emphasis on the preservation of data privacy.

A tech expert in a certain field who is passionate about new technologies and concepts, with the hacker spirit and strong learning capacities.

A self-driven and dedicated developer who excels at execution, communication, and coordination.

Proficiency in spoken and written English.

How to Apply

All candidates are encouraged to learn about PlatON before submitting an application

To understand PlatON, one should start from the PlatON2.0 whitepaper, the whitepaper on privacy-preserving computation, and the developer documentation.

Candidates should learn how to develop and deploy a contract on PlatON.

Join the PlatON community to get the latest news

Discord：https://discord.gg/ghSgf46aNx

Forum：https://forum.latticex.foundation/c/PlatON-EN/20

GitHub：https://github.com/PlatONnetwork https://github.com/LatticeX-Foundation

Medium：https://medium.com/platon-network

Twitter：https://twitter.com/PlatON_Network

3. Submit the application form for the PlatON Global Ambassador Program

Application link: https://forms.gle/xSNf7d4tmiDekJWV6

Once a candidate passed PlatON’s review, he/she should go through a short interview.

After an application is submitted, it will be reviewed by the LatticeX Foundation and the PlatON core developer team, which generally takes 7 workdays.

Candidates who passed our initial screening will have to go through a short online interview.

Get started with Ambassador Tasks as an Intern Ambassador

Candidates passing the interview will become Intern Ambassadors upon successful KYC authentication and go through a 21-day internship, during which time Intern Tasks will be assigned. A qualified Intern Ambassador will officially become an Entry Ambassador. In the following stages, you could complete more Ambassador Tasks to upgrade your level. A higher Ambassador level means more rewards and benefits.

Apply for an upgrade at quarterly meetings

Ambassadors are required to submit by-weekly performance reports that contain their key results and performance measure, work content, and plans for the next two weeks.

At the PlatON Developer Ambassador meeting held every quarter, Ambassadors will report their progress, achievements, and performance measure, suggestions and feedback, as well as the need for PlatON support. Also, the meeting will assess Ambassadors’ upgrade application.

Ambassador Incentives

Incentives for PlatON Global Developer Ambassadors cover 2 parts: Base Salary + Contribution Reward. In particular, different Ambassador levels correspond to different base salaries, which are the reward for Ambassadors’ daily efforts in the building, maintaining, and managing PlatON’s developer communities. The base salary is will be available once you become an Ambassador.

Base salary:

Level	Required Period for Upgrade	Base Salary
Intern	21 days	2,000 LAT/month
Entry	3 months	4,000 LAT/month
Intermediate	6 months	8,000 LAT/month
Senior	12 months	12,000 LAT/month
Tenure	/	20,000 LAT/month

Contribution rewards:

As a PlatON Ambassador and a member of the PlatON ecosystem, all contributions to PlatON developer community and its ecosystem growth will be noted through rewards in addition to the base salary.

Rewards are offered for contributions including but not limited to the following:

Content	Criteria	Rewards (LAT)
Build local developer communities	Build a local PlatON developer community (one-time reward)	2000
Recruit community developers	Recruit users with a background in development, design, and research into self-built organizations or official PlatON organizations. *Note: Reward will only be available if the recruited user could provide detailed background information and stay active in the community for at least 5 days (consecutive/non-consecutive).	20/person
Encourage participation	Encourage developers to contribute to the ecosystem growth of PlatON/Alaya. You should submit proof for this contribution (e.g. links, pictures).	200/person/time
Publish introduction articles	Post articles on the PlatON/Alaya network on social media, developer communities, or forums. *Note: Such articles should be easily transmittable and simply expressed, with a particular emphasis on the PlatON’s advantages. Moreover, they ought to introduce PlatON (its visions, technology structure & principles, etc.) to a wider audience. The specific reward will be determined according to the quality level assigned to each article.	Level D: 500/article, Level C: 800/article, Level B 1,200/article, Level A: 2,000/article
Create development tutorials/solutions	Create development tutorials and solutions (video/document) targeting developers in the PlatON/Alaya ecosystem. * The content you submitted should be logically consistent and complete, covering a delivery introduction that specifies the following: - The tool and language used in your tutorial/solution; - what can be learned from your tutorial/solution; - the target issue of your solution; what does your code achieve; - other information that may help us understand your tutorial/solution, such as why would the article be helpful to developers. The specific reward will be determined according to the quality level assigned to each tutorial/solution.	Level C: 1,200/tutorial (or solution), Level B 2,500/tutorial (or solution), Level A: 3,500/ tutorial (or solution)
Produce videos	Create videos about the PlatON/Alaya network. *Such videos should last longer than 1 minute. Furthermore, they should contain rich, interesting content while facilitating community education and promotion. The specific reward will be determined according to the quality level assigned to each video.	Level C: 1,200/video, Level B 2,500/video, Level A: 5,000/video
Translation of articles	Translate articles about the PlatON community (including those from WeChat, Medium, Forum, etc.) into another language and post them on social media. The translated article should be fluently expressed and factual. Machine translation or copycatting will not be accepted.	400/short article (less than 2,000 words), 800/long article
Translation of developer documents	Translate documents listed on PlatON/Alaya Developer Docs into another language and submit them for demonstration. The translated document should be fluently expressed and factual. Machine translation or copycatting will not be accepted.	600/short article (less than 2,000 words), 1,000/long article
Proofread & improve developer documents	Review, proofread and improve documents listed on PlatON/Alaya Developer Docs. *To be specific, you should submit feedback via Issue (including but not limited to spelling mistakes, ambiguous/wrong descriptions, etc.), as well as the revised content through PR. The specific reward will be determined according to our ratings of revision quality and problem level.	100~1200/PR
Maintain PlatON’s GitHub library	Optimize PlatON’s GitHub library for improved user experiences, and fix/address GitHub issues. *The specific reward will be determined according to our ratings of your contribution and work quality.	500~2000/PR
Develop infrastructure tools	Offer PlatON developers essential tools for development, testing, and monitoring. *You should provide complete and useable tools, as well as documents that specify their purpose and value.	5,000/tool
Build partnerships	Promote cooperation between PlatON and universities, media agencies, developer communities, companies, and organizations. *Finalized PR promotions by the parties involved are deemed as the sign of valid partnerships.	6,800/partner
Facilitate the implementation of PlatON-powered projects	Unlock the potential of the developer community, encourage and support potential developer/project teams to develop/integrate PlatON-based applications, and contribute to the implementation of the project. *You are required to submit a complete profile of the project (its purpose, value, implementation plan). The delivery of Milestone 1 of the project is deemed as the sign of valid contribution.	8,000/project
PlatON podcasts	Host regular tech podcasts to share PlatON’s latest technology and ecosystem progress with the community, analyze PlatON’s core technologies and products, promote its latest announcements and events, and study popular trends, state-of-the-art technologies and applications, etc. *The podcast must last longer than 10 minutes, and the relevant video link should also be provided.	3,000/podcast
Organize training/education programs for community developers	Organize themed online/offline training to help community developers understand PlatON and learn how to develop on PlatON. *Such training/education programs require the attendance of at least 10 people. In addition, you are required to record the program and provide the relevant video link.	3,800/program
Organize developer meetups & AMAs	Organize online AMAs and offline meetups about PlatON. *Offline meetups require the attendance of at least 20 people. Also, you should provide the relevant photos/videos that record their process and submit a briefing. Online events should last longer than 30 minutes, with an audience of at least 100 people. Additionally, you should record the entire process and submit the video link.	1,800/event
Host developer contests/hackathons/seminars	Work with third parties to host PlatON developer contests/hackathons for the local community. *Such developer contests/hackathons require the participation of at least 5 teams, each with a finalized delivery. As for seminars, you should provide the relevant photos or video and submit a briefing.	6,000/event
Attend third-party conferences/events	Participate in third-party events that may promote PlatON’s ecosystem growth, and speak up for PlatON. *Before getting involved in an event, you should submit an overview of the third-party conference/event, including its goal, agenda, and focus. Additionally, you are also required to provide photos or videos of the conference/event and write PR articles for promotion.	8,000/event
Participate in developer contests/hackathons on behalf of PlatON	Participate in third-party developer contests/hackathons on behalf of PlatON. *The relevant task should involve the adoption of the PlatON/Alaya network.	10,000/event
Train new Ambassadors	The task is only available to Ambassadors at the Intermediate level or higher. *As an Intermediate Ambassador, you could introduce friends to the PlatON Global Ambassador Program and help them become qualified PlatON Ambassadors. Rewards will be available for each valid referral. You are required to submit the name and CV of the new Ambassador and a short training video of 15~30 seconds.	2,000/person
Ecosystem and tech research	Produce referable research reports based on the latest technology research, theories, and competition analysis.	3,000/report
Views & suggestions	Provide constructive views/suggestions for improving PlatON’s technology and ecosystem. You are required to submit detailed views and suggestions to PlatON’s official Forum or GitHub for extensive discussion in the developer community. The relevant link should also be provided.	1,000/suggestion

Notice

PlatON Ambassadors face quarterly performance appraisals. For ambassadors who failed to meet the relevant criteria, the Foundation may suspend their incentives.
The Foundation will determine specific Ambassador Reward based on the bi-weekly reports submitted by Ambassadors. The Foundation reserves the right to approve or reject any submission from Ambassadors.
The Ambassador Incentive is settled once a month, with the relevant statistics confirmed before the 5th of each month, and the distribution completed within 10 subsequent workdays.
The Foundation reserves the right to alter the terms and conditions of the Ambassador Reward Program as it deems appropriate.

We are convinced that data is our most fundamental and crucial “inherent right” in an era of digital economy. Challenges such as the protection of data privacy and sovereignty, the promotion of data circulation, the creation of data-based value, and the facilitation of collaborative computation are beyond the reach of any single individual or organization. This is why we are asking you to join us, starting from this moment!

[Reward] Plato Talk #1

Boney — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:32:29 +0000

PLATO TALK #1

TOPIC：Talk about your views on privacy. Why is privacy important?

REWARD: 4000 LAT

Topic Deadline 2021/12/22 10:00 UTC

Discord（plato-talk）: https://discord.gg/CGz3cSfn9J

Event details：
https://dev.to/boney_platon/discord-eventplato-talk-share-views-ideas-suggestions-based-on-the-talk-topic-44ah

About PlatON：

PlatON Website：https://platon.network/en

Alaya Website：https://www.alaya.network/en

PlatON Privacy-Preserving Computation WhitePaper: https://link.medium.com/hHaZHcz9Djb

PlatON 2.0 WhitePaper：https://link.medium.com/KCbkhaG9Djb

PlatON 2.0 PPT：https://www.slideshare.net/ShiHeng1/privacypreserving-ai-network-platon-20-249734241

Developer Program：

Hackathon：https://github.com/AlayaNetwork/Alaya-Season-Hackathon

Grants: https://latticex.foundation/grants

Dev-Bounty：https://github.com/LatticeX-Foundation/dev-bounties

Contact：
Twitter：https://twitter.com/PlatON_Network

Discord：https://discord.gg/jAjFzJ3Cff

Dev-Telegram：https://t.me/joinchat/LhO63AsZ_iozZGNl

[Discord Event]Plato Talk-Share Views, Ideas, Suggestions Based On The Talk Topic

Boney — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:15:17 +0000

LatticeX Foundation connects with developers around the world through the Computation Fund. It aims to promote the development of distributed computation, blockchain, cryptography, artificial intelligence, and privacy-preserving computation while recruiting and supporting developers to jointly build a digital utopia. To this end, we strive to bring more global developers to PlatON and foster distributed intelligent agents who share our visions. Step by step, PlatON will build an autonomous open-source tech ecosystem.
To build an active community where discussions and exchanges are encouraged, we will hold Plato Talks so that users could air their views on privacy preservation, cryptography, and AI and offer inspirations for the development of PlatON.

Plato Talks encourage free discussions about the research and experiment of PlatON’s various functions during the life cycle of data, as well as the building of a closed loop that incorporates the privacy preservation of on-chain data, privacy-preserving storage of off-chain data, data capitalization, privacy-preserving computation, data trades, and algorithm/model trades.

👉How to participate

Each “Plato Talks” is given a topic. Participate in the activity by replying to your opinions, ideas, and suggestions on Discord(plato-talk)based on the topic.

Discord（plato-talk）: https://discord.gg/CGz3cSfn9J

Invite others to like your message and the user with the most likes will be rewarded.

🎁Plato rewards

Users are encouraged to invite members of the PlatON community to like their views and suggestions, and the top 5 users (ranked by the total number of likes within 48 hours, excluding invalid replies) will receive awesome rewards from PlatON.
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💝Participation reward

The first 5 users (excluding invalid replies and the above prize winners) participating in discussions will receive the participation reward.
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Notice
Only replies under discussions relating to the specified topic will be regarded as valid.
The rewards will be distributed the next Friday after the end of the event.

About PlatON：
PlatON Website：platon.network/en
Alaya Website：alaya.network/en
PlatON Privacy-Preserving Computation WhitePaper: link.medium.com/hHaZHcz9Djb
PlatON 2.0 WhitePaper：link.medium.com/KCbkhaG9Djb
PlatON 2.0 PPT：slideshare.net/ShiHeng1/privacypreserving-a..

Developer Program：
Hackathon：github.com/AlayaNetwork/Alaya-Season-Hackat..
Grants: latticex.foundation/grants
Dev-Bounty：github.com/LatticeX-Foundation/dev-bounties

Contact：
Twitter：twitter.com/PlatON_Network
Discord：discord.gg/jAjFzJ3Cff
Dev-Telegram：t.me/joinchat/LhO63AsZ_iozZGNl

PlatON Grant Hackathon is coming!($170,000 Prize Pool)

Boney — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 10:41:50 +0000

PlatON Grant Hackathon is coming!
Share the $170,000 Prize Pool and Learn from the Workshop series! The Hackathon is opened on hackerlink.

Event details: https://hidorahacks.medium.com/platon-grant-hackathon-opens-on-hackerlink-io-57355f70a96a

Quick registration: https://hackerlink.io/en/grant/Alaya/1

Join the Telegram group chat for registration and teaming up! https://t.me/joinchat/neSjeUIee8U4ZjA1

Event Github: https://github.com/AlayaNetwork/Alaya-Season-Hackathon

Feel free to chat with me(@Boney2) on Discord（https://discord.gg/jAjFzJ3Cff） for more details, thanks!

Lumino - Secure Multi-Party Computation Ceremony

Boney — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 02:49:29 +0000

The PlatON Secure Multiparty Computing Ceremony Lumino is launched! The 60-day ceremony invites cryptography and blockchain geeks around the world to get deeply involved in building a privacy computing infrastructure!

The open source code and software can be downloaded at： https://github.com/PlatONnetwork/Lumino

Lumino ceremony homepage:
https://lumino.latticex.foundation/home

Guidance for Lumino Contributors:
https://medium.com/platon-network/a-guidance-for-lumino-contributors-7c9eb201e097

How to Participate:

Send an email to LatticeX Foundation at lumino@latticex.foundation In the email, please fill in the following information:

Name (first name or nickname)
Alaya Network Address
Correspondence address (mailing address for gifts)
Which computing group you would like to join (BN254 curve group or BLS12–381 curve group, or both.)
Whether you would like to apply for the Google Cloud.

More information

Q&A | All about Lumino, the secure multi-party computation ceremony

Welcome to Join Lumino

Welcome developers to PlatON
github.com/LatticeX-Foundation/dev-bounties..
Send an email developer@latticex.foundation to submit more ideas and suggestions

PlatON Developer Bounty Program

Boney — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:42:45 +0000

PlatON is a new generation of privacy-preserving AI network initiated and driven by the LatticeX Foundation, and is also an open-source community project. Such a huge infrastructure requires joint effort from community developers.

To encourage community developers to get more involved in the development and design of core infrastructure, the LatticeX Foundation launched Developer Bounty Program to reward those who provide basic services for PlatON and Alaya.

https://github.com/LatticeX-Foundation/dev-bounties/blob/c8513aff4a7f03cbc0f765b1a3e32a9a3716d55a/Developer%20Bounty%20Program(Phase-I).md

Send an email developer@latticex.foundation to submit more ideas and suggestions