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Understanding Self-Guaranteeing Promises: Verification Without Trust

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9mo ago· 2 min readenInsight

Summary

The article discusses the concept of 'self-guaranteeing promises,' which are commitments that can be verified independently without requiring trust in the promisor. Examples include 'file over app' and 'stainless steel,' where users can directly test the promises themselves. The piece emphasizes the importance of verifying such promises in practice.

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A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone. You can verify a self-guaranteeing promise yourself.
File over app is a self-guaranteeing promise. If files are in your control, in an open format, you can use those files in another app at any time.
It’s good practice to test this with any self-proclaimed file-over-app app you use.
Stainless steel is a self-guaranteeing promise. You can test it yourself on any tool that makes this promise.
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A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone. You can verify it yourself.

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