Web of Trust: Where is the Trust Signal?

Where do web of trust score calculations come from? Some say they should be based on follows. Others say no, we should replace follows with explicit attestations of trust. The article synthesizes these viewpoints to propose that web of trust must incorporate ANY AND EVERY PIECE OF DATA that is available and relevant to the question at hand. For this to work, we propose a process called INTERPRETATION that converts raw data of any format into an internally standardized "ratings format" that can be recognized by our web of trust algorithm of choice.

Why GrapeRank Uses Mutes and Reports to Pick Off Bots, Impersonators and Bad Actors

Bad actors can easily fool personalized PageRank using the link farm attack. Well-placed NIP-56 reports can pick off bad actors like a sniper rifle, effectively cleaving away an entire link farm with only a small handful of well placed reports.

Data Model for a Neo4j Nostr Relay