Today, let's talk about a topic that is often overlooked yet very important – trust.

It is not the trust between people, but the "trust" within the economic system.

Let's talk about how it spreads and operates, which is closely related to our daily wallet transactions.

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The traditional financial world focuses on buildings that house banks, stock exchanges, investment institutions, and more. All trust relationships must be conveyed through these buildings.

Do you want to transfer money to a friend? Your trust has to be passed to Bank A first, and then Bank A passes the trust to your friend's Bank B, so that your friend can finally receive the money.

This model is referred to as "hub-and-spoke topology" in the field of network science.

Its biggest feature is efficiency, but it is very fragile. When everything goes smoothly, information and funds flow quickly. However, once there is a problem with any intermediary link, the chain of trust will break, and the entire system will be affected, collapsing like a house of cards. This is what we often hear about as "systemic risk."

What @anoma aims to do is to completely overturn this model. It proposes a completely different trust network, which can be simply described as constructing a "Mesh Topology."

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The working principle of this "network" is also very simple.

Anoma does not transmit trust through a central institution, but allows trust to occur directly between participants.

It uses a unique "cryptographic proof" that does not require any intermediaries (such as banks) to prove that you are you, nor does it require them to guarantee the transaction. You can establish a trust relationship directly with this "cryptographic proof" and then transact directly.

There is a very counterintuitive point here: a "mesh" trust network grows larger and stronger.

A fishing net, when it only has a few knots, can be easily torn. But when it continues to expand, having thousands of intersections, even if one knot breaks, the entire structure of the net remains stable, and even more flexible.

This is in stark contrast to traditional finance. In the traditional "central-radiation" model, the larger the system, the greater the pressure on the central institution. Once the center collapses, the consequences are more severe.

Anoma is a "mesh" network based on cryptographic proofs, where each participant is an independent trust node. When the number of nodes reaches millions or even tens of millions, the entire network becomes incredibly resilient. This type of network is referred to as a "scale-free network" in network theory.

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Why not try to combine the idea of this trust topology with Anoma's core principle of "intention-centered" and see what possibilities you can think of🤔

@rtk17025 @thekerukeion #Anoma