Well, if we look at the bigger picture, everything about blockchain cries out game theory.
But answering to your question, yes. There is quite a lot of game theory involved. You can somewhat compare the map analogy to the prisoner's dilemma. Even though the highest utility is in cooperation, the Nash equilibrium lies in both looking at their own best interests. ZKP allows you to sort of remove the boundaries between the two.
The prisoner's dilemma is exactly what I was thinking of. In my world (law) we are forced to make decisions everyday with incomplete, inaccurate, or fraudulent data. Making it a math problem at least gives us a strategy to make the best decision in impossible situations.
Hi @clayrawlings
Thanks for the kind words.
Well, if we look at the bigger picture, everything about blockchain cries out game theory.
But answering to your question, yes. There is quite a lot of game theory involved. You can somewhat compare the map analogy to the prisoner's dilemma. Even though the highest utility is in cooperation, the Nash equilibrium lies in both looking at their own best interests. ZKP allows you to sort of remove the boundaries between the two.
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The prisoner's dilemma is exactly what I was thinking of. In my world (law) we are forced to make decisions everyday with incomplete, inaccurate, or fraudulent data. Making it a math problem at least gives us a strategy to make the best decision in impossible situations.