Luka Dover

Trust on the web is breaking. I believe Bitcoin provides the missing foundation.

I've designed a Bitcoin-backed trust protocol and built the first prototype. I believe the technology could make spam, scams, fake reviews, and AI bots uneconomic, and make the internet a much more civilized place.

I'm forming an R&D organization to make this real. The technology will be open source, but the problem requires sustained work across theory, protocol design, software, UX, and real-world deployment.

For funding, collaboration, or introductions, you can reach me by email.

Mathematics of Trust

The theoretical insight behind this project is that phenomenological primitives like Quality (Q), Value (V), and Trust have mathematical structure:

V=ΔQV = \Delta Q
Trust=Pr⁡(V>0)−Pr⁡(V<0)Trust = \Pr(V > 0) - \Pr(V < 0)

This allows us to reason about protocol behavior, uncover structural errors, and improve the design before deploying it in the wild.

I've been making parts of the theory public at Cartographers Guild Substack. See this essay for a simple toy model of the protocol.