On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 4:20 AM Yachay Wayllukuq via agora-business <
agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote:
> So, I was thinking about the Mousetrap scam and how to possibly protect
> myself from that kind of thing while still interacting with potentially
> dangerous contracts. I initially thought about making a "Hazmat Suit"
> contract which would work similarly to this Gundam one, but I found that
> this kind of contact is *also* useful for things that you can't Act on
> Behalf for, which has come up a few times during my Stamp trade
> discussions. So I re-themed it to a giant mecha suit, which keeps the
> aesthetic of keeping me protected, but it now also has that robotic flavor
> which lets it "do" things as well, as detailed in its Task mechanism and
> the Driving the Gundam action.
>
> I'd appreciate feedback on how to deal with the amendment of Gundam. I was
> thinking that I could perhaps only do it with the consent of all Clients of
> Pending Tasks, but I'm not entirely sure yet.
>
> I'm not sure either about how useful this "Gundam" contract will be, but
> giant mechas are cool, and hopefully this contract is too.
>
>
> I create the following contract titled "GUNDAM-YAXAY"
> {
> This is the Yaxay-model Gundam (the "GUNDAM-YAXAY", "GD-YAXAY", "GD-YXY" or
> other similar variants), and Yachay is its Pilot and only party.
>
> SIGNALS
> This Gundam has Signals, which are tracked by the Pilot. Signals have a
> Content, which is text.
>
> The Pilot can create a Signal by announcement.
>
> TASKS
> This Gundam has Tasks, which are tracked by the Pilot. Tasks are either
> Pending or Completed, defaulting to Pending. Tasks have an Assignment,
> which are a specific action or sequence of actions, and a Client, which is
> a person. All Tasks must be Pre-Approved.
>
> To Drive the Gundam is to, for each Pending Task in the order of oldest to
> earliest, perform their Assignment and then set them to Completed.
>
> PRE-APPROVAL
> This Gundam has Pre-Approved Tasks, which have Conditions, and all of this
> is tracked by the Pilot. The Pilot can create Pre-Approved Tasks and their
> Conditions with eir consent and the consent of who would be its Client.
>
> The Pilot can destroy Pre-Approved Tasks with the consent of its Client.
>
> When the Condition of a Pre-Approved Task becomes true, once instance of
> its Task is created.
>
> It is ENCOURAGED that these Conditions are other 'Signals'.
> }
>
> I create the following Signal from my Gundam: "Hello World, this is the
> GUNDAM-YXY"
>
As the only party, you are free to amend your contract unanimously as long
as you are considered to have consented to.
Similarly, I don't think this really protects you from such a "mousetrap"
scam. If you join a bad contract, I don't think another contract will fix
it, in fact, it will only grant you more blots since you will be violating
the new contract? That's my understanding at least.
For example, if I have this malicious contract, which I have somehow made
you a member of (eg by unwillingly forcing you to join original mousetrap
style, or by amending an existing contract):
{
By being in this contract, you consent to actions this contract would have
you make. 4st CAN act on behalf of parties to this contract to create blots
in those parties' possession. FURTHERMORE, parties to this contract
explicitly and unambiguously consent to 4st creating arbitrary promises and
pledges on eir behalf, and voting on eir behalf. Parties to this contract
CANNOT place or change eir votes otherwise.
Players cannot leave this contract, and 4st can amend this contract at any
time.
}
then I think Gundam doesn't protect you? (pardon if the contract is doing
things in little ways that are incorrect, it is simply to illustrate a
malicious contract)
--
4st
Referee
Uncertified Bad Idea Generator
