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BitMessage: What If Communication Could Become a Source of Decentralized Participation?

BitMessage is an experimental protocol proposal built around Proof-of-Presence-and-Meaning (PoPM), a participation mechanism designed to connect everyday communication with cryptographically…

  • BitMessage explores decentralized communication as network participation.
  • Proposes Proof-of-Presence-and-Meaning (PoPM) as participation mechanism.
  • PoPM ties participation to communication activity without surveillance.

The EDI 810, Decoded: What an Invoice Actually Looks Like on the Wire

Every EDI series I write eventually gets to the invoice, because the 810 is where integrations stop being an IT project and start being a money project.

  • The 810 invoice links to 850 PO and 856 ASN, forming order-to-cash sequence
  • IT1 loop contains line item details, prone to matching issues
  • TDS segment represents invoice total in implied-decimal cents, error-prone

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