Beid

Beid records that you were actually at an event, without asking who you are. When you are at an event, other people running beid are nearby. Their phones and yours notice each other over Bluetooth and confirm, to each other, that you were both in the same place at the same time. Out of enough of those mutual confirmations, beid builds a record of your attendance and keeps it in your collection. What makes this different from scanning a ticket is that nobody has to be trusted. A ticket says an organizer believes you showed up. A beid record says the other people who were there observed you, and each observation is signed. You do not have to take anyone's word for it, including ours. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open beid at an event. It finds the event on its own over Bluetooth, or you can enter a code the organizer gives you. 2. Leave it running. beid quietly notices the people around you and they…