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The Era of Provable Software

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New technologies have taken a remarkably consistent path on the way to widespread adoption. We are now entering a new era of the Internet: the era of provable software.

The Era of Provable Software Writings The Era of Provable Software by Elena Burger and Kshitij Kulkarni January 9th, 2025 N ew technologies have taken a remarkably consistent path on the way to widespread adoption. First, the technology is found in an embryonic, application-specific state. It is useful for a few specific tasks, but remains short of a general-purpose architecture that anyone can develop upon. Motivated by the search for a set of standards that provide developers with a framework on which to reliably build, a series of high-stakes ideological battles erupts among engineers and r

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