Our (Cypherpunk) approach to Self-Sovereign Digital Identity does not work in real world

Wed, Nov 13, 2024, 12:45 PM · 07:14

For years our community is using cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies trying to build solutions that will bring people control over their digital identities. How far have we got? This talk would like to expose a gap that exists between our Cypherpunk approach to SSI and what a real world project needs / wants / can do. If we want our SSI solutions to bring control over their digital identities back to people, it seems we need to take a different approach.

5+ years in crypto/web3 space. I worked at Iden3, Hermez, Polygon zkEVM, Polygon ID, Privado ID. Been doing different roles in development/product/organisation. Engineering background. Advocate for SSI, privacy, social justice and education.

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