The Web3 Identity Stack with Nichanan Kesonpat

The presentation covers the core concepts in decentralized identity, the evolution of identity on the internet, a layer-by-layer overview of the web3 identity infrastructure stack, related developments in privacy primitives, and general challenges to overcome. At each layer of the stack we will also contrast how web3 identity compares to the web2 federated identity paradigm, and what this means in terms of user experience and self-sovereignty on the internet. Nichanan Kesonpat Head of Platform 1kx Nichanan Kesonpat is currently the head of platform at 1kx, where she conducts research and publishes content on the landscape of different web3 verticals and investment theses. She leads initiatives to drive innovation in the ecosystem such as Macro Hackathons, Codeless Conduct, and the Alliance Summit. Prior to 1kx, she was a smart contract engineer at Upstate Interactive and mochi.game. Nichanan studied Neuroscience and Psychology at UC Berkeley and began her career in the industry as a blockchain incubator program manager in Bangkok. Since then, she has been working on educating and onboarding people to crypto as a ConsenSys Academy Bootcamp mentor, Devcon Scholar, OnDeck Writers Fellow, KERNEL Fellow, and summoner at Meta Gamma Delta DAO, a grants DAO funding and supporting women-led projects in web3. https://twitter.com/nichanank