devcon 7 / our cypherpunk approach to self sovereign digital identity does not work in real world
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Our (Cypherpunk) approach to Self-Sovereign Digital Identity does not work in real world
Duration: 00:07:22
Speaker: Miros
Type: Lightning Talk
Expertise: Beginner
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2024
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.
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