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Scant technical details in the article, but I assume this is part of a "Proof of Identity" scheme. I think, ultimately, Proof of Identity solves a lot of "fair
by 22c 5y ago
Scant technical details in the article, but I assume this is part of a "Proof of Identity" scheme.
I think, ultimately, Proof of Identity solves a lot of "fairness" problems that other schemes don't solve, things like having coins minted by a fair lottery system or making sure airdrops don't get gamed, etc.
In general, what I'd like to see more with identity systems is the ability to have pseudonyms. eg. I should be able to prove to Service X that I am the only "me" on their platform, but I don't necessarily want you to associate with the Service X "me" with the "me" that's on Service Y.
For some reason, companies that are working on these kind of identity systems always seem to overlook that use case. Perhaps it doesn't sound good in the pitch to their investors.
- jmole 5y agoIt would nice to be able to have a provably private system for something like this. Proof of identity, or proof of personhood, or whatever you want to call it is going to be a foundational element of online trust in the coming years. As a forum or community, I want the ability to ban a troll without them coming back under a different pseudonym. But at the same time, I don't want to post under my real name, or even something that can be linked back to me. So you ideally should be able to have multiple pseudonymous identities that can't be linked together by a 3rd party, but also have the ability to block the "root" identity, even if you only know the pseudonym.