Attestations!! What are they?

Simply, an attestation verifies an assertion's validity. This adds trust to systems impacting loans, rewards, reputation & justice.

A common example is Twitter's Community Note.

Read more:

Attestations!! What are they?

Simply, an attestation verifies an assertion's validity. This adds trust to systems impacting loans, rewards, reputation & justice.

A common example is Twitter's Community Note.

Read more: https://medium.com/ethsign/attestations-a-new-era-of-trust-and-verification-b7907e2801ab

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2/ In Sign Protocol, attestations take the form of structured data that is digitally signed, and functions as evidence or a witness proof.

4/ Sign Protocol allows you to make both onchain attestations i.e., on a blockchain like @0xPolygon, and offchain attestations i.e., on a data storage platform like Arweave

5/ The power of attestations is vast: credit scores, reward distribution, reputation management, even court cases! They reinforce trust by creating verified records. Sign Protocol can help you build on and use this powerful concept.

3/ A Sign Protocol attestation has certain key parts:

• Schema: A blueprint that creates structure in the attestation
• Context: Adds specific details for clarity
• Digital Signature: Authenticates the attester
• Cryptographic Proofs: Allows certain details to be verifiable