Digital Identity

Yesterday we talked on X with @brantly.eth about our point of view on the identity stack.

In my opinion, reputation is part of identity stack that brantly.eth discussed at EthCC. I will explain in this thread 🧵

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Yesterday we talked on X with @brantly.eth about our point of view on the identity stack.

In my opinion, reputation is part of identity stack that brantly.eth discussed at EthCC. I will explain in this thread 🧵

https://x.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1811464298700611887

brantly.eth, in the EFP presentation at EthCC, talked about web3 identity stack, composed of several parts, and starting with your private key:
 
You are the owner of a digital sig that enables you to prove your assets, interests, roles, define your profile and more

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What is your identity?

Who you are in a specific context (in the internet era one person can have multiple digital identities)

Now it's defined by social traits and actions (on-chain) that you can control in a truthful way at the same time

And what about reputation? 🤔

As identity is contextual, reputation is formed by the sum/average of "who you are" from the subjective opinions of people:

Identity 1: you have good reviews on job platforms, so you are a good dev

Identity 2: you didn't repay the last 2 loans, so you aren't a good credit payer

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To summarize:

🔑 Private key: root of an internet identity
👤 On-chain actions & reviews: define who you are
🌐 Composability and interoperability: more data points
✊ Ownership: it's in your hands

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Share your thoughts!

Links 👇

1. Brantly presentation: https://x.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1810601917380280722
2. Web3 identity stack (by brantly.eth): https://x.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1664067076837855232
2. Reconception of identity (Prutopia view): https://mirror.xyz/prutopia.eth/zb2ASQVz1BvVLwiiaCQw9waRxeoWoVrxKNmLfFGI8dI

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Link? Strongly disagree that reputation is solely a “subjective assessment of information” and that there’s no way to distill data points into at least a general roadmap of someone’s standing in the world.