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Excited to announced NF.TD v2 - proof of identity. https://paragraph.xyz/@nftd/nftd-v2-proof-of-identity

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Lack of trust is one of the biggest issues in crypto today. Identity is fragmented and confusing, and folks are often skeptical of others. Even with a vouch from Dan, Vitalik was still asked to prove his identity when he first joined Farcaster. https://i.imgur.com/ea6FKoq.png

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I woke up thinking this. Someone could have an impersonating account, e.g. Victor Ma @vicma, and add the real nf.td/victor link in bio. After the nf.td verification, will there be a badge or something that shows on the reciprocal end?

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if i'm understanding this correctly - someone creates an impersonating FC account, with the username @vicma - in their FC bio, they add nf.td/victor - though, nf.td/victor has a verified link back to my real FC account only @vm the impersonating FC account won't ever be able to have a verified link to @vm on NFTD

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can you expand on the badge/reciprocal end?

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Impersonators create identical accounts, e.g. vbuteriin (one letter diff). They interact with your followers, reply to posts, and fool people into clicking on phishing links. If I'm reading a reply in a thread, I'm not paying attention and double checking nftd.

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Impersonators buy verified blue check accounts on Twitter, so they work around the system. My proof of identity is controlled by Instagram, Twitter, etc. If nftd could be an interoperable proof of identity that I use to verify my accounts, that is very powerful.

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If my nftd account has met X criteria of verified links, then when I connect/link my nftd to FC, it shows some sort of verified account badge. Maybe that's not the problem you're solving for. I'm just thinking out loud.

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you're spot on @ting 🔥..the proof is made stronger as a 2 way street (although theoretically vbuteriin could make both an FC + nftd account so some amount of human discernment is still required) BUT vbuteriin will never be able to prove that he owns vitalik.ca or ENS, etc. so the more pts of proof === more trust 🙂

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That's what I found really interesting about the update. The impersonator can't update DNS records. I guess the impersonator could take it that far and create a similar domain, but that's higher risk, creating a trail for exposure.

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The thing that has troubled me about web3 identity is that it's tied to my wallet. If my wallet is compromised, I'm losing my identity (in a sense). If I lose my driver's license, I don't lose my identity.

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