This is Your Identity on Tezos
Swiping your credit card, scanning your passport to travel across borders, making an online purchase — in today’s world your identity is not solely yours. In this Session, Wayne Chang, Founder and CEO of Spruce Systems explores how his team is working to shape the future of digital identity and improve security guarantees within the Tezos ecosystem.
He delves into the technical processes of digital identity development, how the team is building “standards-based open source products,” and what it means for the evolution of Tezos.
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Session Notes
1:02
Wayne Chang introduces Spruce Systems and his background.
1:47
Wayne talks about the problems of online transactions, which lead to the concept of decentralized digital identity infrastructure.
11:35
Wayne explains the common identity infrastructure in detail.
13:17
Wayne introduces specific open source products: Wallet; Issuer Platform; Verifier Tools and Steward Portal.
16:20
Audience Q&A Session:
Moderator Alison Mangiero asked Wayne questions from community members. The two covered everything from Wayne's recent blog post about the U.S Social Security numbers to how Tezos can reach parity with the current ecosystem.
Q: Could you please introduce a roadmap of products that Spruce Systems is building?
A: Wayne mentioned that the first library is completed. Also, the projects just passed verifiable credential test week by the W3C.
17:53
Q: How do we get Tezos to reach parity with the current decentralized identity ecosystem?
19:30
Q: Are there ecosystem projects that you see as an immediate fit for digital identity?
A: We work on transferring the authority world to a user-owned identity on the private key.
20:05
Q: Holders seem very centralized? What is your reaction to that?
A: We see it more decentralized in that users will download apps or local software that have the credentials. The idea is that users should be able to ultimately run their own wallets.
21:10
Q: When you create these credentials on Tezos, what strategy do you have to preserve user privacy? How does your solution differ from other solutions?
28:37
Q: We are looking to put creations on the timestamp decentralized tokens, each IP has more than one creator, so we need to have them identify themselves to join specific IPs. Is this possible?
30:07
Q: Can you give us an example of a specific use case for your solution?
A: My favorite example is the workday solution with the credentials. They’ve been implemented by some HR and software companies in the U.S. They are giving their employees their own credentials, so if they go to the next employer, they can easily demonstrate their work history.
32:11
Q: Could you talk a little about the argument of your recent blog post that mentions the replacement of the U.S Social Security number?
35:00
Q: Could you talk a little about implementation and production with enterprises and governments that use these standards?
36:20
Q: What are the parts of a smart contract?
A: One is the identity of Tezos. Then you will have a smart contract that basically does key rotation.
38:34
Q: What excites you about building projects on the Tezos ecosystem?
A: I’m obsessed with Better Call Dev, a smart contract explorer. I am also excited about the cbdc news in France.
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