W3ID
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Apr 8, 2022
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Mission: To demystify digital identity in web3
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Title: Web3 Identity Panel
Day/time: Wednesdays 11 AM PDT
Topic: Intro to digital identities in web3
Stakeholders: Crypto Sapiens, Orange Protocol, BrightID, Gitcoin, Disco, Ceramic, Krebit, Govrn, Sobol, DAOHaus, Snapshot
Overview
Web3 Identity is a new Crypto Sapiens series that features discussions with key builders from across the web3 landscape to demystify the emerging topic of self-sovereign identity and reputation. We explore the value of owning your digital identity across DeFi, public goods, and DAOs.
Scope
The first 4 events will serve as the foundation from which we build our educational programming on web3 identity. We will tell the story of web3 identity from the lens of the various stakeholders and the products they are building.
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Schedule
Event 1: 4/27/22
Stakeholders: BrightID (Philip, Adam), Gitcoin (Disruption Joe)
Topic: Proof of personhood, sybil resistance.
Use case: Verify your unique identity with BrightID, use it to prove your humanity on Gitcoin.
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Sample questions:
- What is a sybil? sybil attack?
- How does Proof of Personhood protect against sybil attacks?
- How do you prove your personhood?
- How does proof of personhood impact pseudonymity?
- How is personhood creating a more robust, fair, accessible ecosystem?
- Let’s explore specific proof of personhood examples using BrightID? using Gitcoin dPoPP?
- What is the longterm vision for proof of personhood in web3?
- What are other examples of proof of personhood applications?
Event 2: 5/4/22
Stakeholders: Ceramic (Lauren), DAOHaus (Spencer), Disco (Evin)
Topic: Creating rich and robust member identities
Use case: Create unified, portable identities across DAOs
Sample questions:
- What unique opportunities are unlocked in DAOs by creating unified, portable identity?
- What are the implications of centralized identity and reputation for app experiences in web3 for apps and communities?
- What moments of delight will be enabled by portable identity in the metaverse for individuals?
- What roles do privacy and consent play in the future of identity?
Event 3: 5/11/22
Stakeholders: Sobol (Bryan), Orange Protocol (Erick), Krebit (
Topic: Building reputation in a DAO
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Sample questions:
- What is reputation?
- What does it mean to join a DAO today?
- What role does reputation have in that process now?
- How can reputation systems make DAOs more efficient?
- What “reputation markers” exist today in DAOs?
- How do today’s DAO reputation practices fall short of this vision? What challenges or shortcomings exist when attempting to use them as they are today?
- Will DAOs consider any Web2 factors or data points when building their reputation models?
- How can reputation evolve in new ways with web3 technologies?
- What's the importance of making reputations portable from one DAO to the next?
- How will the definition of reputation evolve in DAOs? Contribution, voting, other factors?
- Are there any concerns/challenges from the individual perspective in implementing reputation in DAOs?
Event 4: 5/18/22
Stakeholders: Snapshot, Orange Protocol, Govrn
Topic: Creating robust governance frameworks
Use case: Moving beyond plutocratic governance
Sample questions:
- What does governance mean in the context of DAOs?
- What have people been seeing on the ground when it comes to DAO governance?
- Is it inherently a problem if voter turnout is low?
- How can reputation help build better governance frameworks?
- What are the forms of governance you’re excited to start experimenting with?
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