In this episode of Chainlens Spaces, Conor Svensson, founder of Chainlens and Web3 Labs, speaks with Arthur Remy, Core Product Manager at Verax Attestation Registry, a decentralized attestation registry built on the Linea Network. Arthur shares his journey from entering the crypto space in 2017 to working with ConsenSys and Verax. He explains the significance of attestations in Web3, their growing use cases, and how Verax aims to foster identity and reputation solutions for decentralized systems. This conversation explores how attestations can provide verifiable, public information on-chain, such as proof of humanity and reputation, and how they complement decentralized identity technologies.

Key Moments:

• Arthur’s background in crypto and product management at Linea and Verax.
• What are attestations? How they provide verifiable, public information on-chain and their potential for reputation systems.
• Current use cases for attestations, including proof of humanity and smart contract audits.
• Comparing NFTs and attestations—why attestations are better suited for certain types of information than NFTs.
• The role of Verax in building reputation systems and fostering decentralized identity on Linea and other chains.
• Privacy considerations in attestations and how zero-knowledge proofs could be used to maintain privacy.
• Attestations vs. POAPs—the differences and how attestation registries can add more depth to attendance-based reputation.
• Web3 identity and reputation—how Verax helps users control their data and reputation across platforms without relying on Web2 intermediaries.
• Verax’s future goals, including fostering innovative use cases for attestations and integrating more with security and reputation systems.

Standout Quotes:

1. "Attestations are public information that you want to verify on-chain and store in a verifiable and immutable way."
2. "Attestation registries are a new primitive for storing information on-chain, allowing more composability and easier discovery of attestations compared to NFTs."
3. "At Verax, we are working to foster identity and reputation use cases on-chain, where users control their data and benefit from it, unlike Web2’s value extraction."
4. "Verax enables platforms to look at a decentralized registry and display data such as a vendor's reputation, providing users with control over their information."

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• Website: ver.ax
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