In this episode of Identi3, Nick Lambert is joined by Kim Hamilton Duffy, Director of Identity and Standards at Centre. Centre is an independent, member-based Consortium founded by Coinbase and Circle in 2018. They launched the stablecoin USDC and Verite, a set of open-source, decentralized identity protocols.

(00:00) Intro

(01:50) What is Centre?

(02:24) What is Verite?

(04:17) Why should an individual care about Decentralized Identity? What does it get them?

(12:50) Which Verite use case excites Kim the most

(18:20) What are Kim’s goals as Director of Identity and Standards at Centre

(21:50) Why are standards important?

(23:21) What are the most significant barriers to implementing Decentralized Identity technology, and how can we overcome them?

(30:40) How do we ensure that Digital Identity is not used for data exploitation and to breach people’s privacy?

(37:17) Key takeaways from Kim’s experience as MIT’s Digital Credentials Consortium Architect

(41:45) Where do you see Decentralized Identity technology in 10 years?

Enjoy!

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• ⁠⁠Decentralized Identity⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠Self-Sovereign Identity⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠Verifiable Credentials⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠Blockchain Identity Management⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠Digital ID Wallet⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠Digital Identity⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠EU Digital Identity Wallet⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠eIDAS 2⁠⁠