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Soulbound: On or off Chain? | Vitalik Buterin and Evin McMullen
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A fascinating intellectual debate is emerging in the world of decentralized identity. Today, Vitalik represents Soulbound NFTs, while Disco’s Evin McMullen takes the side of VCs (verifiable credentials).
From your credit history to your college degree, what is it that defines you?
What does decentralized, trustless, digital identity look like?
After listening to these two gigabrains hash it out, we’re convinced that the real winner of this debate… is humanity.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
4:30 Setting the Stage
7:50 Chains and Identities
11:46 Governance
15:14 The Data Backpack
21:22 Non-transferability
27:52 Token Externalities
34:32 Soulbound Privacy
41:30 Proving Negatives
46:20 Inclusion & Neutrality
50:19 The Disco Pill
56:05 All Directions at Once
1:02:36 A Case Study
1:07:49 Zooming Out
1:12:50 Closing
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Resources:
Evin on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/provenauthority?s...
Vitalik on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin?s=...
Disco:
https://www.disco.xyz/
Soulbound
https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/01/26...
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