154 - Sign-in With Ethereum with Wayne Chang

✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode: https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/debrief-wayne-chang-sign-in-with-ethereum 

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------ Wayne Chang is the co-author of EIP4361, otherwise known as the Sign in with Ethereum (SIWE) Standard. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of Spruce, a company that is working to grow SIWE adoption to make the internet more user-first.

Can Ethereum help us take back our identity on the internet? There will be two phases of crypto–in phase one we take back our money. In phase two we take back our identity. Tune in to find out how.

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------ Topics Covered

0:00 Intro 8:50 Identity on the Internet 17:15 Current State of Identity on the Internet 23:25 Web2 Log-in Risks & Incentives 25:50 Authentication vs. Authorization vs. Identity vs. Identifier 30:52 Sign-in with Ethereum 36:12 The Benefits of SIWE 39:15 The Rest of the SIWE Iceberg 40:50 Bringing Your Own Data Vault 46:19 Data Representing Identity 48:54 Identity & Data Vaults 50:40 Dapps & Use Cases 56:16 The Future of SIWE 1:02:33 Zero Knowledge Proofs & Minimal Disclosure 1:07:09 Bots 1:08:30 Deep Fakes 1:09:39 Session Keys & No More Cookies 1:15:14 Ethereum the Blockchain’s Role 1:17:25 Ethereum & Identity 1:19:40 Why Log-in with Ethereum? 1:22:30 Censorship Resistance 1:24:40 Festival of the Commons 1:29:40 SIWE Next Steps 1:31:43 Why SIWE is Important 1:32:52 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Sprue https://spruceid.com 

Read EIP 4361 https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4361 

Wayne Chang https://twitter.com/wycdd 

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