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Rich Nost · 160w
Oh my god just when you think the "credentials on a chain" idea has been absolutely shitcoined to death...It is like the evergreen conference timeslot filler.
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Whew, luckily I looked into it and that's not how it works at all. Verifiable Credentials are just a signed proof format where you take a statement about something/person and signing it with your ID's key. No blockchain involved. Pretty cool that's been standardized, and I heard even LinkedIn is accepting VCs for proof of employment now.
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Quick question: I've seen so many inaccurate takes here that are wildly off when I go check out those materials and code they published, so is it possible that there's a sort of highly tribal bias here that's preventing people from being thoughtful in their assessments? I like learning about all the...