154 - Sign-in With Ethereum with Wayne Chang

✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:
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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

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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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