Listen "Holonym: Digital Identity without Scanning your Eyeballs"
Episode Synopsis
They say on the internet no one knows you're a dog but this has created a digital space that is dominated by more bots than humans and crypto space that is easily sybil attacked. Worldcoin, a project led by Sam Altman, is purporting to tackle this issue as AI (ironic?) proliferates content by scanning our eyeballs into an orb that they totally aren't taking your data from! Personally I don't trust them.So I spoke to Shady El Damaty, co-founder and CEO of Holonym Foundation which is building human.tech, a suite of different identity solutions that protect user privacy using zero-knowledge proofs. We spoke about how it all works and the implications of people having control of their identities online.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Website: https://theblockchainsocialist.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3geORcile9E1EyPyFiAHhM?si=x7fjsFhURsSBlErXnihh9A iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-blockchain-socialist/id1501607045 Podcast Addict: https://podplayer.net/?podId=2598359 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TBSocialist Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theblockchainsocialistReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cryptoleftists/Support the showICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.
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