On-chain identity landscape

unlike web2 profiles, decentralized identities are backed by hard evidence: a permanent, timestamped record of a person’s accomplishments, contributions, interests, and activities to date.

• Existing web2 social networking platforms cause issues like data and security breaches, manipulation of public opinion, and relaying false information.


• Digital assets created according to interoperable standards on public blockchains are portable and transferable so user history is not stuck on a particular platform.


• A core philosophical principle of

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Alternative solutions:1. off-chain identity with on-chain anchoring - bahave like L2 solutions. Only use L1 chain for state change and settlement2. modified sharding - only a subset of network manages/verifies a subset of identities

We long for the day when Rabbithole or others have perfected the on-chain CV, but until that time, different levels of participation or contribution zones might act as proxies for reputation. 

More broadly, it is essential to expand access to sources of on-chain reputation. At present, crypto tends to skew affluent, male, and white. If the playing field for building on-chain identity isn’t leveled, this new source of reputation will accrue primarily to the already privileged, exacerbating existing social and socioeconomic divides.

Now the missing piece in all this is the user interface around reputation. In the traditional financial world, we have credit scores. In social media, we have follower counts and engagement metrics (likes, retweets). In crypto, there hasn’t been a tool or platform that has been able to look at everyone’s wallet history, make sense of it, and presen... See more