Web3 – Paving a Path to Identity First
summary
Argues that Web3 must bake identity into protocols and shows Audius as a concrete example: artists upload to content nodes, metadata lands on a blockchain-backed audience ledger, discovery nodes index it, and audio streams decrypt via proxy re-encryption after permission checks. Artists can self-host nodes, earn tokens (platform takes ~10% while ~90% goes to artists) and the network reaches 7 million monthly users, but immutability and governance flaws let an old smart-contract bug drain tokens, exposing real security and UX gaps around verifiable credentials.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00RSAConference 2023
- 0:53Disclaimer
- 2:07Pancake Recipe
- 3:57Revolution Defined
- 9:59User First, Application Second
- 10:52How we interact with identity
- 13:53How we build identity systems
- 14:39The promise of Web 3
- 16:05The Story of Audius
- 18:35The Architecture
- 24:03Revolution Recipe
- 26:26Embracing the Change
- 27:30Workforce Identity
- 29:58Consumer Identity
- 31:37Not all rainbows and roses
- 35:25Get Involved
- 38:57RSAConference2023
