Web3 & Identity

What were the main themes/differences that I discussed between web 1, 2, & 3?

• who creates content, who content ownership, and centralization vs decentralization

• citizenship, money, governance

• decentralization, user interfaces, and design

• servers, nodes, and efficiency

What is the helium network?

• An extension of the 5G network from Rogers and Bell.

• A network allowing automatic connection to wifi routers in your area with blistering fast speeds.

• A decentralized web infrastructure over radio waves, providing slow and cheap internet.

• A network dedicated to allowing people to sound funny at birthday parties.

Select all that apply.
A decentralized network is hard to attack because...

• You would need to convince globally distributed, mutually disinterested machines to accept faulty changes to their ledger

• The identity of the individuals owning and running the network can remain unknown

• There is no way to attack it

• It uses the latest firewalls and antiviral software to maintain security

Select all that apply.
Why might identity on web3 be safer and more trustworthy?

• A blockchain's ledger is immutable and can be public, so we can all know when mutations occur, and what caused them.

• Personal information is stored in once place, with you, and not over and over across different web apps.

• It's impossible to lose your private key, so we can be certain whoever owns the private key is the original owner.

• Private data could be stored on a device issued by a verified entity, and is never stored by websites

What is MetaMask?

• A cheap Halloween prop from the late 90s

• A Web3 wallet that holds private keys, and enables users to login to web3 apps (dApps)

• A powerful password manager like LastPass, but built on web3

• The start of a web3 dystopian nightmare

Did you learn something new about identity on web3?

• Yes

• No. I was already a pro ;)

Would you like a follow up that goes into coding dApps over the Etherium blockchain using the Etherium's Solidity programming language?

• Yes, very much!

• Maybe - not sure

• No, thank you!