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Stephen Downes

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Entry-level post introducing the reader to some of the heady ideas flying around recently about digital identities. "Imagine a world where we no longer needed to manage hundreds of credentials. Imagine an identity ecosystem where authoritative parties are the sole holders and providers of your valuable data, where you not only control who has access to what at all times, but you are now in a position to provide trust and information without actually sharing your valuable data." The key idea at play here: zero-knowledge proof.

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