- From: Markus Sabadello <markus@danubetech.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:36:25 +0100
- To: Christopher Lemmer Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>, Nathan Aw <nathan.mk.aw@gmail.com>
- Cc: indy@lists.hyperledger.org, W3C Credentials CG <public-credentials@w3.org>
Somewhat related to this topic could be our DNS->DID draft spec: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-mayrhofer-did-dns/ Markus On 11/16/18 10:46 PM, Christopher Lemmer Webber wrote: > We can't "solve" Zooko's triangle, but we can add a layer to get all the > pieces we want. I still think petnames is the right approach, but let's > examine whether or not adding biometric identity closes things up. > > - DIDs choose globally unique and decentralized/secure, skipping human > meaningful > - So the thing we need to layer on appears to be human meaningful > > In this vein, I don't see how biometric identity closes the loop. If I > want to know how to refer to you, I don't see how your DNA, which is a > decentralized but not generally secure and questionably globally unique > (see cases of police 3d printing fingerprints in silicone) bridges over > to human meaningful. It questionably adds a bit more to those layers. > Even having a record of what your eyes look like or what DNA you have > doesn't help me map my idea of Nathan Aw over to which DID you have... > I also don't have a mapping of my concept of you to your DNA or > fingerprints. So I don't personally see that bridge crossed over in the > way that eg a petnames database does so. > > Nathan Aw writes: > >> Hi Friends at Indy/w3c, >> >> I figured that one of the key, perhaps the key, to solving the zooko >> triangle theorem/challenge/riddle is to leverage biometric >> (retina+fingerprint). >> >> If there is some way to seamlessly onboard, associate and bind one's DID, >> DID Documents and Biometric data (stored in offchain in secure enclaves, >> perhaps?), the zooko triangle gordian knot can indeed be solved. >> >> To-Be Transaction Flow: >> 1. Use Biometric to access to this market place app >> 2. Fetches all the claims associated with one's biometric identity >> 3. Apply jobs, makes purchases seamlessly with the proofs happening behind >> the scene. >> >> Through this, we obviate the need for users to remember lengthy usernames/ >> passwords, etc thus achieving the goals of human meaningfulness, >> decentralization and security. >> >> Is this something that is achievable? >> >> Am keen to work with anyone on this. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Regards, >> >> Nathan Aw >> https://sg.linkedin.com/in/awnathan >> >> https://www.hyperledger.org/community/technical-ambassador >> >> http://www.nasdaq.com/article/guest-post-understanding-the-limits-and-potential-of-blockchain-technology-cm874892 >> >> https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2017/12/05/developer-showcase-series-nathan-aw-ntt-data >> >> https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/nathan-aw/ >> >> https://twitter.com/Hyperledger/status/938105092644974594 >> >> https://www.hyperledger.org/blog/2018/07/24/hyperledger-sawtooth-seth-and-truffle-101 >> >> https://www.hyperledger.org/persons/nathan-aw >> >> https://github.com/nathanawmk >> >> https://erc725alliance.org/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#274): https://lists.hyperledger.org/g/indy/message/274 > Mute This Topic: https://lists.hyperledger.org/mt/28169072/952282 > Group Owner: indy+owner@lists.hyperledger.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.hyperledger.org/g/indy/unsub [markus@danubetech.com] > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >
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