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Trust vs. Truth: Redesigning Digital Identity for the Decentralized Web with Ingo Ruebe
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In this episode of The Smart Economy Podcast, host Dylan Grabowski is joined by Ingo Ruebe, the founder of Kilt Protocol, a decentralized digital identity solution serving enterprises, governments, and consumers.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why Web2 identity is fundamentally broken
- The difference between identity and identification
- How W3C standards are reshaping digital credentials
- Building resilient systems for defense and enterprise
- The power of owning your personal data
- Bridging traditional industries with blockchain tech
- The future of AI agent identification
And much more!
With a background as a computer scientist and former CTO of a major publishing company, Ingo has vast experience across the healthcare, media, and energy sectors. After discovering blockchain technology at South by Southwest in 2015, he founded Kilt Protocol in 2018 to address fundamental issues in Web2 identity systems. His work in developing standardized digital identity solutions through the W3C consortium and the Decentralized Identity Foundation has helped shape industry standards for digital credentials.
Episode Highlights:
- [14:50] The Fundamental Difference Between Identity and Identification
- [24:48] Blockchain's Three Key Benefits for Identity Systems
- [38:16] Social KYC: Rethinking Digital Identity Verification
- [48:18] Preparing Identity Systems for AI Agents
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