Co -founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, introduced a recent type of digital identity system called “pluralistic identity”, arguing that it can protect privacy, while enabling truthful participation in digital life.
In the post on the blog published On Sunday, Buterin examined the promise and zero-many (ZK) traps (ZK) Id-cried evidence, warning that even privacy systems can be solemn, if they stiffly enforce one identity per person.
Mastermind Ethereum (ETH) noted that many recent digital projects exploit evidence of zero knowledge to prove to users that they have a valid identifier without disclosure of personal data. Examples include World ID, which exceeded 10 million users, Taiwan Digital ID Project and the European Union initiatives are increasingly adopting ZK technology.
“ZK-holders solve many important problems,” he said, but warned that “wrapped by ZK ID still has a risk”, especially because the enforcement of one identifier per person may undermine nicknamed nickname and expose users to forced.
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Individual digital identifiers can kill nicknames
One of the key risks of identified that platforms can force users to be able to track one identity, eliminating the possibility of maintaining separate nicknames profiles. “In the real world of pseudonym, he usually requires many accounts,” he said.
He argued that without this flexibility, users may be in a world where “all your business must defacto under one public identity”, increasing the threats from government supervision or employer.
Buterin also rejected the idea of using the “proof of wealth” as an anti-sybilic means, saying that it excludes people unable to pay and concentrate power among the opulent. “Theoretical ideal is something in the middle where you can get not identity after the cost of n²,” he said.
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Buterin offers pluralistic identifiers
To achieve a versatile approach, she proposed pluralistic identity systems in which no authority controls the issue of identity as “the best realistic solution.”
He explained that they could be clear, using verification based on social graphs, such as circles or hidden, consisting of many suppliers of government identifiers, social platforms and other-so no one gains almost total market share.
“Any form of pluralistic identity … is of course more resistant to errors,” he noted, indicating that this flexibility helps people without a lawless people or people unable to access conventional identifiers.
Ultimately, Buterin argued that the best result would combine the identity programs of one person with social graph systems to distribute various global identity networks.
“If their market share is approaching 100%, they transfer the world … to a single -paid model that has worse real estate,” he warned, emphasizing that only a pluralistic identity can balance privacy, integration and resistance to abuse.
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