The function of crypto wallets has changed significantly over the last few years. They initially secured token holdings or served as art galleries with nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Today, they’ve become like bank accounts for many, and soon, they will offer even more functionality by enabling digital curriculum vitae (CVs).In a May 2022 paper, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and others introduced the concept of “Soulbound tokens” (SBTs). Buterin and his co-authors argued that credentials on a blockchain offer many advantages to establishing provenance and reputation.Nonfungible tokens will serve as essential building blocksRelated: Facebook and Twitter will soon be obsolete thanks to blockchain technologySBTs are like PoAPs, but they are non-transferable and, therefore, bound to a wallet. That’s because people should not be able to buy credentials that do not represent their own accomplishments. Thus, those tokens should not have a direct monetary value. Binance announced in September that it would introduce the Binance Account Bound (BAB) token as proof of identity for Binance users.Increasing the utility of DeFi lendingAnother interesting project is the Lens Protocol, which was built by the Aave team. Lens is a composable and decentralized social graph that allows the hosting of various social media applications. Users receive a Lens handle in the form of an NFT, which is their user account for all decentralized applications (DApps). Every interaction with the Lens account is saved and linked to the handle.Soulbound Tokens. Source: @Leo_GlisicOne might wonder why a decentralized finance (DeFi) giant like Aave is suddenly starting a social media platform, but it makes sense. Aave, like all DeFi lending and borrowing platforms, only allows overcollateralized loans. The reason for this is that there is a lack of information from the users compared to loans in traditional finance (TradFi), which do not have to be overcollateralized because banks have more information about their clients.By creating Lens and a trusted reputation mechanism for user wallets, Aave can start offering uncollateralized loans as in TradFi once reputations have been established. This is just one of the many benefits of on-chain reputations.The gig economy will drive adoptionWhile many are skeptical that this usage will become popular, it makes perfect sense. The number of people who work in the so-called gig economy, such as freelance coders, designers and bloggers, is constantly growing. Projects have to pick the right talents for their needs.Establishing a culture of confirming credentials on-chain and holding them in a wallet will help such people build up a reputation faster and allow employees to check on the CV, as trustworthiness can easily be verified. For this, the concept of SBTs makes much sense, as those NFTs should not be tradable.Related: Mass adoption will be terrible for cryptoMany Web3 projects have small teams without a professional HR department to check candidates’ credibility. But with digital CVs, it will become much easier to verify credentials. One could even imagine automatic employment becoming feasible if a candidate’s wallet holds the required credentials.It’s unclear if Web3 CVs will win mainstream adoption, as that also depends on the general adoption of crypto-related infrastructure and improvements in UI and UX. But we can predict with great confidence that, at least within crypto, they will become the norm.
The function of crypto wallets has changed significantly over the last few years. They initially secured token holdings or served as art galleries with nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Today, they’ve become like bank accounts for many, and soon, they will offer even more functionality by enabling digital curriculum vitae (CVs).In a May 2022 paper, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and others introduced the concept of “Soulbound tokens” (SBTs). Buterin and his co-authors argued that credentials on a blockchain offer many advantages to establishing provenance and reputation.Nonfungible tokens will serve as essential building blocksRelated: Facebook and Twitter will soon be obsolete thanks to blockchain technologySBTs are like PoAPs, but they are non-transferable and, therefore, bound to a wallet. That’s because people should not be able to buy credentials that do not represent their own accomplishments. Thus, those tokens should not have a direct monetary value. Binance announced in September that it would introduce the Binance Account Bound (BAB) token as proof of identity for Binance users.Increasing the utility of DeFi lendingAnother interesting project is the Lens Protocol, which was built by the Aave team. Lens is a composable and decentralized social graph that allows the hosting of various social media applications. Users receive a Lens handle in the form of an NFT, which is their user account for all decentralized applications (DApps). Every interaction with the Lens account is saved and linked to the handle.Soulbound Tokens. Source: @Leo_GlisicOne might wonder why a decentralized finance (DeFi) giant like Aave is suddenly starting a social media platform, but it makes sense. Aave, like all DeFi lending and borrowing platforms, only allows overcollateralized loans. The reason for this is that there is a lack of information from the users compared to loans in traditional finance (TradFi), which do not have to be overcollateralized because banks have more information about their clients.By creating Lens and a trusted reputation mechanism for user wallets, Aave can start offering uncollateralized loans as in TradFi once reputations have been established. This is just one of the many benefits of on-chain reputations.The gig economy will drive adoptionWhile many are skeptical that this usage will become popular, it makes perfect sense. The number of people who work in the so-called gig economy, such as freelance coders, designers and bloggers, is constantly growing. Projects have to pick the right talents for their needs.Establishing a culture of confirming credentials on-chain and holding them in a wallet will help such people build up a reputation faster and allow employees to check on the CV, as trustworthiness can easily be verified. For this, the concept of SBTs makes much sense, as those NFTs should not be tradable.Related: Mass adoption will be terrible for cryptoMany Web3 projects have small teams without a professional HR department to check candidates’ credibility. But with digital CVs, it will become much easier to verify credentials. One could even imagine automatic employment becoming feasible if a candidate’s wallet holds the required credentials.It’s unclear if Web3 CVs will win mainstream adoption, as that also depends on the general adoption of crypto-related infrastructure and improvements in UI and UX. But we can predict with great confidence that, at least within crypto, they will become the norm.
IBC Group, NFT Tech, Faith Tribe to launch fashion-focused launchpad
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Jed McCaleb’s XRP bag is almost gone, Ethereum’s difficulty bomb delayed, and FTX inks deal with Blo…
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IBC Group, NFT Tech, Faith Tribe to launch fashion-focused launchpad
Venhuizen, Netherlands, June 6, 2022 — Web3 and cryptocurrency incubators NFT Tech and International Blockchain Consulting (IBC) Group have partnered with the open-source fashion design platform Faith Tribe to launch Fashion DAO — a fashion-focused launchpad for fashion brands and creators looking to make a breakthrough in the Web3 arena. The launchpad lets fashion-focused companies tokenize and enter the nonfungible token (NFT) space to participate in a growing Web3 ecosystem and connect wit...
Jed McCaleb’s XRP bag is almost gone, Ethereum’s difficulty bomb delayed, and FTX inks deal with Blo…
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This Week After 8 years dumping billions of XRP, Jed McCaleb’s stack runs out in weeksRipple Labs co-founder and former chief technology officer Jed McCaleb is nearing the end of his eight-year-long XRP dumpathon. The forme...
Crypto's One Unassailable Use Case: Helping Human Rights Activists
Attendees at this week’s Oslo Freedom Forum, a 13-year-old annual gathering for human rights and pro-democracy activists, might have wondered at times if they’d mistakenly wandered into a cryptocurrency conference. Bitcoin developer Jimmy Song’s signature cowboy hat could be spotted here and there at the Oslo Concert Hall, where the forum, organized by the Human Rights Foundation, took place. The erudite investor and entrepreneur Nic Carter strolled around with an umbrella cane. On stage, aut...
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