We’re going to talk about identity and authentication. We’ll look at how the space has developed, where it is now and what Web3 may be able to improve. If you’d like to receive my deep-dives straight to your inbox, sign up for my newsletter here.A brief history of authenticationIn 1960, MIT had a computer that all students shared. A student names Fernando Corbato noticed that students had access to every other student’s files. To overcome this, he came up with a system where every user had a ...
