Marc Hochstein’s Post

This is by far the session I am looking forward to the most at #Consensus2024.* If there's a way to verify users are old enough to view adult content or access social media without requiring them to share sensitive personal information, that would be a huge win both for child protection on the one hand, and free speech and data privacy on the other. It strikes me as a blindingly obvious use case for ZKPs and/or DIDs -- but how can the crypto community (defined broadly**) make it happen? (*If you need a pass, use code HOCHSTEINRBQ11 for 20% off.) (**No, this does not involve issuing tokens and idk if you even need a blockchain -- just ZKPs and/or DIDs, technologies that have arguably developed as a positive spillover effect of crypto. Yes, it has positive spillover effects!)