@Dusk So Citadel can prove you're over 18, or that you actually live in a certain country, without ever showing the other side your real birthdate or address. Had to read that twice when I first came across it.
Every ID-check I've ever gone through works the other way — you hand over the whole document and whoever's checking just pulls out the one detail they needed.
Honestly my gut reaction was "sure, sounds like a privacy buzzword." Proving eligibility without showing the data behind it? That's the kind of line marketing loves to throw around. $DUSK
But I went and actually looked at what Dusk says Citadel does. It's a self-sovereign identity setup built into the network itself — not some third-party plug-in — specifically so you can authenticate with a service while keeping your privacy intact. You just show you clear the bar, that's it, nothing else about you comes with it. And since it's part of the actual protocol and not something one app bolted on for itself, it just works wherever you need it on-chain, not stuck to a single use-case. #dusk
What actually stuck with me: the point isn't that Citadel hides your info. It's that the person checking never needed your info to begin with. The real question was always "do you meet this bar," not "tell me everything about yourself" — and most identity systems ask a narrow question but demand a much bigger answer than they actually need.
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Every ID-check I've ever gone through works the other way — you hand over the whole document and whoever's checking just pulls out the one detail they needed.
Honestly my gut reaction was "sure, sounds like a privacy buzzword." Proving eligibility without showing the data behind it? That's the kind of line marketing loves to throw around. $DUSK
But I went and actually looked at what Dusk says Citadel does. It's a self-sovereign identity setup built into the network itself — not some third-party plug-in — specifically so you can authenticate with a service while keeping your privacy intact. You just show you clear the bar, that's it, nothing else about you comes with it. And since it's part of the actual protocol and not something one app bolted on for itself, it just works wherever you need it on-chain, not stuck to a single use-case. #dusk
What actually stuck with me: the point isn't that Citadel hides your info. It's that the person checking never needed your info to begin with. The real question was always "do you meet this bar," not "tell me everything about yourself" — and most identity systems ask a narrow question but demand a much bigger answer than they actually need.
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