If I need to prove something about myself on a blockchain, do I really need to show everything?
Imagine an investor needs to prove that they are allowed to access a certain financial product.
The easy answer would be to show all the information needed to prove it. But that also means exposing information that may have nothing to do with the transaction. This is where DUSK’s approach to selective disclosure caught my attention. The idea is pretty simple. You prove the information that matters, without automatically revealing everything behind it. For example, a user may need to prove that they meet a certain requirement. The important part is proving that requirement, not giving everyone access to their entire personal information. DUSK puts this idea into its identity and access layer, Citadel, which is designed around selective disclosure. I think this is an important difference when you look at financial markets. Privacy doesn't always mean hiding everything. Sometimes it means showing the right information to the right people at the right time. That sounds like a small difference, but for regulated assets, I think it could become a very important one. The more I look at DUSK, the more I feel that its privacy approach is less about disappearing from view and more about controlling what needs to be seen. Would you rather prove that you meet a requirement, or reveal all the information used to prove it? #DUSK @Dusk $DUSK
Imagine an investor needs to prove that they are allowed to access a certain financial product.
The easy answer would be to show all the information needed to prove it. But that also means exposing information that may have nothing to do with the transaction. This is where DUSK’s approach to selective disclosure caught my attention. The idea is pretty simple. You prove the information that matters, without automatically revealing everything behind it. For example, a user may need to prove that they meet a certain requirement. The important part is proving that requirement, not giving everyone access to their entire personal information. DUSK puts this idea into its identity and access layer, Citadel, which is designed around selective disclosure. I think this is an important difference when you look at financial markets. Privacy doesn't always mean hiding everything. Sometimes it means showing the right information to the right people at the right time. That sounds like a small difference, but for regulated assets, I think it could become a very important one. The more I look at DUSK, the more I feel that its privacy approach is less about disappearing from view and more about controlling what needs to be seen. Would you rather prove that you meet a requirement, or reveal all the information used to prove it? #DUSK @Dusk $DUSK
