This podcast episode can be found on Youtube:

*Daniel Buchner on Building Decentralized Identity at Block | The Kevin Rooke Show | E45*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxwaUi3I99s

> Timestamps
> 
> 00:00 - Highlights & Intro
> 02:34 - Daniel Buchner Intro
> 08:38 - Taking Control of Your Public Identifiers
> 13:39 - Securing Decentralized Identifiers
> 22:59 - Building a Decentralized Identity Network
> 25:32 - Block’s Decentralized Identity Work
> 36:54 - Privacy for DIDs
> 45:00 - DIDs vs. Slashtags
> 49:24 - The Process of Developing Open Standards
> 56:31 - Applications for Decentralized Identity
> 1:00:07 - Personal Servers
> 1:03:00 - How Self-Hosting Changes the Relationships Between Apps and Users
> 1:12:24 - tbDEX
> 1:20:06 - The Lightning Round

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Daniel Buchner is the Head of Decentralized Identity at Block, the company formerly known as Square.

In our talk, Daniel helped me understand the concept of identity, why and how identity can be decentralized, and how having self-sovereignty over your identity can change the relationships and the power dynamics between users and the apps we use today.

https://tbd.website/

https://identity.foundation/

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Daniel Buchner on Building Decentralized Identity at Block

> Daniel Buchner is the Head of Decentralized Identity at Block, the company formerly known as Square.
> 
>  In our talk, Daniel helped me understand the concept of identity, why and how identity can be decentralized, and how having self-sovereignty over your identity can change the relationships and the power dynamics between users and the apps we use today.
> 
> → TBD: https://tbd.website/
> 
> → DIF: https://identity.foundation/

