Decentralized Identity & DePIN

Self-sovereign identity, verifiable credentials, soulbound tokens — plus the physical-infrastructure side: Helium, Hivemapper, Filecoin.

4 lessons · 2 hr 15 min · advanced

1. 1Self-Sovereign Identity PrimerDIDs, verifiable credentials, and the W3C standards that try to put users — not platforms — in charge of digital identity.30 min
2. 2Soulbound Tokens & On-Chain ReputationThe 2022 thought experiment about non-transferable tokens, why most of the use cases never shipped, and what actually works (POAP, Galxe, Optimism Citizen House).25 min
3. 3DePIN: The Token-Incentivized Physical NetworkHow tokens pay people to deploy real-world infrastructure — wireless, mapping, GPU, energy, automotive. What has product-market fit versus what is token-subsidized speculation.35 min
4. 4Storage as DePIN: Filecoin & ArweaveThe two dominant decentralized storage paradigms — Filecoin's storage marketplace versus Arweave's pay-once permaweb — plus IPFS and the newer Walrus on Sui.30 min

Educational only — not financial advice.