DID Summer #2: Ask Next.ID Anything || Discord AMA Recap

DID Summer Episode 2: Ask Next.ID Anything

Next.ID hosted DID Summer Episode 2 on 2 Aug 2022 with Web3 developer communities & builders from Minority Programmers, Her DAO, 0xCorgis, and Developer DAO. In line with the vision of building Next.ID into a DAO, the core team organized this AMA to create awareness and reach out to potential developers and community members.

Next.ID comprises of 3 main services:

1. ProofService
2. KVService
3. RelationService

The session started with a product demo illustrating the back-end mechanics followed by an in-depth explanation of each individual service. Other developer communities were invited to familiarize themselves with Next.ID’s vision, so as to allow for open source building and collaborations.

You can watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sVVXA5gxHzM

Key Takeaways:

• In existing identity systems, users do not fully own our digital identities. Web2 social media companies have control over our online data and privacy. Our accounts and contents can easily be censored or deleted by these companies. Next.ID aims to solve this issue by returning ownership of digital identities back to users.
• Next.ID’s ProofService, KVService, and RelationService, are in-house developed identity management services that allow users to aggregate identities across Web2 and Web3 via Avatars. Developers are free to brainstorm and leverage Next.ID’s back-end API/protocol to build their front-end applications.
• Next.ID is exploring ways to incentivize community members to get involved in the development of its DAO. We want to find a solution to provide the best user experience without compromising user privacy.
• ProofService is the core DID management service that aggregates all identities across Web2 and Web3.
• KVService allows users to store data off-chain on Arweave, without sacrificing the user’s ownership of the data. Cryptography and public-private key pairs are used to validate the data and only the user gets to modify it.
• RelationService builds a robust connection tree between the network of identities. It contains upstream data collected from third parties which is then combined to build a more comprehensive identity database. Examples of on-chain Web3 protocols include RSS3, CyberConnect and LensProtocol. Examples of off-chain Web2 parties include Keybase and ProofService.
• Common misconception from Q&A: Next.ID DID aggregation does not happen on the blockchain. Instead, it uses ProofChain which is a model that builds trustless authentication.

For anyone who is interested in future Twitter Spaces & Discord AMAs, please follow Next.ID @nextdotid. We will be hosting more similar events and will continue to invite more industry leaders and emerging Web3 builders to talk with us.

Speaker Info:

• Minority Programmers
• Her DAO
• 0xCorgi
• Developer DAO
• Product Demo: Wei Duan, Community Manager at Next.ID
• AMA Respondents: Yisi Liu & Nyk Ma, Core Engineers at Next.ID
• Host: Hannah Shen, Head of Global Growth at Next.ID

Project Info:

• Minority Programmers is global network of developers unified to spread STEM education & build socially impactful dApps
• Her DAO is a women led developer DAO championing innovation, diversity and women led ventures
• 0xCorgis is a developer advocate who aims to make code cute and informative
• Developer DAO is a community of people who are interested in participating, learning, and contributing to the future of Web3.
• Next.ID is the world’s first Decentralized-Identity-as-a-Service (DIaaS) protocol

DID Summer is a Twitter Space series by Next.ID where Web3 projects and builders gather and exchange ideas on building cutting-edge decentralised identity infrastructure and applications.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome and intro

2:08 Product demo introduction

4:20 ProofService step-by-step

11:07 Community Governance

12:41 Quick summary of demo

13:51 Round-table discussion

16:33 Vision and progress for Next.ID

23:50 Her DAO’s thoughts on the Web3 DID space

26:02 0xCorgi’s take on open-source identity management

27:52 What is DIaaS (Decentralized-Identity-as-a-Service)?

33:10 Mission and plans for the respective guest communities

38:10 How can community members participate in Next.ID’s development as a DAO?

44:00 Explanation of ProofService, KVService, RelationService

55:00 Q&A

For anyone who is interested in future Twitter Spaces & Discord AMAs, please follow Next.ID on Twitter at @nextdotid. We will be hosting more events and continue to invite more industry leaders and emerging Web3 builders to share their thoughts.