Soulbound: On or off Chain? | Vitalik Buterin and Evin McMullen

<p>A fascinating intellectual debate is emerging in the world of decentralized identity. Today, Vitalik represents Soulbound NFTs, while Disco’s Evin McMullen takes the side of VCs (verifiable credentials).</p> <p>From your credit history to your college degree, what is it that defines you?<br /> What does decentralized, trustless, digital identity look like?</p> <p>After listening to these two gigabrains hash it out, we’re convinced that the real winner of this debate… is humanity.</p> <p>------<br /> 📣 METAMASK | The Easiest Buy in Crypto<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/buy">https://bankless.cc/buy</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER:          <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a>   <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST:                 <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/ </a>  </p> <p>------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: </p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALED ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>❎ ACROSS | BRIDGE TO LAYER 2<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Across">https://bankless.cc/Across</a> </p> <p>🏦 ROCKET POOL | DECENTRALIZED ETH STAKING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/RocketPool">https://bankless.cc/RocketPool</a> </p> <p>👻 AAVE V3 | LEND & BORROW CRYPTO<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/aave">https://bankless.cc/aave</a> </p> <p>⚡️ MAKER DAO | THE DAI STABLECOIN<br />  <a href= "https://bankless.cc/MakerDAO">https://bankless.cc/MakerDAO</a>  </p> <p>🦁 BRAVE | THE BROWSER NATIVE WALLET<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Brave">https://bankless.cc/Brave</a> </p> <p>------<br /> Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:30 Setting the Stage<br /> 7:50 Chains and Identities<br /> 11:46 Governance<br /> 15:14 The Data Backpack<br /> 21:22 Non-transferability<br /> 27:52 Token Externalities<br /> 34:32 Soulbound Privacy<br /> 41:30 Proving Negatives<br /> 46:20 Inclusion & Neutrality<br /> 50:19 The Disco Pill<br /> 56:05 All Directions at Once<br /> 1:02: