Riley Hughes 🛴
@rileyphughes
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I tweet about IDtech, reusable identity, and startups. Cofounder/CEO of Trinsic | @trinsic_id 🇺🇸🇹🇼
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Joined May 2020
At the last @idworkshop, I announced my talk: “5yrs ago at this conference, Trinsic launched our self-sovereign identity platform. Today, I’m hosting a session called “SSI didn’t work. Trinsic is pivoting.”" Only recently, during a couple of 2am - 5am shifts with a newborn baby,
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This AM, @Trinsic_ID CEO @RileyPHughes talks current digital-ID applications, why a visa-like identity network is essential for scale, and how verified-credential wallets create a future of more secure, private and trusted digital interactions. https://t.co/4KkGx0xFyJ
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Business Insider clearly following their own advice here, hiring only low performers
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I love @ChrisLuno to begin with, but this mix + video hits so much harder now. Give it a watch and try to appreciate the gorgeous Malibu coast as it was ~1 month ago 💙
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How I feel when a website doesn’t use passkeys
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🚨 IDENTITY THEFT COSTS BILLIONS—IS YOUR DATA NEXT? Every 22 seconds, someone falls victim to identity theft, with scams up 160% in 2024 alone. Hackers thrive on centralized systems, but decentralized identity is flipping the script, putting control back in your hands. Your
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Excited to announce the acquisition of “Trinsic Ecosystems”, our decentralized ID platform, by longtime customer & partner, @dentityme 🚀 When I was 14, I started my first company Torn Scooters (I designed & manufactured aftermarket Razor scooter parts). My primary lesson from
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Glad to have been invited to this event. After the video cuts off, I asked Romney: “Can we grow our way out of this?“ He had a very reasonable answer, obviously having thought deeply about this. Would love to see a longer-form convo on this with the All In crew @friedberg
We will pay $1 trillion in interest alone on our national debt this year. Think about that—$1 trillion! We could quadruple our military procurement with that amount of money. Our interest burden is only going to get worse, which will hinder us from continuing to lead the world.
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This is the most interesting digital ID story I’ve read in the run-up to the elections. I’m a nerd so I read the whole lawsuit. Here are the facts: 👨⚖️ Republicans are suing to prevent the use of digital student IDs for voter ID in North Carolina. 🪪 The law states voters need to
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This was actually so fun. I'd never met this guy before, he walked up and asked if we wanted to do a recording, and we jumped in 10 seconds later. Definitely a highlight of the show for me!
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.@trinsic_id is sponsoring the @DecentralizedID Hackathon this year with free identity verification ⛏️💸 Each year, the Decentralized Identity Foundation hosts a hackathon where dozens of teams work on projects related to specific prompts to win specific prizes. Last year, I
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DIF is excited to announce our impressive lineup of 2024 Hackathon sponsors and provide a preview of our challenges. This year’s hackathon promises to push the boundaries of decentralized identity...
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You’re offered $1 billion cash. If you accept, you inherit a perpetual lingering cold. If you reject, life goes on normally. What do you pick?
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Gartner is spot on with this one - 500 million people using a digital ID by 2026. I wouldn't adjust this estimate at all - here's a breakdown of specifically how this could happen: First, a quote that frames the problem. Gartner says: “The current IDV model of a user being
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