James Monaghan 🆔+🏃♂️+🍸
@james_monaghan
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Venture builder in decentralised ID, privacy & AI. Advising @advailtd, @docknetwork & others. Prev @Evernym, @TeleSign, MXTelecom. Ultramarathons + cocktails.
London, UK
Joined December 2008
What is Billions? You asked, Billions CEO @provenauthority answered ✅ Billions is the first human & AI network - built for trust and scale.
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Watching @billions_ntwk with interest 👀
Congratulations to the @PrivadoID team 🔥 Launching the first global human and AI network, built with mobile-first, privacy-preserving tech.
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The point isn’t to shame the use of centralised elements like did:web, which are often required to achieve pragmatic outcomes - it’s to advocate for intentionality. Understand the trade-offs, and design your solution to align with the level of decentralisation and trust you need.
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On the other hand, if your goals require decentralised key management and trust minimisation, consider alternatives: ⛓️ Ledger-based DID methods that leverage decentralised public infrastructure. 🔑 Self-certifying identifiers that remove reliance on central registries. 4/5
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If did:web works for you, that’s fine! But then ask yourself: 1️⃣ Do you actually need the rest of the DID stack? 2️⃣ Are you maximising other benefits of DID in your use case? 3️⃣ Do you have a plan for future DID method agility? 3/5
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Let’s be clear: these tools aren’t inherently bad. They can be practical and fit-for-purpose in many contexts (and especially when you're still in the POC phase). But here’s the key question: 👉 Are you consciously trading off decentralisation and security for convenience? 2/5
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🎭 Decentralisation Theatre? 🎭 Saying the quiet part out loud: “We’re so decentralised… but our root of trust? A file on the webserver.” There’s been a quiet yet widespread acceptance of approaches like did:web and centralised trust lists in decentralised identity. 1/5
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Clearest take yet 👇
We have opened a portal to parallel universes and are using it to power our machines. It's basically the plot of the video game Doom.
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This is the way
New Zealand has left the door open to both W3C credentials and ISO mobile drivers license in their Digital Identity Trust Framework rules. Why? Various reasons, but one key reason: PRIVACY! ISO mdl (18013-5) was just not built with privacy in mind, it does not provide
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It would be amazing if this scared the authorities into regulating private surveillance against all of us, not just government personnel, but hey - even that would be a start!
“Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany” Yet another scandal about the giant RTB data breach (RTB explicitly highlighted in the article) https://t.co/GevtxKbDqS
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This stuff is hard, yo. Dunking on people for trying is not a good look.
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Whoop whoop! @ComradesRace entry secured 🎉. Silver, I am coming for you 💪
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I have considerable FOMO over the amazing conversations that will happen this week at @idworkshop #IIW, but Halloween is sacred in our family, so I’m going to be following along remotely instead! 🍁🎃📱🆔
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I look forward to seeing the promised "safeguards providing a 'cast iron guarantee' on security" 🤔
bbc.co.uk
Medical records, test results and letters to be available to all on NHS App in digital revolution.
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This is very cool. Agents need identity too!
@thinkshiv announces Auth for GenAI, which helps builders easily implement auth for GenAI apps 🙌 // #oktane24 @auth0 @okta
https://t.co/jFQvoKBgsP
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Really cool to see @HSBC innovating in public with decentralised ID! It was great to be involved in a small way with this project. I hope it inspires others to jump in and build the future of portable, user-centric identity experiences 🚀
🏆 HSBC Trusted ID wins at the Red Dot Design Award! Powered by Privado ID, HSBC is redefining the future of identity in banking with: • Decentralized identity wallet • Data security with zero-knowledge proofs • Financial inclusion Congrats to @benchodroff & the whole @HSBC
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I took some video during the excellent @RaceMaverick Chilterns #Ultra 50km back in July which I didn't get around to posting before I went away for the summer - check it out, #trailrunning fans
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Coffee #3 incoming. It’s been that kind of morning.
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