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Event Title: 2023 Stanford DAO Workshop - DAOs in the Real World: Utilizing DAO Tooling for non-DAO Applications

Speaker Names: Scott Stornetta

Speaker Titles: Chief Scientist and Partner, Yugen Partners LLC; Research Fellow, Destruction Labs

Presentation Title: The Future of Identity

Speaker Biography: Scott Stornetta is considered by many to be the co-inventor of the blockchain. Dating back to 1991, his pioneering series of papers, written with co-author Dr. Stuart Haber at Bellcore, received the 1992 Discover Award for Computer Software. This helped lay the foundation for Bitcoin and other digital currencies (for example, of the eight citations in the original Bitcoin paper, three reference his and Dr. Haber’s work). Scott’s PhD was the first neural networks dissertation from Stanford. He finished at Bellcore (then Telcordia) as assistant general manager of the 125-person Mathematical and Computer Sciences Laboratory. He consulted for many years, evaluating the commercial potential of emerging technologies on behalf of universities, commercial research labs, and venture capital interests. Along with Dr. Haber, Scott co-founded Surety, a Bellcore spinoff. Surety’s offering constituted the first commercial deployment of a blockchain. He received his PhD in physics from Stanford University after attending MIT, Harvard, and Brigham Young University.

Overview: Scott Stornetta is sometimes referred to as the co-inventor of blockchain technology and is a partner and chief scientist at Yugen Partners. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in neural networks from Stanford.

Scott begins with the case of author Jane Friedman, who experienced identity theft when an AI bot published works under her name on Amazon. This real-life example illustrates the failings of current legal frameworks to address identity issues, particularly those complicated by AI. Scott critiques existing solutions for self-sovereign identity, such as biometrics and state-issued credentials. He argues these approaches are not comprehensive enough to tackle the multifaceted issue of identity.
Leveraging his extensive experience in blockchain, he stresses that technological solutions must be deeply embedded in social systems and should align with human behavior and incentives for effective uptake.
He suggests two age-old methods for establishing identity: verification through friends and family, and a body of work that can be uniquely attributed to an individual.

Key Lessons: Scott underscores the pressing need for a robust, decentralized approach to identity verification. He believes that marrying blockchain technology with traditional, socially accepted methods of verification could provide a comprehensive solution. Furthermore, he teases an upcoming product by Eugen Partners that aims to address these issues.