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World Congress 2023 • Aug 11, 2023

Refactoring the Web

Angie Jones

Angie Jones reveals that users do not actually own their digital identities. Discover how Web5 empowers developers to build serverless apps where users truly control their personal data.

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#1 about 4 min

The missing identity layer of the web

How the early internet democratized information exchange while failing to establish a secure identity layer free from third-party control.

#2 about 3 min

The fragility of centralized accounts and data

Tying personal online identities and content to universally centralized identifiers introduces significant risks of absolute data loss.

#3 about 5 min

Understanding Web5 architecture and decentralized identifiers

Combining localized accounts with the ethos of decentralization through modern open standards establishes true user-owned digital identifiers.

#4 about 2 min

Verifiable credentials for trustless online interactions

Cryptographically signed credentials allow untrusting entities to securely exchange verified context without maintaining centralized intermediate databases.

#5 about 3 min

Decoupling user data with decentralized web nodes

Housing personal and private digital content locally or on chosen decentralized storage helps prevent applications from locking user data away.

#6 about 3 min

Authenticating and querying data with standardized schemas

Resolving decentralized identifiers to locate user data via common schema definitions unlocks clean cross-application resource interoperability.

#7 about 2 min

Real-world use cases for portable decentralized data

Seamlessly migrating structured analytics between competing platforms prevents vendor lock-in and safely supports transferring private files like medical records.

#8 about 9 min

Implementing the Web5 SDK in software applications

Incorporating easily extensible JavaScript libraries enables developers to execute secure database operations directly against decentralized data stores.

#9 about 7 min

Audience Q&A on Web5 and decentralization protocols

Comparing modernized web deployments against alternative standards clarifies the incentive models for corporate adoption and data ledger security.

#10 about 3 min

Networking and upcoming live coding event announcements

Utilizing dedicated conference channels accelerates professional connections before transitioning into interactive live developer challenges and assessments.

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Core primitives of decentralized web applications

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Rethinking data ownership in modern web architecture

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Empowering users with identity and asset ownership in Web3

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Introduction to the user-centric Web5 vision

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Securing digital identity with decentralized identifiers

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Defining the transition natively toward web three decentralization

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