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JP Bedoya is Chief Product Officer at Civic, a blockchain company focused on decentralized identity solutions. He works on products including Civic Pass and Civic Me, which enable users to maintain control of their identity and share only necessary information for verification purposes.
1Interview
2022First on the show
Sep 2022Latest appearance
25 minOn camera
24:40
Latest interview · Sep 5, 2022JP Bedoya on Civic's decentralized identity platformWatch the episode →
In their own words
“We use the IDs decentralized identifiers right, and we are using the Solana based DIDs where the idea doesn't necessarily need to be on chain.”
Key points from the latest interview
- Civic offers two core products: Civic Pass for platform integration and Civic.me for users to manage their web3 identity across multiple chains and networks.
- Users can create pseudonymous identities while maintaining a verified base identity, enabling anonymity without enabling bad actors to create multiple fraudulent accounts.
- Civic Pass uses non-transferable tokens issued to wallets, allowing platforms to verify users are real humans, over 18, or meet other criteria without collecting personally identifiable information.
- Decentralized identity control is only part of the solution; users must also understand third-party privacy policies since shared information becomes subject to those parties' data handling practices.
- Zero-knowledge proofs and verified credentials enable users to prove specific facts about themselves without disclosing underlying personal information to applications.