Soulbound Tokens: Social credit system or spark for global adoption?

Cointelegraph

Published Jun 16, 2022 09:46AM ET

Updated Jun 16, 2022 10:00AM ET

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterins Soulbound Token proposal for a robust identity and reputation system has stirred up the crypto community.

Soulbound Tokens or SBTs are non-transferable, non-financialized tokens tied to a unique profile proving verifiable achievements and commitments. Still at the concept stage, its suggested SBTs will be capable of tracking memberships, credentials and affiliations with educational establishments, decentralized lenders and other entities.

Soulbound Tokens: Not sure about the name but the concept is interesting.
h4 Web3 should be more than financial assets/h4 h4 Why we need Soulbound Tokens/h4
Soulbound Tokens. Source: @Leo_Glisic
h4 Storing verifiable credentials in Web3/h4
Fortune notably compared SBTs to China’s social credit system.
h4 Fuddy duddy FUD/h4
Artist impression of Knighfight.
h4 Use cases and how they might work/h4
Do we really need to have degrees tied to our Souls?
h4 Decentralized loans and digital country clubs/h4
SBTs showing what you have and havent done could be useful for loan applications.
h4 Soulbound Tokens, a better technology?/h4
The name conjures up images of the divine.
h4 Social recovery, the game-changer for security/h4 h4 Its all in the name, but does Soul work?/h4
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