I think it’s ok to share this - got a dm about badges and how they could be repurposed to award certificates. I thought this was a neat idea. Imagine getting your rectification tied to your npub, proving you completed whatever it is you took. It whole be incredibly easy to verify as long as the organization npub is easily verifiable.
Throwing it out there in hopes of it growing some legs.
That's a good idea.
Could you use a badge that started as a pass to a class and finished with a complete badge/certificate upon completion?
I don’t see why not
Seems perfect for education certification then , or even tickets to events , probably some way to organize your badges would be necessary
I would abstract away from the term “badge” and group it under a more general term and allow all of these use cases under that umbrella. You’d have a client which does essentially the same thing slightly different under different terminology.
yes
Yep, people are working on this more broadly.
Absolutely OK to share, we have scope for 3 part time devs on this starting Jan 3 2025.
FOSS PWA
Real world applications
Proof of work for NOSTR.
Badges. Because - RECOGNITION is the first form of IDENTIFICATION.
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Love it. The next step in the self custody of identity.
Yup, this is a killer idea! This is really the #nostr counterpart to verifiable credentials and way more simple.
I’d call it a ‘nostr credential’ which would encompass badges, certificate, anything that can be signed for that matter.
LOL Karnage is a day late and a dollar short, as usual. Took this whole time, for the info to trickle all the way down to him, from me, geez.
That was like 3 months, or something.
It’s still a killer idea, though.
Yeah, of course, it is.
He can't see what I write, so he always has to wait for someone else to pass it on.
We already do this, with nostr:nprofile1qqsq7pslujvn5pp3ggzje3qqfua45lyrnrfrsj68emztfe7qpzvwt6qprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7qfqwaehxw309ahx7um5wghx26tww4hxg7nhv9h856t89eehqctrv5hsz9nhwden5te0vaex2etwwdhh2mpwwdcxzcm99ukv33hp. If you attend the meetup and leave a good impression on us ladies, you get a badge.
And nostr:nprofile1qqsggm4l0xs23qfjwnkfwf6fqcs66s3lz637gaxhl4nwd2vtle8rnfqprdmhxue69uhhg6r9vehhyetnwshxummnw3erztnrdakj7qfqwaehxw309ahx7um5wghx26tww4hxg7nhv9h856t89eehqctrv5hsz8rhwden5te0w35x2cmfw3skgetv9ehx7um5wgcjucm0d5hsjmvd7t might start doing SW quality audits, with badges, since we have so many QAers on board. Maybe with different levels, like CMMi audits. Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc.
(But don't tell Karnage. It's a secret.)
That would be badges for repo events, not npubs, BTW. So, new use case.
But they would display on your repo and maybe we could get them added to zapstore, or something.
But, again, top-secret.
The super idea is that anyone with a npub can be a credential issuing authority. It’s one thing not to know who is the relevant credential issuing authority, it’s an entirely another thing to have to rely on a ‘certificate authority’ cartel to issue a certificate on your behalf and according to their rules. TBH, along with zaps, I find this to be one of the most exciting aspects of #nostr.
Not my idea btw, although credentialing has been floated around for as long as badges were around, I just never cared much to give it any thought.
