Hira Siddiqui
Hira is the co-founder & CEO of Plurality Network, an open context layer to enhance web3 onboarding and enable contextualized and personalized user experiences.
Hira has been working in the blockchain space since 2016 and was part of over 50 token offerings in 2017. Since 2018, she worked in Deutsche Telekom and has written multiple research papers in the field of Self-Sovereign Identity and zero-knowledge proofs. She was also the lead architect of the NFT Marketplace project inside Deutsche Telekom.
She has won multiple awards including the Women in STEM Award, Telekom CATA Awards, and various hackathons, and writes technical blogs regularly regarding new trends in the web3 space.
Past speaking engagements:
1. Devcon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg3mgNHQ6tc
2. Berlin Ethereum Meetup: https://youtu.be/QUm909X56Qw
3. Web3 summit Berlin 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsY02T1dM2U
4. Bananconf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwmE1wg5XXY
5. Berchain in Berlin Blockchain Week: https://publicarea.admiralcloud.com/dl/bJwhnpCZtovqU4VSXvWwfK
6. Speaking on Credentials as a Service (CaaS) – my project that won the Women in STEM Award: https://youtu.be/qtCSA9OlVKE?t=1098
7. Panel Discussion in Deutsche Telekom: https://youtu.be/uySZ8eKoK68?t=91
Session
Wallets have evolved from supporting EOAs to Smart Accounts, with a core focus on improving UX and functionality. Now, with the advent of AI and the pronounced need for social interactions in decentralized applications, wallets must evolve to natively embed personhood and social graphs for mass to provide each user with a personalized experience. This is the next step towards achieving adoption.