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SpruceID
Company blog · blog.spruceid.comsecurityweb
SpruceID is the company blog at blog.spruceid.com, writing about security and web. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Spruce begins work on Sign-in With Ethereum”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts on digital identity and user-controlled data from SpruceID. The comments are a hiring post for the company and a remark on contrarian crypto takes, with no judgement of the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Perspectives on the future of digital identity, privacy, and public trust—insights from the team at SpruceID.
Most-linked posts?
- Spruce begins work on Sign-in With Ethereum2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-09-13
What Hacker News says?
SpruceID (YC W21) | REMOTE (US-Based Preferred) | Full-Time | spruceid.com Spruce lets users control their data across the web. Instead of users logging into platforms, we believe platforms should request to access data vaults controlled by users. The demand for trusted digital ID is accelerating as AI deepfakes begin to destroy most of the ways we use to verify identity today. How private or secure is it to hold yo…
Comment linking /modernizing-bsa-and-aml-cft-compliance-with-verifiable-digital-identity/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)”Submitted The ABC's of Decentralized Identity as a story · 5 points
HN discussionNo doubt Bitcoin and other's proof of work system is horrible for sustainability. I enjoy reading these contrarian takes, it seems like this year over night my twitter feed previously of a lot of designers has turned into crypto twitter. But I think it's a bit foolish to write off the entire industry as a whole due to some of these problems. I don't see payments use case taking off anytime soon but I find the SSO wi…
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on “The Case Against Crypto”Submitted Single-Player Ready Apps as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted ENS User Activity Research – Discovering Sign-In with Ethereum Adoption Opport as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Spruce begins work on Sign-in With Ethereum as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Verifiable Credentials in Healthcare as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted SSX: Sign-In with Ethereum with Added Functionality as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Spruce begins work on Sign-in With Ethereum as a story · 1 points
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