Sandy Carter’s Mission to Redefine Digital Identity Ownership

• Sandy Carter drives Unstoppable Domains to revolutionize digital identity ownership through blockchain, ensuring users maintain lifelong control over their domains.
• She advocates for inclusivity in Web3, leading initiatives to empower women in blockchain and expand access to digital identity solutions.

Sandy Carter had never pictured herself at the vanguard of the Web3 revolution when she was younger. Originally wanting to be a doctor, one day a Duke University lecturer turned her life around. ” Look at programming,” he said. “You can create things that change people’s lives.” Those comments caught Carter’s attention. She chose then to delve into computers and never turned around.

Sandy studied computer science, even toward postgraduate degrees. She studied eight computer languages and developed her thesis on how animal drug testing might be replaced by technology. “Technology can save lives, both human and animal,” she stated in an interview.

Sandy Carter: Bridging the Digital Identity Gap

Carter’s career extended beyond academia. She started walking among numerous tech giants, like IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS), soon after graduating. She oversaw cloud computing and the startup environment at IBM. Turning now to AWS, she assisted in creating an artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things network of partners.

One question, though, persisted in his mind: why is digital identity still so fractured? Why still do third parties control domain names and identities on the internet? Carter finally arrived at Unstoppable Domains from these questions.

Joining Unstoppable Domains: A Vision for Digital Ownership

Carter signed on Unstoppable Domains, a startup seeking to transform how individuals own their digital identities, late in 2021. The blockchain-based domain names provided by Unstoppable Domains can be owned for life, unlike traditional domains that have to be renewed yearly. For Carter, this represents a significant first towards total control for online consumers.

“Think of it this way,” he remarked during one conference, “if you own a Web3 domain name, it’s yours always. There is no annual charge; you can use it for everything from crypto addresses to decentralized email; nobody can take it away.”

Carter, COO, is in charge of not just daily operations but also strategic alliances development. Introducing the .podcast domain to Web3 developers was one of his key undertakings. For her, it goes beyond business to create a future where digital identity really belongs to the individual.

Sandy Carter: Empowering Women in Blockchain

Carter came to see that men still predominate in the IT sector. She thus started Unstoppable Women of Web3, a project aiming at giving women in the blockchain ecosystem chances and knowledge. “We want Web3 to be really inclusive, not only for one particular group,” she stated.

She also participates actively in the Girls in Tech group and keeps pushing more women into the industry. For her, the digital revolution has to include everyone—not only those with initial access or knowledge.

The Future of Digital Identity

Carter regards blockchain-based identity as having a bright future on the one hand. Blockchain domains will be used alongside traditional DNS systems, she projects, by 2026. Still, problems abound. ”

We have to keep training the market,” she remarked. Many people are still reluctant to migrate to Web3 due to their concern about the technological complexity. But Carter thinks that change is just a question of time, given the correct stance.

Carter, now more than ever, still harbors the same enthusiasm as he did when he first fell in love with computers. He wants to be part of the change as well as ensure it goes the correct route. “We’re building something that’s going to last,” he remarks, “and that’s the most challenging and the most exciting thing.”

For Sandy Carter, technology is not only about creativity but also about how that creativity may improve quality of life. And he doesn’t appear to be stopping very soon.