Decentralized ID is the opposite of authoritarianism - it gives you sovereign ownership of your own identity, rather than the government.

Please take a moment to understand this fact: You do not currently own or control your own identity. Your identity is owned by the government, and you are granted permission to use it, as long as you play by their rules.

At any time, they have the power to delete your records from their database. What recourse would you have if that happened? Have you ever tried getting a license from the DMV without the proper paperwork? Try it sometime, and let me know if you still think you're the one that gets to decide whether or not you're you.

What if the credit agencies drop your credit score to 12? Try convincing somebody to give you a loan then. "But sir, it's not actually 12, I promise it's much higher!" Yeah fucking right.

How about if they change the name on the deed to your home? Or what if they put you on the Sex Offender Registry?

Maybe you should start educating yourself on the ways the world actually operates, and the ways that crypto and the blockchain can (and are) being used to unfuck this mess we're in.

...and give it up with that stupid fucking hashtag. It's not going to catch on.

Bad take. Decentralized ID is the opposite of authoritarianism - it gives you sovereign ownership of your own identity, rather than the government.

Please take a moment to understand this fact: You do not currently own or control your own identity. Your identity is owned by the government, and you are granted permission to use it, as long as you play by their rules.

At any time, they have the power to delete your records from their database. What recourse would you have if that happened? Have you ever tried getting a license from the DMV without the proper paperwork? Try it sometime, and let me know if you still think you're the one that gets to decide whether or not you're you.

What if the credit agencies drop your credit score to 12? Try convincing somebody to give you a loan then. "But sir, it's not actually 12, I promise it's much higher!" Yeah fucking right.

How about if they change the name on the deed to your home? Or what if they put you on the Sex Offender Registry?

Maybe you should start educating yourself on the ways the world actually operates, and the ways that crypto and the blockchain can (and are) being used to unfuck this mess we're in.

...and give it up with that stupid fucking hashtag. It's not going to catch on.

Bad take. Decentralized ID is the opposite of authoritarianism - it puts gives you sovereign ownership of your own identity, rather than the government.

Please take a moment to understand this fact: You do not currently own or control your own identity. Your identity is owned by the government, and you are granted permission to use it, as long as you play by their rules.

At any time, they have the power to delete your records from their database. What recourse would you have if that happened? Have you ever tried getting a license from the DMV without the proper paperwork? Try it sometime, and let me know if you still think you're the one that gets to decide whether or not you're you.

What if the credit agencies drop your credit score to 12? Try convincing somebody to give you a loan then. "But sir, it's not actually 12, I promise it's much higher!" Yeah fucking right.

How about if they change the name on the deed to your home? Or what if they put you on the Sex Offender Registry?

Maybe you should start educating yourself on the ways the world actually operates, and the ways that crypto and the blockchain can (and are) being used to unfuck this mess we're in.

...and give it up with that stupid fucking hashtag. It's not going to catch on.