Farcaster

The value of an FID is in the social graph—both stated (following) and revealed (activity). Profile is secondary.

There is minimal (no?) value in the onchain primitive absent the above.

This is why digital identity is always emergent from apps with utility.

If you spend a lot of time using an app / platform / OS, it starts to become your identity.

Building an identity layer is the wrong order of operations. You earn the right to be an identity layer by time spent, usage, people building on it, etc.

one piece of standalone value is not having to create logins at N different services

I have never shared my Apple ID in a social context but I’ve used it to log into many apps for convenience of 1 click login and not needing another password

Like how the value of land is mainly in the stuff that surrounds it.