JAKE
@jake
would like to see people resist over-generalizing this proxy situation pseudonymity itself is not inherently a bad thing pseudonymity can encourage authenticity, preserve privacy, and allow for the expression of ideas which may otherwise go unsaid, among other things like most things, it can be used for good and bad
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JAKE
@jake
when you build a reputation under a pseudonym over a long period of time, it's comparable to building a reputation under your legal ID you have a lot of reputation accrued, and therefore, a lot to lose i'll trust a quality pseud i've followed for 10 years over a stranger who shows me their passport 10 times out of 10
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JAKE
@jake
one of my favorite parts about farcaster is that some degree of pseudonymity is the default pseudonymity is a spectrum satoshi is on one end (perfect pseudonymity) on the other end, think of someone with their headshot as their pfp and their full legal name as their username most people here are not on either end
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antaur
@antaur.eth
satoshi is 100% anon, that's not the same as pseudonymity. I can figure out where you live if I want and vice versa. for me anon and pseudonym are not on the same spectrum, they are different categories.
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JAKE
@jake
i agree they are different but not in the way that you say anon is like anoncast, there is no persistent identity accumulating reputation pseud actually is satoshi, it's not that we don't know who created bitcoin, we know it was satoshi, we just don't know who satoshi is
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antaur
@antaur.eth
i thought anon is untraceable whereas pseudonymous is - with varying degrees of difficulty
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