polynya
@polynya
A couple of years ago, I identified two main usecases for blockchains: objective money/finance and objective identity However, over time, I've warmed to the idea that objective identity does not actually require strict global consensus. A less strict, loosely ordered global consensus may be adequate Really, it's only money that requires strict consensus, or anything else of *temporal* economic value While identity does have economic value, it is in most cases non-temporal in nature, and can hence be achieved better with loosely ordered alternatives to blockchains
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Philip Sheldrake
@sheldrake
Can I point you this peer-reviewed essay I wrote on the matter: https://generative-identity.org/human-identity-the-number-one-challenge-in-computer-science/
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