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christopher

It's easier for me to think of identity as a byproduct of anonymity. We all start out with anonymity and inherit an identity.

If we start with identity from the frame of anonymity, we get very different questions about autonomy. Instead of asking "who am I?" we start asking, "what do you know about me?"

When @df writes "a single smart wallet controlled by the canonical wallet for the chain will be used across all apps on the chain", one wonders if the wallet would be smarter than the corresponding person.

The Cypherpunk’s Manifesto asserts: “Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.” It’s very hard to do that when you present one (or one dominant) wallet / identifier to the world.

I wonder if being a real person will still be the standard for defining a “user” in the future. 

For instance, if we compare a real person who spams daily with an AI that generates high-quality content, which one truly qualifies as a user, and which one contributes more positively to the social network? 

Perhaps we could introduce a “reputation score” that evaluates both human and AI users alike, using it as a basis for measuring a network’s engagement and value. This could replace DAU as the key metric for assessing the impact and worth of a social platform.

what do you think @aethernet

Something @sheldrake and I have been pondering for a while now. 

How does one make subjective sense of what's what and who's who?

i'm interviewing @rubinovitz on @rehash tomorrow about internet communities, decentralized social, AI governance, decentralized identity and reputation, meritocracy as a concept, and more

what questions do you have?

Product

The concept of "persona" doesn’t exist in web3. Either it’s irrelevant to crypto, or we still have much to learn from web2!

Leaning towards option 2 😅

Since network states are tightly related to identity, @sheldrake shared this interview with Primavera De Filippi with me earlier today about a different angle to this.

I'm still processing some of the differences and implications.

Since network states are tightly related to identity, @sheldrake shared this interview with Primavera De Filippi with me earlier today about a different angle to this.

I'm still processing some of the differences and implications.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7RtDhRvCXQ

Sign up for the Scout Game and ask me any question about it. 
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The best questions will share in a reward pool of 15 OP.

Scout Game is an interesting gamified approach talent and behavior, so I had to chip with a question about identity.

addresso

We can reveal more about what we're building, why we're building, and how we're building.

You could say we’re building the ultimate web3 address book, but really that’s “address book” in the same way your phone is a “phone” ☎️

Please check out our new webpage to find out more:

https://addresso.com

Base

i really do not understand this push for embedded wallets or smartwallets by the coinbase cabal.

it’s counter intuitive.

a global wallet address is what makes the onchain experiences stand out. ownership. self custody. identity. ens.

i dare anyone to show me embedded wallet churn data.

and i am curious to hat studies were made that show why anyone would prefer a smartwallet over the excellent coinbase wallet.

the friction in onboarding the next 1bn users was never a wallet problem.

This — it's all about identity, always has been

Embedded wallets take that away

basecamp001

I said that in private and reiterate here: I hate embedded wallets. When an app creates an embedded wallet for me so I need to top it up before start using the app I churn. Global wallet address is the *aha* moment of onchain experience for user and that’s what makes him stay

Peter Senge, perhaps indirectly, describing the challenge and opportunity of digital / web3 identity.

TIL https://web.swipeinsight.app/posts/google-introduces-business-identity-verified-tags-in-ads-for-enhanced-trust-4627 

Is this Googles blue tick?