Thread by @Melt_Dem

1/ identity is a data architecture

web2 tolerates credentialing without identity, but does not allow commerce without identity.

web3 nyms will preserve credentialing without identity, and enable commerce, incorporation, and much more without identity.

gwern.net/docs/bitcoin/1…

2/ this presents challenges for the state

the reason states begin managing identity centuries ago was for purposes of accounting, and subsequently taxation and conscription

this is why the state wants to maintain its control on all identity data and its structure and topology

3/ the friction point for the nyms in the metaverse will always be the translation point between digital with physical

this is why you see government agencies going on phishing expeditions to connect government issued identities to onchain identities - they're mapping nyms

4/ we are at a fork in the road. choose either:

a. surveillance state, with restrictions and surveillance
b. libertarian state, with freedoms and privacy

the covid pandemic has greatly accelerated the arc of cyberspace towards (a) and has been a boon for surveillance states

5/ if you value your freedom and privacy, i highly recommend you:
- create a nym
- learn how to completely isolate your nym from your government identity (infosec)
- securely provide your nym with economic resources (ie bitcoin)
- learn how to communicate via secure channels

6/ the game is changing, and quickly. you can see the moves being laid out on the chessboard.

play for the long term fam. see u in the metaverse.

7/ GUIDE from @ChristopherA - an internet pioneer and brilliant mind who is also exceedingly patient with goombas like me

github.com/namcios/pseudo…