>A nominal payment for the purpose of verification could allow someone to "prove" ownership of a number/email/identity.
1) Not really .. people can steal your private key. And then you have to same problem.
2) Don't payment processor already have inordinate amount of (government-issued) identity data they collect from you? Everything from Driver's license, to Passport, to Social Insurance numbers? How would another piece of information make any difference?
1) Not really .. people can steal your private key. And then you have to same problem.
2) Don't payment processor already have inordinate amount of (government-issued) identity data they collect from you? Everything from Driver's license, to Passport, to Social Insurance numbers? How would another piece of information make any difference?