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by ethbr1 521 days ago
> Attaching digital identity to something that comes from a third party (a registry) rather than individual themselves is a fundamentally wrong idea.

That feels like a turtles-all-the-way-dowm problem.

Ultimately, you either have to tie to something suitable that can be obtained by everyone or a unique characteristic of everyone.

And given the blatant privacy issues [0] with uniquely fingerprinting users, I'd much prefer the former alternative.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)