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by mosquito242 4017 days ago
this is incredibly fascinating to me, but a huge role of Government ID's is it's association with a record of information re: you, i.e. past criminal history, credit, etc, all of which is kept track of by the government.

For this ID to be legitimately viable, it would need to be able to provide similar access to such information on demand.
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rwmj 4017 days ago
If it didn't record all that, that's more of a feature than a bug. However in this case I see no reason why governments (and indeed everyone) wouldn't be able to associate criminal records, marketing data and everything else with your blockchain number (or whatever is the unique thing here). Probably even easier than now.
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vinceguidry 4017 days ago
> For this ID to be legitimately viable

I imagine that at some point in the future, some local governments, particularly in rural areas, will decide it's cheaper and easier to use blockchain-based government services. If the people creating this system can keep iterating towards the point where it's suitable for such, we could see a slow migration over a period of decades, with certain countries deciding to do a all-at-once rollout.

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