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What Web3 should be is a) identity, and b) digital payment.

I am of the opinion that the state should provide digital identity service. Estonia is a good example, from what I've heard, of a state that is doing this effectively.

As for digital payment, Brazil seems to be in the lead now with Pix.

I see no valid role for private companies nor blockchains in providing digital ID and currency services.




> I am of the opinion that the state should provide digital identity service

No thanks. Privacy is a human right.


I agree, and I would go further: Identity is a human right, and it is not to be seen as a privilege granted by governments, nor should we ever give governments the power to revoke people's identities, or require people to "earn" them.


If the options are a) government or b) private company, then I will choose government. I guess the issue is does one trust one's government.




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