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agichoote | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 On cryptographic signatures. Lets say instead of passport you have to make a transaction to the government that contains your biometric picture. Any time in the future you can prove *WITHOUT A DOUBT you are the person who made the transaction as long as you still hold the keys. Keys can be stolen same as ID can be, but can't be forged. Identity cannot be stolen for online uses in traditional ways because having the information is not enough, you have to have the KEYS !
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ne5cio | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The point was about you saying “voluntarily” identifying yourself, which wouldn’t work out in a society since nobody wants to identify.

For cryptographic signatures, it would be the worst possible idea for freedom. If you would research blockchain architecture, you would see that there are 2 types of Blockchains (Public and private). A Public blockchain would allow me to potentially see a lot of your activities. You don’t want that privacy wise.

The governments are pushing for private blockchains. With your “signature” and biometric they will be able to verify you and track you. Since they would have laid out the infrastructure, they will push for a CBDC and they will then be able to track your spending and control your funds.

Please, go read about the topic of blockchain and stop listening to these Bitcoin Superstars on podcast. If you are really into government conspiracy read on CBDC and government blockchain.
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agichoote | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Hi Monkey. Bitcoin works because it's a public blockchain so you can verify, not trust. Sure nobody wants to be identified by government because they use that identification for extorsion mostly.
There might be hundreds of purposes for identifying with some PRIVAT institution one trust. Like an employer. A bank you chose to use. A school. I see many reasons I would be happy to hop on even private chains for those instead of using my ID with the government as the ultimate overlord. Good that we got #nostr by know so we don't need private chains or using money chain for identification xD