I have also seen others like Nextdoor use address for verification. If you have a locality-based service, that is a low-cost option that will likely also weed out bad actors because a credit card with valid billing address is required.
I have also seen others like Nextdoor use address for verification. If you have a locality-based service, that is a low-cost option that will likely also weed out bad actors because a credit card with valid billing address is required.
I'd considered postal addresses, similarly to how Google sends (used to send?) codes on postcards to verify ownership of addresses in Maps. Obvious problems with this are (1) time; and (2) it verifies access to a location rather than identity.
A valid credit card, verified with a micropayment a la PayPal, might be a potential way forward. But charging people obviously puts them off, even if it's a token amount.
[0] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introducing-govuk...
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10716104
(Edit for clarity.)