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I think you and OP both hit valid points that should happen, but never will under government.

However, on the blockchain...well that might just happen, but it won't be a government running the identity system.

What about on the cloud? Or on the world wide web? Or the information superhighway? Are those buzzwords too outdated?

Wow, sounds like a real paradigm shift.

Yes and lets lose the ability to trace any and all criminal activity. Underground crime will love that - bring on the golden years!

I honestly can't tell if you're arguing for or against the blockchain here, but regardless, I think you've misunderstood my comment because I left off the /s tag.

It is a mistake and perhaps Pollyanna-ish to believe a governmental entity has not and cannot exert control over a blockchain ledger system of any kind either by means of protocol or other methods. In any case, I find it highly unlikely blockchains will not be implemented by various governmental agencies. As a store of auditable data, they would certainly be more trustworthy than some papers filed away somewhere or in some given database.

Certainly a lot of banks seem to be interested, and if banks can find a use for them I can't see why not governments as well.

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