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Just to note, there are many reasons to not want to "require identification to use the site" that aren't related to "[wanting] bots on there". Cost, friction, safety/protection, etc. - the list gets quite long with a trivial brainstorm.

Also note: that's not the same thing as saying "Twitter shouldn't require identification to register" (though personally I don't think that it should). It's just to say that it's WAY more complicated than "bots vs. ID".

Privacy and anonymity are great and it doesn't even solve the problem until your ID is associated with some form of public key in every country.

Why is this comment not signed with your full name?

How do you feel about inevitable leaks and your identity being stolen?

I do think that would work but I think twitter probably could detect bot actions if they wanted to in a more nuanced way. Swarms of new accounts making similar comments has to be detectable on their end.