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> And there are theoretical solutions to this as well; projects like Bright-ID are working on proof-of-identity / proof-of-humanity.. maybe we'll see a proof-of-stake blockchain with governance tied to identity in the future?

This is what I'm hoping for. As soon as this proves viable, this opens up the door for things like automated international UBI.

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It probably is not solved without a central authority that distributes and revoked identity tokens, like we have with passports. Decentralized proof of personhood is a pipe dream.

I'm not sure why this was marked dead (unless you're shadowbanned), but this is valid. I think the idea is for centralized entities to issue non-transferable tokens to accounts, which can then be used to verify that account's "personhood" as you call it, while preventing multiple accounts from getting one for the same person.

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