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Comment by DeepYogurt

4 years ago

I agree that we don't need unique identities across everything, but even if that is a real problem it is also solved by public key cryptography without a requirement of a blockchain.

Sure but the blockchain env like Ethereum gives you that for free along with a few slick chrome extensions like Metamask and a JS library (web3.js) that make all of this super easy to build on.

You don't need to make any transactions or whatever, but you're inheriting all these tools for free.

  • The reviews on the metamask chrome extension are pretty scary. And it has access to view all data on all sites you visit. Is there a better way?