Comment by cwillu

> Certificates are not things that are centrally managed.

Of course they can be. That they aren't _necessarily_ centrally managed is a neat fact about the math, but has little bearing on what sort of system the political process will end up endorsing, and _that_ is what I'm saying has no chance of not being centrally managed.

The government will end up requiring that only Trusted Parties be permitted to handle loading the key material into Approved Devices, and that parties requiring age verification only permit use with Approved Devices. Mark my words, this is how it will hit the streets, if it ever does.