ROSSTR on Nostr: I think this is being overblown. Saylor has been speaking publically about solving ...

I think this is being overblown.
Saylor has been speaking publically about solving the issue of bots / spam for a long time now. [Having an 'orange check'].

I think what makes a digital identity system dangerous is centralisation, and the extent to which you are compelled to use it.

I haven't read his product spec yet, but so far I don't get the impression that he has betrayed either of those aspects.
[Happy to change my mind on this...]

If we accept that we're going to have to prove our age, to get in to a bar, or identify ourselves to cross a border, I'd rather do so using a zero knowledge cryptographic proof, vs whatever centralised monstrosity our local Governments carve out...