I keep seeing people call this stuff “just an attestation list”… and idk, that feels like a lazy take.
From what I’ve seen, it’s more like reusable trust. You verify once, then just show proof instead of doing the same checks again and again. Sounds simple… But it really isn’t when you think about it.
I literally ran into this last week had to redo the same verification across two apps because nothing synced. same data, same wallet… still had to repeat it. That’s the kind of mess people ignore.
So yeah, reducing that noise actually matters.
But here’s the Part people don’t talk about enough.
You’re not removing trust, you’re shifting it. Instead of checking things yourself, you’re relying on something already approved.
And that opens a different problem.
Who decides what’s valid?
How long does that stay valid?
And what if it’s just wrong?
Feels like we didn’t simplify anything tbh…
just made the complexity quieter and easier to overlook.