i’ve been around long enough to know that crypto loves to dress ambition up as inevitability, and this idea of a global layer for credentials and token distribution feels like it’s walking that same thin line. on paper, it sounds clean verify anything, trust no one, distribute value instantly. but the moment i slow down and look closer, the cracks start to show.
i keep asking myself: who actually needs this? not in theory, but in the real world where institutions already control what counts as truth. a degree, a certificate, a work record these don’t matter because they’re verifiable, they matter because someone with authority says they do. putting that on-chain doesn’t magically remove that dependency, it just repackages it.
then there’s the uncomfortable part. if everything becomes a credential, and every credential ties into tokens, behavior starts to shift. people stop doing things because they matter, and start doing them because they pay. that subtle change can quietly erode the very meaning of the system.
i’m not dismissing it. there’s something here, maybe even useful in small pockets. but calling it global infrastructure feels premature. i’ve seen too many systems like this collapse under the weight of reality, not because they were impossible but because the world simply didn’t bend to fit them.