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Decentralization doesn't add value because it's not really a consensus/disagreement problem. If you look at it a certain way, we're not considering the general
by hakfoo 5y ago
Decentralization doesn't add value because it's not really a consensus/disagreement problem.
If you look at it a certain way, we're not considering the general problem of identity, just "association with government accounts". We already have an established set of roots-of-trust and dispute resolution protocols for figuring out which accounts you're attached to. All we need is a tech-friendly set of credentials to supplement the paper passport/driver's license/social security card.
If anything, decentralization would be difficult for the legal system to work with. How do you force everyone else to accept an update from the courts, especially if they're politically opposed to, or disincentived to, accept the update? You could try to tie legal acceptability to staying up to date, but then you'd create a huge liability for software bugs.
- landemva 5y agoThis is worth some discussion. Notaries are decentralized and regulated. Alternatively decentralized at employer, UI logon credentials could be set up when onboarding each new hire.
- hakfoo 5y agoThen you start running into differing motivations. How often would you see employers "forget to" synch new hires with the unemployment system, figuring that will reduce their claim rate later? Or check in new hires as "verified citizen, eligible to work" when their proof consisted of a McLovin driver's license and a birth certificate still warm from the Kinko's across the street? It feels like it would turn into every other abused aspect of employment law: widely exploited both because of technical incompetence and the knowledge most will get away with it.