RE: Decentralized Proof of Unique Individual
I disagree. It has to be perfect now. If it isn't it will be abused. If it isn't abused, it will be used by those who we don't want to assign rights to use it. (ie: state entity or corporations).
You cannot launch a system, get adoption and fix it later. It needs to be fixed and perfect before launch..
That's why the internet and email and spam and DDoS are so uncontrollable. They said "it does not have to be perfect now". What a mess has been created as a result. Especially when you have hardware devices as part of the system. You cannot easily change every operating system, every computer, every router, every firmware, every phone when you change interopability standards very easy.
The rush to launch proof of uniqueness in our lifetimes will not be solved.
To be fair, those systems were all designed during a time when every node on the internet was already well known and sysadmins had a duty to monitor abuse and nip it in the bud right away.
See also BOFH
If we attached civil liabilities to companies and their executives who failed to address abuse issues those issues would go away pretty much overnight. Otherwise it's just a cost center.