Random question, won't this just replicate a (social) credit score? I mean due to the following: * You can create new keys easily. * Therefore I could create a key not to pay a service then create a new one, to use another service for free. * This would mean service providers must somehow evaluate if they want to service you, you are not an "empty npub" * This means npubs needs some reputation * Isn't reputation really just a social score? Do I miss something?

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Reputation, whether it’s called “social credit scores” or something else, is necessary and unavoidable. Just like money, it becomes dystopian when it’s controlled centrally, but not when it’s decentralized. btc != the dystopia of fiat, and likewise: decentralized reputation != the dystopia of centralized reputation. The challenge, therefore, is how to decentralize it. (I don’t know if you were implying otherwise. Just a point I felt was worth making. 😊)