Conversations about the metaverse (and Web3) that don’t feature hyperventilating predictions tend to end the same way, with the question “…but what about digital ID?”

Ultimately, the viability of digital ID will be more important than 5G. People expect performance issues online, but people who have their biometric identifiers stolen and used will have serious monetization consequences.

Below is a window into some of tl;dr’s views, but the backers, entrepreneurs, and developers of tomorrow’s Web3 should definitely take some time to read them.

An article published on deep-thinking publisher Medium ostensibly addresses decentralized finance, or DeFi, but is full of insights into the larger digital identity world. It is written by Jelena Hoffart, an investor…