Small communities do not scale. They federate.
The intimacy that makes a neighbourhood, forum or practice group trustworthy is exactly what disappears when it becomes one enormous room.
governance
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Your wallet has a government inside it
The credential can sit on your phone while the rules about valid issuers, revocation and recovery remain thoroughly institutional.
A network state still needs a lost-password desk
Founding a cloud community is dramatic. Handling a dead founder, stolen key, contested vote or stranded member is what makes it political.
One score to rule a life
Global trust scores are attractive because they make people easy to compare. That is also the reason not to build one.