The ever brilliant #RestofWorld has an 👀 report on #Bhutan rolling out the world's first national digital #identity system to all its citizens using #selfsovereignidentity – https://restofworld.org/2023/south-asia-newsletter-bhutan-national-digital-id/

I get the blockchain backlash, but find user-controlled/owned #verifiedcredentials for personal ID compelling, be it proving (pseudonymously) I'm not an AI/sockpocket/content-farm, or saving time with online signups. SSI doesn't need a cryptocurrency but normally has some kind of #distributedledger.