Most justice systems today require identification as a precondition to participation. In 10 years of legal practice, I’ve never had a client ask why ID is required. We simply accept, without question, that in order to get justice we must disclose identity. But what if that’s not true? Can we uncouple identity and justice?
Bitcoin, open blockchains, and smart contracts ignore national identity and jurisdiction by default. Yet both of these are standard requirements to participate in traditional court processes. As I see it, this leaves us with three broad options:
Ignore the problem, leaving a legal hot-potato scenario (see theDAO);
Implement identity and jurisdiction layers on top of these technologies;
Invent new online dispute resolution (ODR) layers that can provide access to efficient, effective dispute resolution without requiring ID by default. I’m spending my time working on the third option — Seeking Justice: No ID Required.
http://bravenewcoin.com/news/seeking-justice-no-id-required/
