🔒 Paid Article Teaser (Day 3 – Aug. 26, 2025): Identity: Why npubs Beat Usernames
Owning your identity vs. renting it from platforms — and why npubs are passports, not costumes.
Most people think a username is an identity. It’s not — it’s a lease.
- On Twitter, you’re a tenant.
- On LinkedIn, you’re a tenant.
- On YouTube, you’re a tenant.
If the landlord doesn’t like you, your “identity” disappears.
An npub is different: it’s math, not permission. It’s yours even if every relay but one shuts down.
In the full article, I share:
- Why usernames are costumes, not roots
- How npubs function as sovereign passports
- Why custody, identity, and exit apply to people as much as money
🔒 Full article available for 500 sats. Zap me and I’ll send it via encrypted DM while I finish building the automated unlock flow in Continuum.
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