If I were starting my digital life from zero today, how would I design identity and KYC?Because the legacy setup is clearly broken.
Every exchange, every neobank, every card app asks for KYC again. New screens. New uploads. New waiting periods.
My documents end up scattered across random platforms, and I have zero visibility into where that data actually lives or who really controls it.
So I started thinking in a cleaner model:
• My wallet is the asset layer • My @idOS_network profile becomes the identity layer • Everything else neobanks, cards, DeFi, RWA apps just requests the exact data it needs, only when I approve it
One-time verification. Encrypted storage. Access I can revoke whenever I want.
Once that clicked, idOS stopped feeling like “just another campaign.” It became the hub for how I want my identity to work online.
If you’re curious where your KYC actually lives, try this. Grab a piece of paper and map your identity:
• Where have you uploaded documents? • Who holds that data today? • Can you realistically take control back?
They’re simple questions, but answering them makes it obvious why the idOS model matters.
In Web3, owning assets is only half the story. Owning your identity layer is what completes the system.
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If I were starting my digital life from zero today, how would I design identity and KYC?Because the legacy setup is clearly broken.
Every exchange, every neobank, every card app asks for KYC again.
New screens. New uploads. New waiting periods.
My documents end up scattered across random platforms, and I have zero visibility into where that data actually lives or who really controls it.
So I started thinking in a cleaner model:
• My wallet is the asset layer
• My @idOS_network profile becomes the identity layer
• Everything else neobanks, cards, DeFi, RWA apps just requests the exact data it needs, only when I approve it
One-time verification.
Encrypted storage.
Access I can revoke whenever I want.
Once that clicked, idOS stopped feeling like “just another campaign.”
It became the hub for how I want my identity to work online.
If you’re curious where your KYC actually lives, try this.
Grab a piece of paper and map your identity:
• Where have you uploaded documents?
• Who holds that data today?
• Can you realistically take control back?
They’re simple questions, but answering them makes it obvious why the idOS model matters.
In Web3, owning assets is only half the story.
Owning your identity layer is what completes the system.