In the world of digital identity, #DigitalIDWallets and #DecentralizedIdentity are hot topics right now. Their adoption in the EU is also a major development. In Japan, #web3 has become part of the national strategy, and proof-of-concept projects and other initiatives are being conducted under Trusted Web.

However, the terms “decentralized” and “centralized1” seem to be used without being properly understood. The narrative that “web1 is decentralized, web2 is centralized, and web3 is decentralized” is also steeped in myth.

In this edition of Identity Night Talk, we will therefore dispel those myths and reexamine the essence of the issue under the title “The Fallacy of Decentralization: Between A and Z, or a Cypherpunk Dream?”

Synopsis

The table of contents, or rather the general flow of the talk, will be something like this.

  1. A Common Web3 Narrative
  2. Web2.0: The Ultimate Decentralization of “Functions and Data”
  3. The Web2 Revolutionary Army and the Ancien Régime
  4. After the Dream of Revolution
  5. Why on Earth?
  6. Can Web3 Be a Solution?
  7. The Gradient (Gradation) of Decentralization
  8. The Reality of What Is Called Decentralization and Devolution
  9. Decentralization and Centralization in Decentralized Identity
  10. Animal Farm
  11. 1984
  12. The Fallacy of Decentralization
  13. Between A and Z, or a Cypherpunk Dream?
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Footnotes

  1. In Japan, many people translate “centralised” as “central authority,” but that is probably a mistranslation; I believe “concentration” is the more appropriate translation.

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