👁️‍🗨️ Digital Identity & Control

In today's edition:

• Decentralization’s trap: New tech, same old boss.

• Cool stuff: Studio Ghibli AI, coconut farms, and tradable comic characters.

• Designers: Build + flip websites like NFTs — zero code, zero drama.

💡 THE BIG IDEA

The Hidden Trap of Decentralization

People think “decentralization” means more freedom.

No big bosses.

No one in charge.

Just vibes and open protocols.

But here’s the plot twist: most of what we call “decentralized identity” is basically a 1920s filing cabinet… uploaded to the blockchain.

To put it in perspective: early computers were built to organize payroll and inventory for the government.
People were just rows in a spreadsheet — like tires or coffee beans (which is not much different today).

Blockchain’s promise was to get us out of this “unnatural functioning” and give power back to the people… but guess what?
A lot of “decentralized” systems still treat us like static records instead of real people.

For example, most digital ID systems store your info as a fixed file that follows you everywhere.
But people aren’t files.
We change, grow, evolve.

It’s like putting a bird in a cage and calling it free just because the cage has no lock.
The bird still can’t fly.

So even if it’s on the blockchain or uses fancy tech, it could control people much better than the current systems.
As long as we treat identity as something static, trackable, and permanent.

Blockchain developers and companies need people that understand people.

Because if we don’t change how we think, it doesn’t matter how modern the tech is.
We’ll just rebuild the same problems — with shinier tools. Leading to shinier problems.

Don’t just upgrade the system. Rethink it from the ground up.
Let’s build tools that fit humans, not force humans to fit tools.

📡 COOL STUFF ONCHAIN

📖 Good Read: Why Meme Coins are killing early startups

🛸 Lore: Tradable webcomic characters… will they pick up?

🤔 That’s interesting: How small influencers could monetize content onchain without sponsorships

⛩️ AI: Studio Ghibli style images going viral on blockchain social platforms (you might wanna look at some charts)

🥥 Unheard: Using crypto to fund coconut farms in Dominican Republic

⭐ FEATURED PROJECT

💾 New Frontier for Website Designers?

WebHash is making decentralized websites actually usable — giving anyone the power to build, own, and sell blockchain-native websites without touching code, gas, or complicated tech.

🔹 From Handle to Homepage → Less than 1% of ENS domains host websites — WebHash makes it easy for anyone, no code needed.
🔹 Websites You Can Sell → Every site becomes an NFT you can sell, transfer, or fractionalize — like flipping a digital storefront.
🔹 Truly Decentralized Hosting → Sites live on a node network, not on a single provider, so they can’t be taken down.

📌 TELL 3 FRIENDS → GET CUSTOM 1/1 COMIC CHARACTER