Just a question here as I dont know Mastodont that well. But how do you do vertified accounts? Is there some federally elected institution that will vertify user who requires that sort of vertification? Because to me there is huge amount of fake accounts and copycats and it is as hard to check if they are real as it is to check the spam mail that came from a scamy address. I guess institutions don’t want to be on a platform full of copycats and constantly proving they are the official account. Among other things…

This is how society has always been I will continue to be. That is why your self-custody bitcoin wallet will never replace debit card and your non nerdy friends will never use Linux. The barrier of entry is the difference between mainstream and fringe.

The digital euro project is the only project that has a proper chance of succeeding here because it would be forced on every country using euro. All the other solution usually end at the border of the country of origin or because it is inconvenient for the users so swich to a new solution that has no benefits over paying with Visa or Mastercard. Here is a great video about it: https://youtu.be/1Al3ZIFUQ5U