We've had to build a lot of ID verification technology in order to operate securely across 40+ global markets. We decided to turn this functionality into a service, and it's already used by @discord, @goshippo, and more. It's now available to everyone: https://stripe.com/...
Cheap ID verification might unlock as many startup opportunities as mobile and in similarly surprising ways bc it changes UX and economics in core ways. @timoreilly explained what mobile unlocked first & most clearly. Curious what is possible here... https://techcrunch.com/...
One basic idea behind it is that better ways to ascertain trust and defeat fraud should help enable more services that are only viable in high trust/low fraud equilibria.