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204 points pabs3 | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.694s | source
1. red_admiral ◴[] No.44096064[source]
If they really want to solve the problem, how about this - kind of like the ESTA for travel:

Individuals must register an account with government issued ID and the same level of KYC security as to open a bank account. This must be done a certain time in advance before the tickets for an event open.

You can only buy tickets for yourself or other already registered users whose username (or similar) you know - and only as long as you are buying a ticket for yourself too.

Some kind of exchange mechanism were a buyer can return a ticket to the pool and if someone else buys it, they get slightly less back than they paid in the first place, effectively allowing them to "resell" a ticket but at a slight loss (even if the platform takes a cut). Please don't use blockchain for this.

Maybe you can go full Chinese train tickets on this: you buy a ticket on an account backed by your government ID, and then your ID is what opens the platform gate for you. Your ID is your ticket.

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2. lentil_soup ◴[] No.44096099[source]
that's addressed in the article. It's the privacy unfriendly solution of venn diagram
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3. jppittma ◴[] No.44096847[source]
The government needs to support OAuth2.