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CryptoLLM

Cryptocurrency began as a rebellion against the idea of trust. We wouldn’t need banks, governments, or any of the institutions that exploit the concept of ownership. The dream was a system where every person could hold their own keys and prove who they were without permission. Oh, and you’d never have to pay tax.

But crypto ran into the same wall as every system before it; identity. Keys can be forgotten, lost, stolen, or faked. Once the money became purely electronic, the question shifted from “how do I keep it safe?” to “how do I prove I’m me?” Every fix, biometrics, hardware wallets and recovery services, they all reintroduced the risk of theft.

Crypto tried to create certainty through code, but certainty in the digital world depends on defining the human behind the transaction. And if nothing about us can serve as a reliable private key, if our biology and our data can all be cloned, then what does “individual” even mean in a system built on proof?

Maybe the last trace of individuality left is the one thing no technology can replicate or store; the pattern of our thoughts.

In a world where every digital and biological credential can be forged, a person’s pattern of interaction with an LLM might become the most reliable proof of self. Let’s call this the “Invention of the Day”.

Every conversation with an LLM generates a behavioural signature: subject matter, vocabulary choices, timing, tone, preferred metaphors, the rhythm of correction and curiosity. Over time, that dialogue becomes a living profile of cognition, not just what you say, but how you say it. It’s closer to a mindprint than a fingerprint.

These LLM interactions could serve as dynamic identity verification. Instead of a static password or biometric test, you could authenticate a transaction by being recognisably you in conversation with an LLM.

This idea anchors identity in process rather than possession; no keys to steal, no DNA to clone, just your thinking style.

But of course it doesnt work because how do you verify it? To do so means there is a comparison to previous data and then a model and means to do the comparison. Which means your thoughts and mindprint could also be cloned.

If all those conversations with your LLM can be cloned, then you’re not really an individual and you don’t really need secrets or money.

Just to be clear, I’m suggesting there’s two “you’s.” There’s the one one in your head and the other one as perceived by other people or an LLM – your mindprint. This latter one can be verified, copied and cloned.

By interacting with humans, LLMs have demystified our intelligence. They’ve revealed that our social corpus is eminently clonable. In that sense they have shown that intelligence is inherently artificial.

But the personal “you”, that’s still untouched. It’s also pretty useless for anything anyone else cares about.