🔑 From Usernames to Keypairs: Understanding Identity on Solana

A few days ago, if you asked me what “identity” means in tech, I’d give you a very Web2 answer: Email + password = identity Every platform I used - GitHub, banking apps, social media - had its own login system. Different usernames, different passwords, all controlled by the companies behind them. Then I started learning Solana. And my understanding of identity completely changed. 🏨 Web2 vs Web3: A Simple Analogy Web2 identity is like staying in a hotel. You get a key card, but the hotel can dea