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@ RK
2025-05-17 13:57:09
The Global Trust Registry (GTR) isn’t just about trade.
It’s a cornerstone in a global push to reassert control over money, identity & behavior through digital compliance infrastructure.
Let’s connect the dots.
What is the GTR?
A UN/CEFACT project to anchor digital identities (people, products, businesses) into a global, verifiable registry.
Think: passports for everything—stored, tracked, cross-border, and permanent.
Why now? Because decentralization is breaking the legacy system.
Bitcoin, Nostr, stablecoins, AI—these tools remove the need for centralized intermediaries.
GTR is part of the response mechanism.
GTR isn’t alone. Look at the global landscape:
• FATF = AML rules + identity for all crypto transfers
• IMF = Pressuring nations to pass VASP laws
• EU AMLR = Privacy coin bans, wallet KYC
• CBDCs = Programmable money
• UN GTR = Global trust anchoring
Different agencies. One goal:
Control the protocol layer.
The real motive? Regain control over the foundational layer: MONEY.
If you can’t control money, you can’t control:
• Tax
• Trade
• Borders
• Dissent
• Compliance
Without it, the modern nation-state unravels.
GTR adds the identity layer to this control matrix.
Combine:
• CBDCs (money layer)
• GTR (identity layer)
• FATF rules (compliance layer)
= A global financial panopticon built through “standardization.”
This isn’t coordination by conspiracy.
It’s convergence by design.
Each institution is building a piece of the same puzzle:
Frictionless global control.
But here’s the catch -
Technologies like Bitcoin, self-custodial Lightning, and Nostr don’t need permission.
They route around trust registries, around KYC, and around control.
That’s why this fight matters.
The Global Trust Registry sounds harmless.
But in context, it’s a digital ID backbone for a future where freedom is permissioned.
Don’t fall for the branding.
Final thought:
We’re not just building new tech.
We’re deciding who gets to define trust in the next century.
Open source? Or institutional gatekeepers?
Choose wisely.