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That seems "prohibitively convoluted" to me, if nothing else.

This whole minting and transaction issueing is done by a single (or two) mouse clicks if you use a browser plug-in like the MetaMask wallet.

Because you don't have experience with it. There's nothing complicated about SIWE, minting an NFT and checking its validity, certainly not to describe it "prohibitively convoluted" aside from being scared of web3 keywords. Come on now.

Not commenting on op's solution's validity or effectiveness, just replying to your comment.

If you rounded up 100 regular web users and ran a usability test where they had to do this to post a comment, how many do you think would succeed?

A much higher percentage than 4 years ago, that's for sure

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