- who makes the smart card? What is the model?
- wow - that's just like Neal Stephenson and joining Tribes based not on location but membership.
But I can't see myself going to Estonia just to pick one up ... I'll wait till the embassy in London does it :-)
The Estonian ID-card and Digital Signature Concept: http://www.id.ee/public/The_Estonian_ID_Card_and_Digital_Sig...
Here are the Estonian specs: http://www.id.ee/index.php?id=35772
I can see Bitcoin - or its decedents - easily being used for Phyle "ID-card" infrastructure; no nation-state required.