Urbit was created, possibly as a joke, by Curtis Yarvin, aka Mencius Moldbug, a well-known neo-reactionary, associate of Peter Thiel and J.D. Vance. The design of the system reflects Yarvin's politics, in that the ownership of the network follows a feudal model. The "sovereign digital identity" thing is more of an aesthetic than a reality. Arguably galaxy owners have self-sovereignty? A planet owner is just a serf.
Interesting article, not much on the technical side:
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You got a point,
Sure, The Head of tlon (Yarvin), is a controversial figure, and sometimes sabotages the community at points.
The community is so much detached from the outside world.
Most of the applications, are mostly dead, and the remaining ones are scattered across urbit, without any software that allows you to find it.
And, unless if you are useing tlon, you have to buy an identity using ethereum.
That which has its own problems by itself.
But I am only doing this because I am bored, and the schools blocking policies are so draconian, to the point that sites like internet archive are blocked. So, I am left with this.