Chapter Two: Migration Confirmation

One changed his password six times and lost driving, English, piano, arithmetic, swimming, and the ability to recognize his daughter's voice. Xu showed Cheng an unbranded phone. A black marketplace listed Memory Anchors, Procedural Skills, Relationship Credit, and Legal Personhood. Prices fluctuated in “trusted hours.” “Modern identity is mutual testimony between platforms,” she said. “Control enough proof nodes and you can reassign who a person is. The underground market calls itself the Identity Exchange.” The account was a recipient. A post publicly established ownership of a memory; changing the password signed a migration confirmation. “I signed nothing.”