This article studies the origin and continuity of the identity of the entities inscribed in a distributed ledger. Specifically, it focuses on the differences between the identities of the entities that exist in a distributed ledger and those of the entities that exist outside the ledger but must be represented in the ledger in order to interact with it. It suggests that a distributed ledger that contains representations of entities that exist outside the ledger can yield a continuum of interconnected existing and past identities that is constantly redefined to represent new conceptual entities. This continuum can be understood as a metasortal—or a sortal of sortals—that resembles the mathematical structure of a set of sets. Further, the article presents the dilemma that arises when representing the identities of entities in a distributed ledger, and it draws an analogy between this dilemma and Russell's Paradox.

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关于分布式账本中身份的连续性和起源：从罗素悖论中学习

本文研究记录在分布式账本中的实体身份的起源和连续性。具体来说，它侧重于存在于分布式账本中的实体的身份与存在于账本之外但必须在账本中表示以便与之交互的实体的身份之间的差异。它表明，包含存在于账本之外的实体表示的分布式账本可以产生相互关联的现有和过去身份的连续统，这些身份不断被重新定义以表示新的概念实体。这种连续统可以被理解为一种类似于一组集合的数学结构的元排序或排序的排序。此外，本文提出了在分布式账本中表示实体身份时出现的困境，