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Identity on blockchain seems like one of the few applications that actually make use of the technology.
As the online market continues to increase, the way we carry out our day to day tasks has also changed. Services and socialising have shifted to the digital world. From checking bank accounts, online shopping to booking flights, they all require the constant need to verify our identity.
Inputting our data online opens us to risks of data security and identity theft. Therefore, the need to provide a secure identification tool is becoming more critical. The idea of using a trustless, robust, secure and private blockchain technology for identity storage and verification is an obvious one with some countries (Estonia) even starting an electronic residency evidence, blockchain based voting system and launching an estcoin.
Projects focusing on identity
Civic
- San Francisco
- Mobile app
- Personal info stored encrypted
- ERC20 token
TheKey
- NEP5
Selfkey
- Verify and notarize ID documents and to purchase services such as a residency, company a bank account and exchange account
Ontology
Hyperledger Independent
Sovrin
- Non-profit organisation
- Permissioned chain Hyperledger Indy (= more privacy)
Evernym
- Utah, US
- Provides Plenum, open source code that Sovrin is based on
- Storing birth registration data in a ledger
UPort
Alastria
Blockauth
Blockverify
- Anti-counterfeit measures in different industries such as pharmaceuticals, luxury items, diamonds and electronics
Netki
Bridge Protocol
UniquID
Thanks for the write-up! Very excited for this one!
So I missed out on this ICO and am keen to get in when it hits exchanges. Anybody here that knows when this will hit exchanges (kucoin or huobi first ?)??
Nice write up. This really should be big...