The current draft architecture for Verifiable Claims describes a single point of privacy failure: the identifier registry.
A pure web of trust implementation will fail in a mass market setting because establishing a trustworthy identity requires effort, and an identity that is effortless to establish is a magnet for fraud.
This article proposes a variation of Verifiable Claims that permits a greater range of privacy…
Here’s a simple explanation of how Sovrin works:
Privacy in the context of a claims-based identity system or standard has multiple definitions, each of which can be expressed as a requirement:
In point form.
Exploring the benefits — and risks.
DISCLAIMER: This article is not financial advice.
Just as CoinDash’s ICO started, a hacker replaced the address on CoinDash’s website with one they controlled, siphoning off millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency.
This article presents a means for executing private computation of addition operations on an untrusted server whilst protecting from a harvest-then-decrypt post-quantum attack.
There is a movement underfoot to disrupt the identity landscape — and many startups are looking to blockchain to bridge the gap.
But why?