Why Sovrin? Many attempts have been made at identity over the years. A long time ago there was Microsoft Passport. Later they tried cards which seemed like a great idea but it never took off. OpenId was an attempt to let you control your own identity and I had it setup on this blog for…
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Sovrin Identity On Blockchain
I’ve been to various identity workshops over the year so when I saw sovrin it peaked my interest. I’m particulary interested in using public ledger technologies to improve the education space. I’ll have another blog post about that at some point, but for now here are notes and links to resources related to Sovrin. Sovrin…
BYU Blockchain Summit – Financial Applications of Blockchain
Financial Applications of Blockchain Blockchain is about Disintermediation – getting rid of the middleman Financial Applications of Blockchain Joel Weight chief financial officer of Medici Ventures. When Overstock.com had it’s IPO they tried to remove as many middlemen as possible and spent a lot of money trying to disintermediate the process. Most stock in the…
BYU Blockchain Summit – Financial Applications of Blockchain
Financial Applications of Blockchain Blockchain is about Disintermediation – getting rid of the middleman Financial Applications of Blockchain Joel Weight chief financial officer of Medici Ventures. When Overstock.com had it’s IPO they tried to remove as many middlemen as possible and spent a lot of money trying to disintermediate the process. Most stock in the…
BYU Blockchain Summit – Financial Applications of Blockchain
Financial Applications of Blockchain Blockchain is about Disintermediation – getting rid of the middleman Financial Applications of Blockchain Joel Weight chief financial officer of Medici Ventures. When Overstock.com had it’s IPO they tried to remove as many middlemen as possible and spent a lot of money trying to disintermediate the process. Most stock in the…
BYU Blockchain Summit – Self-Sovereign Identity
Timothy Ruff – Self Sovereign Identity Blockchain use cases Cost of fraud – $3.7 trillion. This includes the cost of fraud, the cleaning up of the mess, phishing attacks etc. Current identity is siloed. Sometimes that’s Facebook, sometimes that’s government. In some parts of the world you aren’t issued any identity which means you have…
BYU Blockchain Summit – Self-Sovereign Identity
Timothy Ruff – Self Sovereign Identity Blockchain use cases Cost of fraud – $3.7 trillion. This includes the cost of fraud, the cleaning up of the mess, phishing attacks etc. Current identity is siloed. Sometimes that’s Facebook, sometimes that’s government. In some parts of the world you aren’t issued any identity which means you have…
BYU Blockchain Summit – Self-Sovereign Identity
Timothy Ruff – Self Sovereign Identity Blockchain use cases Cost of fraud – $3.7 trillion. This includes the cost of fraud, the cleaning up of the mess, phishing attacks etc. Current identity is siloed. Sometimes that’s Facebook, sometimes that’s government. In some parts of the world you aren’t issued any identity which means you have…
BYU Blockchain Summit – John Johnson
Blockchain: What is it and what can it do? I got up at 5am this morning which is something I never do, but decided it would be worth the drive to Happy Valley to listen to local leaders in the Blockchain world. Jonathan Johnson, president of Medici Ventures Fall of 2013 Johnson’s son asked his…
BYU Blockchain Summit – Property and Real Estate
Property and Real Estate Some counties have begun to utilize blockchain to record title transfer, but it’s still a couple of years away. Blockchain will appear earlier in the real estate world to help generate a protfolio to generate more granular recording of all the components inovolved in a real estate asset especially in the…