How Blockchain Can Solve All Our (identity) Problems
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How the BLOCKCHAIN can solve all our (identity) problems
Tuesday 5J
Convener: John Light
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The block chain can function as a distributed key-value store that can be used to map globally unique, human-readable identifiers e.g. domain names to public keys, replacing the need for centralized IDPs, name registrars, certificate authorities, etc. The block chain can thus be used to create end-to-end encrypted, man-in-the-middle-proof communications channels between users on the Internet.
