If Blockchains Ran the World – Disrupting the Trust Business(worldif.economist.com)

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If Blockchains Ran the World – Disrupting the Trust Business

http://worldif.economist.com/article/13525/disrupting-trust-business

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> On the contrary, if people’s identity is anchored in one or several blockchains, this would give them more control over it and their personal data. If a potential tenant, for example, wants to prove to a landlord that his income is high enough to pay the rent, he need only disclose that bit of information, instead of allowing access to his entire credit history, as is often the case today.

I'm not sure how, exactly, it follows that having my data stored in a blockchain means that I can choose what is and isn't visible to my landlord, or to everyone else for that matter.

abecedarius9 anni fa

Zcash has a "selective disclosure" feature. Not sure what else there may be.

rohamg9 anni fa

This article is out of date.. Regardless, I love reading business press writing about the blockchain: the key takeaway for me is that the tech has a ways to go before many of these concepts are ready to be implemented at scale.

Making identity and personal information "self-sovereign" is necessary and a big area of focus for us. Would love to collaborate with others looking into this on the blockchain.