Identity on the Blockchain – Preventing Fraud and Spam on the Blockchain

Originally a part of Blockchain Advances and Industries, this section of the seminar was moved into it’s own, single topic presentation.

Why do we need On-Chain Identity (Blockchain use cases)?

  • Uses of OnChain Identity
  • Digitization of Assets
  • Insurance Marketplace
  • Equity Markets
  • Online Dating

KYC versus Digital Identities

  1. Identity in Social Contracts

Digital Certificates, Device Identities

  1. Device versus User Identities
  2. Devices in the context of a blockchain

Offchain, Real world Identity

  1. What are claims? What are claim tokens? What does a claim token look like?
  2. Roles versus Identity
  3. Claims Based Authentication
  4. Federated Identity, Identity Federators and On Chain Analogs

User Accounts (Identities) in DAPPs

  1. Preventing Fraudulent Transactions
  2. Preventing Spammy Transactions

Self Sovereign, User Controlled ID

  1. uPort
  2. Microsoft’s Authenticator
  3. Alastria

On Chain Identity Network (Development in Progress)

  1. Incentives for OnChain Identity Maintenance
  2. Network Consensus

Speaker Bio

Anuj’s IT career spans over 20 years, having served in senior online software engineering, database, and architect level positions. His customers include Dell, Tokyo Electron, Pearson, British Petroleum and Schlumberger. He is currently making his hands-on experience available to SHI clients in a Cloud Architect capacity. He is an active blogger on topics such as serverless computing, microservices, high availability architectures, blockchain and security. Anuj holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, a Master in Physics from University of Florida and professional certifications from AWS, Google, New Relic and others.