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Identity without the Blockchain? Skepticism Grows for Once-Hot Use Case


A rising tide of skeptics is arguing that identity might not be the blockchain use case it's often cracked up to be.

For much of 2016 and 2017, the general consensus has been that by distributing a ledger that can validate identifying information, users themselves can determine who accesses their data and what others can see. In theory, those users would own their own identities, as opposed to Facebook, Google, the government, or any number of organizations, all of whom want to keep a record of – and profit from – that data.

But that doesn't mean those seeking solutions are sold on the technology.

To look deeper into question of how to improve the way the world's citizens prove who they are, non-profit ID2020 launched the ID2020 Alliance earlier this week, with founding members including Microsoft and Accenture.


http://www.coindesk.com/identity-without-blockchain-skepticism-grows-hot-use-case/

There are a couple people that are working on some solutions.  Without modifying code and forking or involving another token, they are approaching from the point of including numeric ID's in the data layer of the TX's.  The only point that they are working through is the storage of the data, so that there is a viewable history.

They might end up using a database that is assoiciated with a site, but the intention is to try to remain decentralized.