Will blockchain technology solve our identity problems?

[tnguye01]

Will this happen in our life time?

http://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/will-blockchain-technology-solve-our-identity-problems

[tungaqhd]

Blockchain help us store a large amount of information safely. It would be easier to store all citizens information but it means the goverments can not control it.

[rasedul_20]

Yes of cause blockchain technology solve our identity problems because blockchain technology is a method here storage many documents. If a government can use this blockchain technology i think must be solve our identity problems. 

[SUDARMONO]

All could happen and with the progress of Blockchain's decentralized technology all the issues of identity I think can be overcome for the future.

[Jimmy palumbo]

I think the combination of block chain technology and identity authentication is very high.
Because by blockchain, we can solve the trust problem, and our data will not be abused at will.

[cryptorTUX]

You might think it is good and best idea but I wouldn't agree upon that. Because with blockchain your data is public ajd stored across servers or nodes how people call them which means that they can be obtained by third party when you don't want that. Even in encrypted form it is possible that with better and faster computers in the future somebody will gain the ability to brake the code very easily and since everything is stored on the blockchain you guess it people can obtain your information.  You may think this is in 10,20 years time but would you risk it that somebody gets your information in the future and miss use it?

[Pursuer]

Blockchain help us store a large amount of information safely. It would be easier to store all citizens information but it means the goverments can not control it.

blockchain technology doesn't have to be decentralized! when we are talking about a currency made using the blockchain technology we prefer it to be decentralized but if this technology is used in another place for another purpose (for example storing some data, like in a hospital for patients history, by government for storing documents, for registering property,...) then it can be centralized and in full control of the creator (government, ...) and there is nothing wrong with that.

[DannyMarco]

Yes it will do this for us but it can't be controlled by government.

[Dswaggers]

Yes of cause blockchain technology solve our identity problems because blockchain technology is a method here storage many documents. If a government can use this blockchain technology i think must be solve our identity problems. 

Yes the blockchain technolgy can solve our identity problems because our data will be secure and it will not easily hack..And this is also degitized,decentralized public ledger of all cryptocurrency transaction..originally developed as accouting method for the virtual currency of bitcoin.

[Ilegendph]

blockchain technology doesn't have to be decentralized! when we are talking about a currency made using the blockchain technology we prefer it to be decentralized but if this technology is used in another place for another purpose (for example storing some data, like in a hospital for patients history, by government for storing documents, for registering property,...) then it can be centralized and in full control of the creator (government, ...) and there is nothing wrong with that.

The main concern here is security though you are right that there is nothing wrong with centralized technology but it is vulnerable to direct cyber attacks. It is not only the cryptocurrency is important but also those kind of data you mentioned earlier.

 

Blockchain help us store a large amount of information safely. It would be easier to store all citizens information but it means the goverments can not control it.

Why would govenment control those data? I believe that there is law prohibiting some kinds of documents(data) to be manipulated. If they are eager to control it then there must be wrong with them.

[godfredmanu]

It is possible for blockchain to solve identity problem. There was an ICO recently that raised money to used for a project to prepare an  Artificial intelligence which recognizes face and the identity of its users.

[Shreek]

it could be done
with blockchain, all data stored on the database, will be valid and can not be changed by anyone
everyone can access data stored on blockchain, and high-level transparency, leading to better user confidence

[frowsiter]

Blockchain help us store a large amount of information safely. It would be easier to store all citizens information but it means the goverments can not control it.

Indeed it will become hard synchronisation between the government and blockchain as they cant control it.

BUT, they can surely use it on their own as blockchain is free source and thus they can always develop their own project based on that. In India news coming from the thing air that they are willing to deliver the degree certificates, national certificates and much more data to the user with the help of blockchain technology. So I think there is always scope for many developments.

Identity is just set of our names, photos and all the personal info and I think it can be safely stored in the blocks and can retrieved safely. So its possible.

[Kakmakr]

The thing is, government sanctioned hacking attacks are very well funded and it can attack large scale decentralized networks too. It will be much harder to take them down, but it can disrupt many of the nodes that are connected to these networks. We saw how many of the Bitcoin Core nodes got DDoSed, when other groups wanted it too fail.

The size of these Blockchains will also be enormous, if you look at the type of data that they would need to store. ^hmmmm^

[angelfaria]

Block chain system makes our life more easy based on this we can do many things also we can keep our data safe yes it will solve our identity problem because it works peer to peer computer so there is no ways to leak information’s also its also safe to use and easy to use.

[surfinonmyownwavebaby]

Blockchain will challenge the status quo when it comes to identity procedures, that much you can bet on. I say why not? I feel like the better question to ask is when will this happen in our lifetimes? And the other query is will that system be censored or not because that would be scary to know your identity could be deleted at a moment's notice.

[evanstinger]

Yes, I believe in the near future we can not imagine humanity without blockchain technology as how we now can't imagine our life without electricity and internet.

[leoliln45]

I think using blockchain technology our identity problem will be resolved. As we know that blockchain is a decentralized technology which can store all of our information. Such information storage will help us to resolve the identity problem. Moreover we can believe that such information will not be abused by others.

[rahimali]

I think the combination of block-chain teachhnology and identity authentication process is very high because by block-chain , we can solve the trust problem. Through block-chain teachnology we can solve our identity problems because block-chain teachnology is a method where we can storage many documents. If our government can use this process then our identity problems could have been solved easily.

[RosellaMurphy]

It could be possible but it want some improvement