Bitcoin data security and identity layer 2 released for industry

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FYI

http://www.keychain.io/2019/09/04/1685/

Uses the Bitcoin blockchain as a public key infrastructure to secure off-chain data.

Capabilities:

• End to end encryption, digital signatures. ECIES, RSA, El Gammal, ECDSA, DSA, authenticated encryption
• Historical digital signature attribution
• Key rollover
• Pairing-based identity
• Application-level Byzantine agreement for receipt of data (what you see is what I see)

Features:

• Data-centric hybrid encryption, securing data in flight and at rest
• Conformance with NIST, BSI, CRYPTOREC parameter guidelines
• Native support for Linux, Windows, Android (iOS coming soon); C, C++, C#, Java, python; 32 and 64 bit
• Small client footprint (on Linux/C++ ~10MB) so suitable for smart watch and small IoT devices

Targeted sectors:

• Enterprise documents
• Medical / pharma
• Financial
• Gaming
• Automotive/mobility
• Smart city