Category: Ethereum

Swiss City Plans to Verify IDs Using Ethereum

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The City of Zug has announced plans to launch a new Ethereum-based identity service in September 2017.

The Swiss city will offer digital identity services through a new app, connecting a person’s ID with a particular crypto-address. Thus, local citizens can register and are verified by city officials. On the technology side, the app will leverage the uPort identity platform created by Ethereum development community ConsenSys. Also involved on the development front is the Swiss startup ti&m and the Lucerne University of Economics.

Zug plans to hold a consultative vote on electronic ballot access, expected to take place in 2018. According to CoinDesk, the city has become a major hub for digital currency and blockchain startups, buoyed by a proactive government that has sought to attract more startups to Switzerland.

Source: The Paypers

Scaling Ethereum to Billions of Users

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Fred Ehrsam published a great article today on the likelihood of scaling Ethereum out to billions of users (well, transactional computations) that is well worth a read.

It’s one of the challenges that I have been contemplating for a long time. I’m not sure that Fred has all of the answers but his theory is definitely on the right path. It’s a great article to read.

See the full article here.