TY  - JOUR
JF  - Frontiers in Blockchain
KW  - digital identity
KW  -  certification
KW  -  identification
KW  -  trust
KW  -  privacy
KW  -  anonymity
A1  - Goodell, G
A1  - Aste, T
ID  - discovery10074541
N2  - Current architectures to validate, certify, and manage identity are based on centralised, top-down approaches that rely on trusted authorities and third-party operators. We approach the problem of digital identity starting from a human rights perspective, asserting that individual persons must be allowed to manage their personal information in a multitude of different ways in different contexts and that to do so, each individual must be able to create multiple unrelated identities. Therefore, we first define a set of fundamental constraints that digital identity systems must satisfy to preserve and promote human rights. With these constraints in mind, we then propose a decentralised, standards-based approach, using a combination of distributed ledger technology and thoughtful regulation, to facilitate many-to-many relationships among providers of key services. Our proposal for digital identity differs from others in its approach to trust: by avoiding centralisation and the imposition of trust from the top down, we can encourage individuals and organisations to embrace the system and share in its benefits.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2019.00017
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TI  - A Decentralised Digital Identity Architecture
AV  - public
Y1  - 2019/11/05/
VL  - 2
ER  -