Thursday, November 21 – 20th Class: Digital ID
Required Readings:
‘Benefits of Blockchain For Identity Management’ DevTeam.Space (May 8, 2019)
‘Self-sovereign identity: Why blockchain?’ IBM (June 13, 2018)
‘The Who’s Who of Decentralized Identity Systems’ Veronica Coutts, Medium (December 4, 2018)
‘Blockchain and Digital Identity – A Good Fit?’ Olshansky & Wilson, Internet Society (March 13, 2018)
‘Digital Diploma Debuts at MIT’ MIT News (October 17, 2017)
Optional Reading:
‘Self-Sovereign Identity and Distributed Ledger / Blockchain’ Eray Altili, Medium (June 6, 2019)
‘A First Look at Identity Management Schemes on the Blockchain’ Paul Dunphy & Fabien Petitcolas
(2018)
Study Questions/Issues to Prepare:
1) What are the trade-offs of blockchain technology for identity and access management (IAM)?
2) What is self-sovereign identity? How might blockchain self-sovereign or digital identity
applications be applicable?
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3) Will you ask for your MIT diploma digitally, on paper or both?