The identity Division seems almost running off the rank to the financial applications of Blockchain technology: more and more companies and startups want to ungroup the centralization of identity credentials. Accenture and Microsoft cooperate now, to develop an identity solution on the basis of the Ethereum Blockchain.
What makes an identity solution on the Blockchain?
Instead of repeatedly in several places in a redundant way to hand over similar data, users can decide itself determines their information sharing. So they can certain institutions (e.g. the civil Office, University, etc.) Grant access to address data.
This is to be implemented on a private version of the Ethereum Blockchain with Microsoft azure.
In cooperation with other partners that develop the cryptographic component's to fall back at release of the prototypes on Accenture biometric identity management system - this is used today by the UN for concerns of refugees.
Accenture: milestone 2020 for Blockchain-identity
The Ethereum-based app was developed at the beginning of the year in a six-week project mainly through areas of Accenture. The operators are confident and look at the current version already as enforceable. Therefore, you want to develop a finalized proof-of-concept by 2020 and complete some pilot tests.