1. What is Blockchain
(Distributed Ledger Technology)?
The blockchain is a database or ledger that maintains a continuously growing list of records or transactions.
Automated
Trusted
Distributed
Secure
Permissioned
P2P Transactions – Distributed Network – Consensus

2. Different Ledger Systems
Centralized
Encyclopedia Britannica (1768–2010), 4,411 contributors
32,640 Content Pages (2010)
Expensive
Outdated
Slow
Limited
Decentralized
Wikipedia ( ) 120k out of 31.6 million registered users have edited in the last 30 days
5,472,555 content pages
Free
Constantly updated or noted
Fast, interlinking subjects
Unlimited

3. A Legitimate Use Case: Refuge to Return

4. Cross-border credit history

6. A Digital Economic Identity
Definition:
Digital or electronic credentials defining a person or persons and their history or histories of financial, occupation, life events and other interactions in the world economy.
Trust-Network Enablement Information:
family and trusted relationships
business, govt., diaspora relationships
Personal Information Baseline:
demographic
property and assets
credit and transactional history
health records
how would a decentralized approach affect our processes and enable what was not practical before?”
Useful when you need Radical transparency, automated execution of contract terms, and open collaboration with other agencies
IDENTITY IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL TRANSACTIONS