{"id":216162,"date":"2017-06-20T07:30:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T05:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=216162"},"modified":"2017-06-20T07:31:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T05:31:47","slug":"microsoft-and-accenture-create-blockchain-solution-to-support-id2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/216162-microsoft-and-accenture-create-blockchain-solution-to-support-id2020.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft and Accenture create blockchain solution to support ID2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accenture, in partnership with Microsoft and Avanade,<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.accenture.com\/news\/accenture-microsoft-create-blockchain-solution-to-support-id2020.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>has developed<\/strong><\/a> an identity prototype based on blockchain technology.<\/p>\n<p>The identity prototype was developed in support of ID2020, a public-private partnership dedicated to solving the challenges of identity.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately one-sixth of the world\u2019s population cannot participate in many aspects of life because they lack documented proof of their existence.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of ID2020 is to make digital identity a reality, using blockchain and biometric technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The prototype runs on Microsoft Azure, and\u00a0does not store any personally-identifiable information &#8211; instead tapping into existing \u201coff-chain\u201d systems when the individual user grants access.<\/p>\n<p>It is designed to interoperate with existing identity systems and\u00a0aligns to principles of the Decentralized Identity Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>It uses the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance\u2019s private, or \u201cpermissioned,\u201d blockchain protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Accenture will also use its Unique Identity Service Platform that can manage fingerprints, iris, and other data.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/200218-what-is-blockchain-explained-in-simple-english.html\">What is Blockchain \u2013 Explained in simple English<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accenture has developed an identity prototype based on blockchain technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":180926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2334,38499,123],"class_list":["post-216162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-accenture","tag-blockchain","tag-microsoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216166,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216162\/revisions\/216166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}