You can say what you will about the State of Illinois (financially troubled U.S. state) and all its financial problems, but for sure they are innovative. With Chicago being a fintech hub it only makes sense that new ways to apply blockchain technologies to streamline government and business operations catch on here. Now, a pilot program for digitizing birth certificates is being launched by the state government. Very cool. Can't wait to see what Illinois comes up with next.
(Bill Taylor, CEO)
"In this pilot, businesses and governments would be able to verify and authenticate a citizen’s identity by requesting encrypted access to verifiable claims."Within the proposed framework, existing government agencies would be able to verify a person's registration information at birth, then cryptographically sign data related to a person's name, date of birth, blood type, and other details. That information is expected to be stored on a tamper-proof distributed ledger that would only be accessible with consent from a legal guardian – up until the age that the person becomes a legal adult.