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A User-Centric System for Verified Identities on the Bitcoin Blockchain

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Data Privacy Management, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology (DPM 2017, CBT 2017)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNSC,volume 10436))

Abstract

We present an identity management scheme built into the Bitcoin blockchain, allowing for identities that are as indelible as the blockchain itself. Moreover, we take advantage of Bitcoin’s decentralized nature to facilitate a shared control between users and identity providers, allowing users to directly manage their own identities, fluidly coordinating identities from different providers, even as identity providers can revoke identities and impose controls.

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Acknowledgment

The work leading to this paper has received funding from the European Community’s Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement n\(^{\circ }\) 607049.

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  1. INRIA, Palaiseau, France

    Daniel Augot & William George

  2. Laboratoire LIX, École Polytechnique and CNRS UMR 7161, Palaiseau, France

    Daniel Augot & William George

  3. Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France

    Daniel Augot & William George

  4. OT-Morpho, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

    Hervé Chabanne, Thomas Chenevier & Laurent Lambert

  5. Télécom ParisTech, Paris, France

    Hervé Chabanne

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Augot, D., Chabanne, H., Chenevier, T., George, W., Lambert, L. (2017). A User-Centric System for Verified Identities on the Bitcoin Blockchain. In: Garcia-Alfaro, J., Navarro-Arribas, G., Hartenstein, H., Herrera-Joancomartí, J. (eds) Data Privacy Management, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology. DPM CBT 2017 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10436. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67816-0_22

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