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This chapter examines the legal and technical implications of the application of blockchain technology to authenticate and verify identity for e-Government services and transactions.
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The Army Research Office provided funding for this paper through the Minerva Initiative agreement # W911NF-15-1-0595.
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Sullivan, C., Burger, E. (2019). Blockchain, Digital Identity, E-government. In: Treiblmaier, H., Beck, R. (eds) Business Transformation through Blockchain. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99058-3_9
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