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ShoCard launches blockchain secured electronic document signing

ShoCard, the blockchain-based identity authentication platform has today announced the launch of their digital document signing service that links an individual’s blockchain-certified ID to a signed document.

Currently attaching a signature to a real individual remains a challenge, but ShoCard has developed a method to overcome this by providing the identity proof and signature attachment to a…

Saudi ATM Provider Collaborates With Blockchain Identity Platform ‘ShoCard’

ShoCard is a digital identity and authentication platform built on a public blockchain data layer, using public/private key encryption and data hashing to safely store and exchange identity data, which includes biometrics such as fingerprint, facial, iris and voice. ShoCard’s approach to identity is different than existing solutions in that the user owns and carries her own data within her mobile app and is the sole person who decides with whom to share it with and which pieces of identification to share. The blockchain in then used to validate that information and confirm other third parties who have definitively certified the identity of the user. There is no privately held central location that holds user’s private information and pieces of a user’s identification does not need to be spread in other services in order to authenticate or prove ownership of an account. The mobile app is as easy and intuitive to use as a driver’s license, but secure enough for a bank.

ShoCard and BlockCypher Team Up to Provide Identity Management Solution for Blockchains #BlockCypher

BlockCypher and Shocard have partnered to provide the market’s first identity management solution that scales across public and permissioned Blockchains.

Identity management challenges have increased dramatically as rising attacks on centralized identity databases give hackers almost unfettered access to millions of user records. Multiple companies within the same industry duplicate expensive…