Abstract
ALL of us use certificates to showcase our achievements and capabilities.
Certificates tell the world about our academic credentials, professional
memberships and technical skills. They open doors of opportunities for
us. But the way certificates are stored and managed today is archaic. Most of
the certificates are either paper-based or stored in central databases of certifying
authorities. This makes them easy to be faked and difficult to share with
others in the digital world. They are a relic of the analog world. With ChainID
we envisage a blockchain based platform which solves the current problems
with certificate management and sharing. ChainID is a way to store credentials
and certificates in a fraud-free and intuitive way using blockchain technology.
Chain ID
Most of the certificates are either paper-based or stored in central databases of certifying authorities. This makes them easy to be faked and difficult to share with others in the digital world. Chain ID is a platform that allows users to keep their diplomas, certificates, licenses, memberships and similar documents in blockchain.
The platform will allow organizations, currently issuing such credentials on paper, simultaneously issue them as a blockchain record. A Chain ID user will be able to present their credentials for online verification, but unable to add false certificates.
The Chain ID platform enables users to keep their certificates, memberships, diplomas, licenses, and documents alike in the blockchain. Chain ID will allow organizations to publish these paper-based credentials as a blockchain record. These credentials can be presented for online verification, but faux certificates cannot be added. Job seekers, students, etc. can utilize Chain ID to show their credentials online, eliminating the need to send paper-based documents through snail mail.
People are used to bringing pieces of paper that tell about their achievements, be it licenses for carrying out a particular business or certificates for passing a specific examination. These authorizations and documents indicate the abilities and accomplishments that make them eligible for such positions.
The way individuals handle these essential documents today is archaic. These certificates need to be carried around in person as most of them are paper-based. It has to undergo the cumbersome process of notarization if it needs to be presented to an authority. Notarization is necessary to guarantee that fake certificates are not produced. However, the way existing public notary services are designed hardly ensure authenticity. Plus, it is a nightmare to share your documents with somebody else online.
The primary problem with sharing certificates is that people can use achievements which they have not accomplished and there are significant rewards for counterfeiting documents. The blockchain technology is a perfect solution for instances where the system needs to be reliable without the need for parties to trust each other and censorship-resistant. Chain ID envisions a world where sharing reliably authentic certificates are as simple as sharing a file.
ABout Chain ID
Platform for keeping personal diplomas, certificates and licenses in blockchainShort description:Chain ID is a platform that allows users to keep their diplomas, certificates, licenses, memberships and similar documents in blockchain. The platform will allow organizations, currently issuing such credentials on paper, simultaneously issue them as a blockchain record. A Chain ID user will be able to present their credentials for online verification, but unable to add false certificates. Students, job seekers, and many others will use Chain ID to present their credentials online, without the need to send paper based documents via snail mail.
Full description: Although blockchain can be used to keep official documents, this possibility is currently under-explored. We at Chain ID create a blockchain based platform to issue, keep and present any type of official document for verification.The common feature of such documents is that they contain very small amounts of text, but every word on such document has a great value. Another feature of these documents is that certain individuals have huge incentives to fake them. Combination of these factors (small text size, great value, and the need to protect from falsification) make such documents an ideal object to store in blockchain.
Chain ID platform will allow organizations, currently issuing such documents on paper or in the form of plastic card, simultaneously issue them as a record in blockchain. End users will have a wallet containing all their blockchain records, and will be able to present it online to any organization. For example, a job seeker can present their university diploma to a company when they apply for a job online. A recreational diver can present their diving license to a dive shop when signing to a dive tour online.User credentials presented online can be checked automatically in real time. We plan to design a business widget which can be easily added to any website.
This widget will extract user data from blockchain, perform all predefined checks and give a response whether the user has the required credentials or not. As in the previous example, the widget added to the dive shop website will check whether the user has a diving license, and will not let the user proceed with the application to a dive tour if they do not have the required license. At the time, the only project similar to ours is 2020 Alliance. ID2020 is a nonprofit public-private partnership aimed to provide digital identity to people lacking any form of other identity documents, such as refugees.
By providing digital ID, the project gives such people access to vaccination and healthcare programs, education, banking services, refugee status confirmation etc. 2020 Alliance has mostly humanitarian purposes and does not compete with our project directly.Token Terms:ICO price of token: 0.001 ETHCryptos accepted: ETHTotal supply is 10 million tokens. 7 million is available to crowdsale, and up to 3 million reserved for team, bounty program and future use. Actual number of tokens reserved for team etc. will depend on the number of tokens sold in the crowdsale.If X tokens have been distributed in the Crowdsale, then extra tokens will be allocated as follow:0.25X tokens for Team and Advisors0.1X tokens for Bounty programs0.05X tokens reserved for future useThis scheme ensures that investors in the Crowdsale will own 71% of all tokens, independent of the number of tokens sold.
Chain ID
ALL of us are used to carrying around pieces of paper which tell about our achievements in life. Be it certificates for passing a certain examination or licenses for carrying out a particular business. These certificates and licenses signal the achievements and abilities which make them eligible for specific jobs.
Given the importance of these documents, the way we handle them currently is archaic. Most of the certificates are paper-based which need to be carried around in person. If you need to present it to any authority, you need to get it notarised which is a cumbersome process in itself. The need for notarization is to ensure that fake certificates are not produced, but the way public notary services are designed hardly ensure authenticity. And if you are required to share your certificates with somebody else over the Internet, it’s a nightmare.
The main problem with sharing of certificates is that people have huge incentives to fake certificates and signal achievements which they have not accomplished. Blockchain technology is an ideal solution for such situations where the system needs to be censorship resistant and reliable without the need for parties to trust each other. With ChainID, we envisage a world where sharing certificates which are reliably authentic is as easy as sharing a file.
Components of ChainID:
User application
Business Widget for the website
Business application
Chain-ID website
For Certificate Providers
User Application The User Application will be used by the users to create new ChainID addresses and update their details in the user card. The user application can be a web or mobile based application which will enable users with the following functionalities:
» Create new ChainID addresses and add personal details in them » Send the ChainID addresses to certificate giving authorities like TOEFL, so that they can update the users certificate
» Display user card details of an address by querying the blockchain » Share the ChainID address using QR codes which can be shared and printed Business Application The Business Application will be used by businesses to check the validity of the certificates presented by the users through their ChainID addresses. This will be primarily used by the business executive to verify the details when the ChainID is presented by the user.
The business application should enable the following functionalities:
» Read the address shared by the user and access the user details. Access the address by QR code also.
» Only the certificate relevant to their organization is accessible to the business executive. For example, if a person is registering for a diving course, only the certificates relevant to diving like PADI certificates should be accessible to the executive.
» Confirmation of certificate availability is communicated to both user and executive. A sound based “beep” signal could be used. » Record all the ChainID addresses accessed by the business application so that it can be reviewed in future. For example, there could be a setup in which a periodic email is automatically sent to the center head in a diving center. This would enable him to monitor if the front desk executive is checking the certificates of every applicant or not.
Business Widget for the website The business widget in the website will enable quick registration of users on the website if they provide their ChainID address. This feature will only be available to businesses which have partnered with ChainID.
The functionalities such a widget will enable are:
» Prefill data in application and registration forms by accessing relevant details from ChainID user card. For example, if a user is filling her university application form and he enters his ChainID address in the business widget on the website, all his details like name, address and contact details will be automatically pre-filled so that he can proceed to the next step.
» The widget activity details like user access data, result of interaction, etc. are logged. This log can be analysed to gather insights about user access patterns and use of ChainID addresses.
» The data in the business widget is obtained by accessing APIs exposed by the ChainID server. All the communication takes place over secure protocols like HTTPS so that there is no risk of sniffing attack by hackers and rogue elements
ChainId.org website The ChainID website will be the default website where users can come for registration, adding new details and accessing details from other ChainID addresses.
Key functionalities of ChainID website are:
» Registration of new user cards with option to choose unique addresses which are easy to memorize
» Access to QR code corresponding to user address which could be shared with others and scanned by smartphones
» Verification of primary details like email id, contact number and postal address –Users can get their details verified by requesting verification code for a medium and then verifying it on the website. For example, a user can request verification code for his email id. Once he gets the verification code, he enters it in the website and then his email id is shown as verified. A “verified” flag is shown beside the email id of the user in the user card.
» Adding existing certificates in the user card — Users can also add their certificates which they obtained before they registered for ChainID address. They can just use the option to add existing certificate and then chose the certificate they want to add. A request will then go the certifying authority who can check their own records and approve the request by the user. For example, if someone took a TOEFL exam before they created their ChainID address, they can add their existing certificate on the website. A request will then go to TOEFL, who would then check the validity of the certificate added–and approve or disapprove it.
For Certificate provider
» Create certificate provider account
» Confirmation of certificate provider status–This is done by asking certificate providers to upload relevant documents on the portal or getting documents from them by regular mail. Once the documents are verified, the certificate provider accounts are given privileges to issue certificates and add them to particular fields in ChainID user cards.
» Service user request for attaching certificates in their ChainID user card–The certificate provider portal provides option to attach certificates to specific fields in the user card when a user requests.
» Manage ChainID tokens — Since smaller certificate providers are charged a fee in ChainID tokens to be able to add certificates to users’ ChainID cards, they will have inbuilt options to check the balance of tokens, buy tokens and sell tokens.
» APIs to automate the exchange of information between ChainID and certificate provider–The certificate providers can also build custom tools for interaction with ChainID service by using the APIs exposed by ChainID.
Advantages of ChainID over current methods
C HAINID is a digital native platform for certificates which is a big improvement over the current paper-based certificate system. Being based on blockchain technology makes it resistant to censorship and immutable. This makes ChainID more trustworthy and reliable. Some of the key advantages are: Advantages of ChainID over current methods
» Certificates on ChainID can’t be faked — Since ChainID is based on blockchain technology, certificates once stored can’t be changed. The immutable nature of blockchains make it impossible for certificates in ChainID to be faked
» Easy to store and share — ChainID is a digital native platform. Users don’t need to carry their certificates from one place to another. They can just share the ChainID address in which they have stored the relevant certificates for the other party.
» The certificate is controlled by the certificate holder — The user has complete control over their certificates and they don’t need to pay any fees or follow up with the certifying authority to get their certificates verified. They just need to share the ChainID address where their certificates are stored.
» Censorship resistant — Blockchain is a completely decentralised entity which is not controlled by any one organization or entity. ChainID being based on blockchain is thus free of control by a central organization. Thus the certifying authority doesn’t exercise any power over the certificates once it is added on the ChainID platform.
Roadmap
THE roadmap we will follow for ChainID project will depend on the amount of success we have in the Crowdsale.
Minimal Crowdsale result (100,000 to 200,000 tokens sold) In case of minimal Crowdsale, we will focus on the basic features of the project. This would include:
» 1. User application
» 2. Business application
» 3. Business website widget
» 4. Chain-ID website
» 5. Basic functionalities for certificate providers We have explained the details of each of the functionalities in ChainID Components section.
Moderate Crowdsale result (200,000 to 700,000 tokens sold) In case of moderate Crowdsale success, we would implement the functionalities in minimal The Crowdsale plus the following two functionalities
Optimistic Crowdsale result (More than 700,000 tokens sold) In case of optimistic Crowdsale, we would implement the functionalities in moderate Crowdsale plus the following functionalities
additional information:
сайт: https://chain-id.org
техническое описание: https://chain-id.org/whitepaper.pdf
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