KYC and Remote digital onboarding of new employees,
students, and customers can be a completely seamless
experience by using a combination of decentralized identity
backed data sharing and live biometrics.
Next-gen authentication and authorization is also possible
with the preceding model which can work for one organization
or multiple organizations in a Single-Sign-On mode.
Decentralized digital identity is also a key requirement for
remote E-Voting which can facilitate people to vote from any
place in the world. The process would make sure that no voter
can participate in voting with a fake identity, voter’s identity is
verified, and yet it remains hidden for privacy purpose, a single
vote is cast per user etc. At the same time, the voter can check
that the vote goes to the right contestant and the ecosystem is
capable of handling the massive load.
Background verification of new students or employees can be
absolutely seamless for the education and employment use
cases using decentralized identity to produce degrees,
transcripts, badges, awards, statements, agreements etc., on
the fly.
Loyalty programs can be built using decentralized identity as a
unique reference.
Health passports or Covid passports can be issued to
individuals for travel and stay at hotels as a basic requisite.
Airlines can introduce Seamless Travel for travellers where the
traveller shares verified identity, tickets, visa, and health
certificates before the travelling date and time.
Verified credentials can help the healthcare workers working
on a rotation basis in different hospitals to be identified.
Also, hospitals can share the verified patients’ data with
research institutes in selective data sharing mode for Research
in healthcare.
The list is long, and it would be outside the scope of this book to
cover them all. Let’s elaborate some of the most important ones that
would affect the life of a common men in the days to come. The top