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xxx A novel design feature of MedRec is the way records are validated and added to the blockchain. The miners for MedRec are medical researchers who are rewarded with access to census-level data of the medical records. From MedRec: Electronic Medical Records on the Blockchain — MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative — Medium xxx

xxx A cash machine has been stolen from the main arena area at the T in the Park festival. From Cash machine stolen from main arena of T in the Park site My son went to this pop festival, as I believe they are known, last year. I armed him with Barclaycard bPay wristband toContinue reading “Cash machine stolen from main arena of T in the Park site”

Alex Batlin raised this point in a discussion about digital passports for financial services, noting that the mutual acceptance and regulatory acceptance depends on being able to see that the right verifications have been performed. regulators will not excuse an FI providing money transfer services to terrorists because they blind trusted another FI. From CryptoContinue reading “Crypto 2.0 Musings – Digital Identity Passport | Alex Batlin | Pulse | LinkedIn”

xxx That is why I am announcing this evening that the Bank intends to extend direct access to RTGS beyond the current set of [48] firms, allowing a range of non-bank PSPs to compete on a level playing field with banks. From Mark Carney: Enabling the FinTech transformation – revolution, restoration, or reformation? By extendingContinue reading “Mark Carney: Enabling the FinTech transformation – revolution, restoration, or reformation?”

xxx In practice, a consumer will choose from a list of Age-Check Service Providers unless age-checking is integrated into the payment process. From Proving Age Online Is About to Get A Whole Lot Simpler xxx

In the speech that the Governor of the Bank of England eh, Mark Carney, didn’t give to the Mansion House in June he devoted some considerable time to the general topic of shared ledger technology, even going so far as to say that In the extreme, a [shared ledger] for everyone could open the possibilityContinue reading “POST Cryptocentralbankdigitalcurrency, or something similar”

Alex Todd rather kindly called this a “most lucid explanation of digital identity management” I would highly recommend this presentation to anyone interested in understanding prospective blockchain based identity architectures From David | LinkedIn This is very kind, but as I said in the link, this is thinking out loud and far from a fully-developedContinue reading “David | LinkedIn”

xxx Norway’s BankID is to begin a pilot programme to test in-app authentication and biometric logins for one-click access to financial services. From Norway’s BankID tests in-app authentication They’re using the Encap platform for this with TouchID and Android fingerprint support. I was a bit surprised when I read this story, because I thought thatContinue reading “Norway’s BankID tests in-app authentication”

Brian Rommele, who I always take very seriously about this kind of thing, says that it is clear that Apple Pay in the browser will be a very big deal indeed. In my early testing I can confirm that the checkout abandonment rate for websites that use Apple Pay Safari will be reduced significantly. FromContinue reading “Apple Pay Safari really is a big deal”

xxx She waved an ID card in front of the couple and then she was escorted to read the meter where she wrote down the reading on a piece of paper. From Phoney electric meter inspector doing the rounds in Sherborne, report police | Blackmore Vale Magazine xxx