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I. Introduction
1.1 What is Hyperledger
Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies. It is a global collaboration, hosted by The Linux Foundation, including leaders in finance, banking, Internet of Things, supply chains, manufacturing and technology. Hyperledger, as part of the Linux Foundation, provides technology leaders a uniquely open and collaborative international community from which to develop, validate, and field enterprise-grade blockchain technology solutions.
1.2 Public Sector:
Definitions
Public sector organisations are businesses set up with the aim of providing a public service rather than making a profit., existing in all three layers of government ( Federal. State Local)
Public Sector is usually comprised of organizations that are owned and operated by the government and exist to provide services for its citizens, instead of working toward the goal of collecting a profit, public sector entities seek to provide services, regulate activities and enforce laws.
- Funding for public services are usually raised through a variety of methods, including taxes, fees, and through financial transfers from other levels of government
Examples of organizations in the public sector include:
- Education (Schools, Libraries)
- Electricity
- Emergency Services
- Fire Service
- Gas and Oil
- Healthcare
- Infrastructure
- Law Enforcement
- Police Services
- Postal Service
- Public Transit
- Social Services
- Waste Management
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1.3 IMPACT STATEMENT:
Blockchain technology is relatively new technology and is in its very early stages of adoption. Questions need to be answered as to how the Public Sector and related industries can leverage blockchain technology in various verticals. While there is a great hype and interest in the technology it is critical to ensure that initial deployments consider right use cases to demonstrate the effective use of technology.
The intent of this document is to help shape the role blockchain technology can have in optimizing what government can do for its citizens. By delving into three areas (Identity, Compliance issues and Governance ) we will draw conclusions as to how to structure blockchains, develop programs, and run these new system to best aid citizens the derive the optimal success. If we understand how current use cases are leveraging this technology we can devise standards and guidelines for governments on all levels to implement.
II. Identity management for Governments
2.1 What is Identity Management
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Table 1: Summary of Hyperledger Frameworks:
FRAMEWORK | BRIEF DESCRIPTION |
HYPERLEDGER FABRIC | A platform for building distributed ledger solutions with a modular architecture that delivers a high degree of confidentiality, flexibility, resiliency, and scalability. This enables solutions developed with Hyperledger Fabric to be adapted for any industry. |
HYPERLEDGER SAWTOOTH | A modular platform for building, deploying, and running distributed ledgers. Sawtooth features a new type of consensus, proof of elapsed time (PoET) which consumes far fewer resources than proof of work (PoW). |
Comment From Sofia Terzi The frameworks that must be listed here should include also Iroha and Indy. Iroha is an engine that can run public sector's smart contracts and Indy is for the identity part of our whitepaper.
FIGURE 1: THE HYPERLEDGER GREENHOUSE STRUCTURE
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