TangoID: A Blockchain Plan for Digital Identity for Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation Diego Fernández presented TangoID while participating in the ETH Latam meeting, a crypto event that takes place for the first time in this city and will last until next Saturday, 13. August.

The secretary had the opportunity to make a presentation at the event, which was attended by various representatives of the crypto ecosystem who are interested in blockchain technology issues such as EthereumDAOs, infrastructure, NFT and other related topics.

“Today we’re introducing TangoID, a self-sovereign digital identity protocol that we co-created in the community that puts people at the center, putting their information back in control and anchoring security through blockchain,” Fernandez said.

The official also added that “we believe it is important that this works as a public infrastructure so that anyone can create value and transform and simplify the relationship between the state and society.”

Key features of TangoID are:

1. Comply with international standards (SSID, IETF, DIF, W3C, Trust OverIP and OpenID, among others).
2. It has compatibility.
3. Try to use open permissionless blockchains.
4. It is multi-chain.
5. All personal data is stored on user devices offline.
6. It is open source.
7. It implies decentralized autonomous governance: nobody owns the protocol.
8. User Government vs. Government User: The goal is not to generate government users, but any other organization can use it without requiring permission or authorization because the power is in the hands of the users, not the government.

Finally I know I want Install verification nodes Ethereum In two city data centers within the framework of the Buenos Aires exercise law.

“In order to be part of the Ethereum ecosystem, Buenos Aires seeks to facilitate private and public investment in projects. BlockchainAlso to contribute to the security and decentralization of the network and the development and investigation of acceptable regulation that will allow us as a government to officially participate in these networks,” he noted.

The head of the government, Horacio Rodríguez Lareta, spoke at the meeting and said that the technologies are gradually being incorporated. Blockchain. “We have a plan to continue simplifying procedures and making life easier for Argentines,” he said.

The city of Buenos Aires is participating with a stand where you can learn more about the TangoID project. In addition, attendees can receive kits from the Digital Nomads program with SIM and SUBE cards to make their guest experience even easier.

What is digital identity?

The Digital identity This is the most important process in the online purchasing process because, in addition to collecting buyer data, it ensures the parties involved are protected from cyber threats such as theft, credit card data mining, or ownership claims.

The concept of digital identity also allows users to be recognized on certain platforms and avoid the process in which they have to register personal data several times and fill out access forms.

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