Record Provenance

Official records are important. These include: Government records, Personal records, Land/Property registration, Vehicle registration and more. Each of the original records listed above is at risk of being manipulated and falsified. The major challenge in all of the cases listed above is that a paper-based document is used to transmit some kind of information and identity to the bearer. Because these documents are easy to forge or can be based on real, but stolen documents, they convey significant privileges to the bearer with only a small risk of exposure.

In a blockchain-based system, paper-based documents are replaced with digital documents on an immutable ledger. The immutable nature of the blockchain means that these digital documents are impossible to duplicate or forge because there is only a unique, single record. Additionally, the digital documents can be made accessible by a biometric scan, digital identity or potentially a combination thereof.