Microsoft's implementation of BlockKean-based ID system

Microsoft revealed its plans to combine Blockchain-based decentralized IDs (DIDs) into its Microsoft Authenticator app, the enterprise introduced in a blog publish Monday, Feb. 12.

As pronounced in the post, Microsoft is searching to supply new a mannequin of digital identification that would now not be managed by using any centralized institution and would warranty utterly private facts storage, enabling the character to have full manipulate of “all elements of [their] digital identity.”

After thinking about a range of requirements for decentralized identity systems, Microsoft reviews they determined that Blockchain science and protocols have been “well suited” for the task, stating:

“Some public blockchains (Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum, Litecoin, to name a pick few) grant a stable basis for rooting DIDs, recording DPKI operations, and anchoring attestations.”

Moving forward, Microsoft plans to add DID aid to its Microsoft Authenticator app to control identity statistics and cryptographic keys. The app, which was launched in August 2016, is used by using thousands and thousands of people, in accordance to the company.

In October, 2017, Cointelegraph suggested that a variety of governments globally are thinking about adopting Blockchain-based identity administration structures to shift the manage of records from the authorities or companies to individual citizens.