Bitcoin Q&A: Aadhaar and Blockchain Identities
Channel: aantonop
Date: 2017-03-23

Demonetisation in India and the new Aadhaar identity/ biometric management system. It should be called "Hack Me." The most important criteria is that the politicians who voted for it should be registered. The fundamental question is not the type of database, it is about centralisation vs. decentralisation. Blockchains do not solve the problem of centralisation.

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0:00 As you are aware, our country went through demonetisation, in which 86% of the currency was no longer deemed legal tender by the government
1:41 India is also building an identity and biometric management system called "Hack Me"
2:06 The fundamental problem with systems like Aadhaar is the same problem with all systems we're trying to fix

This is part of a talk which took place on March 20th 2017 at the Singapore Management University for the Singapore Bitcoin & Ethereum meetups: https://www.meetup.com/BitcoinSingapore/events/237307480/

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