Identity WG Use Cases Inventory

Deprecated Page - Has been merged into the Requirements WG page

The following use cases are expected to be relevant to identity management for Hyperledger. This current list is:

• DRAFT and in no way final, complete nor sufficient
• Not-yet-reconciled with the use case pages within this wiki
• Not-yet-rationalized down to core use cases
• Not-yet-peer-reviewed

This set of use cases are based upon notes from the Identity WG meeting held at the DTCC in the NYC area on May 5th, 2016:

• Cross border data transfer
• Identity theft
• Panama papers
• Secure hardware
• Commonwealth countries - shared ID system
• Fair trade / fair labor supply chain
• Client onboarding of institutional customers into investment banks
• Trade matching / smart contracts
• SWIFT Ukraine
• SWIFT Bangladesh wi-fi
• One entity / one vote
• ICANN
• Capital controls - enforce / avoid
• RSA the firm itself getting hacked
• Right to participate
• Key management - private key loss
• Identity Lifecycle
• Federation Lifecycle

The following list of use cases draws upon the Beyond Bitcoin graphic accompanying the Bloomberg article, "Blythe Masters Tells Banks the Blockchain Changes Everything."

• Cross-Border Remittances
• Diamonds - physical identity and title
• Property Titles / Land Records
• Interbank Payments
• Airline Miles
• US Treasury Repos - sovereign bond repurchase agreements
• Private Shares - e.g., US 144a related tradable shares; i.e., not SEA 1934 nor RIA under IAA 1940
• Syndicated Loans
• Gold - bullion title and trading