Updating the guide to register a node to the blockchain
The guide to register a single keypair generated from your Electronic Passport has been updated. Note that this step requires an Intel SGX CPU with Flexible Launch Control (FLC).
Blockchain Lawful by Design
In addition to all the previously mentioned legislation in this blog (e.g., Regulation (EU) 2019/1157, FATF standards, AML/KYC measures), our blockchain also abides by eIDAS 2.0 (Regulation (EU) 2024/1183) amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014. Thanks to eIDAS 2.0, not only…
On Banning Proof-of-Work
Although China successfully banned crypto-currency mining in order to cut their high-energy consumption, Bitcoin’s electricity consumption is still more than eight times higher than Google’s and Facebook’s combined, with an additional growth of 41% Year-on-Year. For that reason, more States…
Sobre la prohibición de las Demostraciones de Trabajo (PoW)
Aunque China prohibió con éxito el minado de criptomonedas con el objeto de reducir su alto consumo energético, el consumo energético de Bitcoin es 8 veces mayor que el de Google y Facebook combinados, con un crecimiento adicional del 41%…
Añadiendo un nodo al blockchain
Estrenamos un novedoso método de autenticación privada para blockchains, las Demostraciones de Identidad en Conocimiento Cero (zk-PoI), que permiten el registro de nodos blockchains mediante la anonimización de Pasaportes Electrónicos. Las Demostraciones de Identidad en Conocimiento Cero (zk-PoI) presentan las…
Adding a node to the blockchain
We premiere a novel method of privacy-preserving authentication for blockchains, Zero-Knowledge Proof-of-Identity (zk-PoI), enabling registration of blockchain nodes by anonymising Electronic Passports. Zero-Knowledge Proof-of-Identity has the following advantages compared to other methods of blockchain node registration (PoW/PoS/PoP/PoA/...): it’s the only…
Acerca de la Guía Actualizada del GAFI
La muy esperada Guía Actualizada para un Enfoque Basado en Riesgos de los Activos Virtuales y sus Proveedores de Servicios ha sido publicada. Afortunadamente, ninguno de sus cambios impacta nuestra actual implementación de un blockchain que integra identidades del mundo…
On FATF’s Updated Guidance
The much awaited Updated Guidance for a Risk-Based Approach for Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers has been released. Fortunately, none of its changes impacts our current implementation of a blockchain integrating real-world IDs on layer 1: to the…
JUBILEE: Debt Relief and Forgiveness
In our latest paper (code-named “JUBILEE”), we use secure computation to compute debt settlements without involving third parties, incentivising all the involved parties to truthfully reveal their private information about expected recovery valuations. Thanks to secure computation, we obtain better…
JUBILEO: condonación y perdón de deudas
En nuestra última publicación (con nombre en clave “JUBILEO”), usamos la computación segura para calcular liquidaciones de deudas sin necesidad de involucrar a terceras partes, incentivando a que todas las partes involucradas revelen con total sinceridad su información privada respecto…