Abstract
This lecture overviews Blockchain Technology that has many applications in Cryptocurrencies, Identity Management and Biometrics. It covers the following topics in detail: Introduction to Cryptography, Blockchain and Blockchain Consensus Algorithms. Applications in Cryptocurrencies, Distributed Identity Management (uPost, Sovrin, ShoCard systems) and Biometrics.
uPort Architecture.
Biometric system with Merkle Tree and Data Hashing.
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