Council will begin issuing digital credentials starting in January

The Secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation of the Government of Buenos Aires, Diego Fernández, announced that QuarkID, the self-sovereign digital identity protocol promoted by the City and co-created in community, will be launched in January.

Diego Fernández gave a talk as part of the 10th edition of Labitconf, which took place at the Costa Salguero Center, in which he gave details about QuarkID, whose goal is to put people back in control of their information so that they have all their digitized credentials in one place, with a security anchor through the blockchain.

During his presentation, he teased that the system is already running in a trial format and that in January, venues will be able to download the QuarkID application to issue some digital credentials, along with instructions for them, so they can create them and demonstrate their identities.

In this way, the city of Buenos Aires will join a regional wave: Colombia and the cities of Nuevo León, Monterrey (Mexico) and Mar del Plata, among others, are already implementing or will start implementing soon characteristic policies similar .

About QuarkID

The system enables new ways of using personal information and redefines access to services provided by all types of institutions, both public and private. The self-sovereign digital identity model is decentralized, public, permissionless, open, extensible, and capable of interoperating with other similar protocols.

These features allow users to reveal only the specific data needed by the verifiable credential to support different transactions. Users have all their credentials centralized in a single off-chain platform, which will allow for more fluid, agile and easier access to information.

Likewise, peer to peer design guarantees the highest security standards, so that the intermediation of a third party who can trace the interactions between the interested parties is not necessary. This will help prevent identity theft and forgery of credentials.

“We are delighted to be able to share the progress of QuarkID. The protocol will begin using the Starknet and Rootstock networks, which will allow QuarkID to provide users with greater security and reliability, as interactions will be processed on both networks simultaneously,” said the City’s Innovation and Digital Transformation Councilor .

“We think the important thing is that QuarkID works like a public infrastructure, so that anyone can create value and transform and simplify how government and society connect, empowering people,” he said.

main features

It follows international standards (SSID, IETF, DIF, W3C, Trust, OverIP and OpenID, among others).

It is interoperable.

It follows international standards (SSID, IETF, DIF, W3C, Trust, OverIP and OpenID, among others).

Use unauthorized open blockchains.

It’s multichain.

Private information is stored on off-chain users’ devices.

It’s open source.

It implies decentralized autonomous governance: no one owns the protocol.

Any organization can use it without asking permission or authorization because the power is in the hands of the users and not the government. It is compatible with various virtual wallets.