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November9,2017
BLOCKCHAINFORSOCIALGOODDr.CaraLaPointe
WhatistheBlockchainforSocialGoodproject?
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BuildingaFrameworkAroundPrivacy&Ethics
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ApproachBuildCommunity
UnderstandtheChallenges
DevelopanActionableFramework
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BringyouintothiscommunityAskyouforinput+feedback
GoalsofBeingHereToday
Layoutwherewehavebeenandwherewearegoingwithourproject
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Wherehavewebeen?Sixmonthsofbuildingcommunity&understandingthepotentialandthechallenges
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MajorProjectConvenings3 OrganizationsEngaged
50+
Across Continents3
6KeyAcademicCollaborations
DiscussionswithExperts 60+
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BuildingCommunity
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AcrossSocialGoodApplications
AcrossKnowledge
Areas
AcrossOrganization
Types
AcrossKnowledgeAreas
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BlockchainTechnology
Identity&DigitalIdentityInternationalDevelopment
Regulation&Standards
Finance
Privacy
Data
Policy
Ethics
andOthers
AcrossOrganizationTypes
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StandardsOrganizations
BlockchainEntrepreneursBlockchainInvestors
BlockchainDevelopers
Government
InternationalMultilateralOrganizationsAcademia
Policymakers
andOthers
AcrossSocialGoodApplications
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E-Voting
IdentityCreation+Recovery
RemittanceTransfers
TrackingFoodorMedicines
LinkingFinancialServicestotheUnderserved
LandRegistry
ConnectingSmallBusinessestoLargerMarkets
Post-DisasterAidDistribution
andOthers
Whyisblockchainsoexciting?
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WhataretheKeyCharacteristicsofBlockchain?
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DIGITAL DISTRIBUTED LEDGER
TRUST IMMUTABLETRANSPARENT
ThePotentialofBlockchain
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CREATINGIDENTITY
SMARTCONTRACTS
FINANCIALTECHNOLOGY
ASSETTRACKING
Whatmakesblockchainsochallenging?
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UnderstandingtheEcosystem
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KeyCharacteristicsofBlockchain
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DIGITAL DISTRIBUTED LEDGER
TRUST IMMUTABLETRANSPARENT
HundredsofQuestions,Concerns,Issues,&Challenges
19Challenge Map
Thesechallengeswithblockchaintechnologyclusteraroundcertain
centersofgravity.
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GOVERNANCE IDENTITY ACCESS
AUTHENTICATION DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE
SECURITY
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AUTHENTICATION
IDENTITY
ACCESS
DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE
SECURITY
GOVERNANCE
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AUTHENTICATION
IDENTITYACCESS
DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE
SECURITY
GOVERNANCE
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AUTHENTICATION
IDENTITY
ACCESS
SECURITY
GOVERNANCE
DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE
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AUTHENTICATION
IDENTITY
ACCESS
SECURITY
GOVERNANCE
DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE
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AUTHENTICATION
IDENTITY
ACCESS
DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE
SECURITY
GOVERNANCE
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AUTHENTICATION
IDENTITY
ACCESS
DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE
SECURITY
GOVERNANCE
Whathavewelearned?
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KeyTakeawaysSoFar
➢ Buildinganactionableframeworkaroundprivacyandethicsiscritical➢ Itisfundamentallyimportanttoengageadiverserangeofstakeholdersin
thiseffortinordertobuildarobustandactionableframework➢ Thefieldofblockchaintechnologyisstillrapidlyevolving
○ Itistooearlytocommittoanyonetypeofblockchainsolution➢ Developers,programmanagersandpolicymakersneedtothoroughly
understandtheecosystemaroundthedesiredoutcome○ Seeminglysmalldesignchoicesinblockchaintechnologyhave
significanteffectsontheultimateoutcome
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Wherearewegoing?
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Wearecontinuingtobuildthiscommunitybecauseprivacyand
ethicsareuniversalconcerns.
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Wearestillgatheringfeedbackonourresearchtodate.
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Wearetranslatingthecollecteddataandfeedbackintoan
actionableframework.
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[BACKUP]
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UnderstandingtheEcosystem
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WhatisBlockchain?
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DIGITAL DISTRIBUTED LEDGER
TRUST IMMUTABLETRANSPARENT
Examplesofkeyquestionsandconcerns
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GOVERNANCE● TECHNICAL:
○ Whataretherulesthatgovernthesystem?○ Dodifferentnodeshavedifferentlevelsofauthorityinthesystem?
● HUMAN:○ Whoarethenodes?○ Whodecidesthenodes?○ Howdoyouensurerepresentationofthecommunity?■ Howdoyouensurethatcommunityrepresentationdoesn’texacerbate
existinginequalities?
KEYISSUES
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IDENTITY● Whatlevelofidentityisneeded?
○ FoundationalORTransactional?
● Whichidentifiersaremostusefulinestablishingthat1)theidentityclaimedisrealanduniqueand2)theuserclaimingtheidentityistherightfulownerofthatidentity?○ Doweneedtobecertainthatsomeoneiswhotheysaytheyare,oronly
increasetheprobabilitythattheyare?
● Whichidentifiersmakepeopleinthecommunityparticularlyvulnerableiftheyweretobeexposed?
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KEYISSUES
ACCESS● Howdowemaketechnologyaccessibletoeverypersonwho
willbeapartofthesystem?○ PHYSICALACCESS: Doendusershavethetechnologyrequiredtoaccessthe
system?○ EDUCATIONALACCESS: Howmuchinformationdopeopleneedtoknowabout
asystemthattheirinformationisbeingputon?
● Howtransparentistheinformationonthesystem?○ Andifitistransparent,isittransparentinawaythatiseasilyaccessible?
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KEYISSUES
AUTHENTICATION● Whoauthenticatesthedataenteredontheblockchain
network?● Howisauthenticationdone?
○ Forthezerostate?○ Forfollowontransactions?
● Howdoyouensurethatallrelevantstakeholderstrusttheauthenticatorsandthemethodbywhichit’sdone?
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KEYISSUES
DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE● Whoownsthedataontheblockchain?
○ Ifendusersowntheirowndata,howaretheyempoweredtouseit?
● Whatdataactuallygoesontheblockchain?Whichpiecesarejustreferenced?○ Isthedatathat’sreferencedcentrallystored?○ Howcanthedatabestoredinadisaggregatedway?
● Howdoyoucorrectincorrectlyentereddataortransactions?
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KEYISSUES
SECURITY● INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL
○ Howdoyoucreateprivatekeysthataren’tvulnerabletoattacks,butalsoaren’teasilylostorforgotten?■ Howareprivatekeyandkeyrecoverymanaged?Bywhom?
● SYSTEM-LEVEL○ Howdoyouensurethatvulnerabledataisprotectedashackingtechnologies
evolve?
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KEYISSUES