DIDI, Identidad Digital para la Inclusión

Develop a DigitalPrivatePortableIdentity that certifies our data and validates interactions to enable a system that is naturally inclusive and decentralized

DIDI seeks to reduce barriers, which arise in conditions of poverty, to gain access to products and services that they are denied or disposed of at very high cost, due to the lack or nullity of documentary records.

We want to prove that the implementation of a digital identity can help residents of Villa 31 or people from any neighbourhood to access more better or cheaper services or goods. 

For that reason, we are right now in the developing of a decentralised digital identity system that can hold people's identity validated by any public and private stakeholders. 

The system will be fed by the national identity number (DNI) validated by the Government, transactions logged through a digital wallet (that we are also developing), official training certificates and land titles for neighbours of the Villa Padre Mugica that are in a domain regularisation programme.

This data enrichment and control we believe could let people get better credits, perhaps better jobs, guarantees in governmental processes and mainly and a powerful tool to make value out of our traces, being able to demonstrate easily how we behave and building trustful networks.

All this, laying on Blockchain. To grant ownership of the data, guarantee security, privacy, veracity, immutability and the decentralization of the power of information. Here there are some more details of the original project, if you are curious: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fxRkTLizUip7qZedVQ0SqMP7INM860JG/view?usp=sharing

By July we will implement the first version of a peer to peer self-sovereign identity system based on Blockchain that will let people for the first time (at least in Latin-America) to collate, preserve and share in our cellphones

• personal data,
• a portable national ID, 
• educational certificates, 
• government procedures, 
• land titles, 
• and financial transactions throug a wallet we are developing. 

We are having a unique chance at a perfect timing and context to prove that these technologies can solve many of the gaps of the poverty penalties.

Blockchain fits perfectly to the standards of 'privacy by design'. No private record is saved centrally by the app or by any other server. Moreover, no personal or private data is stored in the Blockchain, only the encrypted trace of what happened. Assets, documents or any sensitive data is stored locally and encrypted and then, backed up in distributed servers if users want to.

The self-sovereign identity system works as a hub for third parties connected via API delivering or asking for people's attestations. 

We are not sure about what this enquire mean but we go for the two ways we understand it. On one side, our system/app certicates digitally by the RENAPER (the 'National Registry of Persons') the national document identity and a 'proof of existence' via API rest. 

If we understand the question differently, our solution is a digital identification system completely open source, free and connectable to any third-party.

SDK is being built to connect any third-party app via API rest to the identity system. It is important also to add that the pilot will start working on RSK but it is 100% compatible with Ethereum and some other permissioned private blockchain (such as the BFA, Blockchain Federal Argentina)

We don't have those problems where we are focusing our work. Literacy and numeracy levels in Argentina are very high almost everywhere. Connectivity could be solved by solutions such as the one offered by Smartmesh (we have already a plan with them if the project needs it). SmartMesh is a blockchain-based loT underlying protocol that enables smart devices to connect with each other without internet or telecom services.

By the end of the year 2020, we would have piloted the app in three slums. We are focused on delivering a system that fulfils specifically their needs but the app is simply perfect for everybody. If we are assertive with the communication, the app will scale up quickly to wider public. Owning our data, being in control of our digital identities and enriching our backgrounds can potentially reshape the world, our reputation and what we can achieve with these assets. We still need a deep debate on what we would have to do if the project blooms.

• DECODES (or also known as NGO Bitcoin Argentina) is the project executor
• IADB (BID Lab) 
• Accenture 
• RSK 
• uPort and Sovrin donated their training programmes
• NEC could be confirmed soon as a new partner

We are a close team absolutely focused and motivated by the project objectives. The moment, the resources and the people are all set to make the app worth its value. Our team has 

• Ivania, who connects us to the neighbourhoods, 
• Milton, the CTO a blockchain architecht, 
• Javier a system designer, 
• Fernando, the back-office manager
• Ignacio, Lis and Jess are the communication experts
• Silvina, our PMO
• and Gerónimo, with 17 years of experience in NGOs coordinating the team
• we count with the support of some other volunteers but soon, there will be a coordinator to manage more.

We have thought about many models but we don't need to decide it yet. These ideas have been around (but not limited):

• Data monetisation
• Circular economy and microlending 
• Identity As A Service model

We are constantly looking for mainly three things: funds, experiences and network. We are now USD 580k short to implement the app (1.44M) and we know that participating in this grant can open the doors to more potential stajeholders and cases around the world.

• The solution has so many components that one of the barriers we find is the language and message we need to build to promote effectively the app. We are working hard making the value proposition simple, straight and real to people
• Adoption is another barrier that could be overcome only with fluent communcations with the users, many tests in the field, an intutive UX/UI and giving economic incentives to use the app (such as credit in the wallet)
• We need a perfect project management to make things happen, for that reason we have a full-time PMO working with us.