Austin, Texas Using Blockchain Identity System To Help The Homeless

in blockchain-news •  6 years ago  (edited)

A growing number of businesses and companies across the world have been searching for blockchain solutions in order to deal with a variety of social issues. The City of Austin, Texas, has partnered to work on a blockchain-based identification system aimed to help the homeless keep track of important documents like identification. The program is called Mypass, and hopes to solve some of the current issues that hamper offering aid to the homeless population, such as lack of identification and important documentation.

Source: https://bitcoinist.com/austin-introduces-blockchain-id-management-system-to-help-homeless-population/

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Just tattoo their unique ID onto their butt, as an access point into the blockchain. The genius' in charge of the City of Austin are not.