https://ssimeetup.org/didi-ssi-public-blockchains-inclusion-argentina-latam-milton-berman-webinar-28/ Milton Berman, CTO of DIDI (Digital Identity for Inclusion), will talk about this DIDI. A project led by the NGO Bitcoin Argentina with the support of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) Lab, Accenture, and RSK. Technological changes happen faster today and populations with less access to the digital world can be excluded from new opportunities if there are no specific actions to promote their digital inclusion. To reverse this situation, the development of a digital identity is one of the most decisive elements. Like in other large cities of Latin America and the Caribbean, social inequalities, inside those cities, are exposed in the lack of access to public and private services, or in the higher costs of acquiring them, which is known as the Penalization of Poverty. While there are several causes that explain this penalty, one of the main causes is the existence of imperfect information: when the market, does not have information about the identity and behavior of people, it can not include them or does so at a higher cost. All this affects the quality of life in a special way of these people who need these benefits. The objective of DIDI, is to reduce social inequalities, the penalization of poverty and to promote financial inclusion of these populations, identifiable worldwide, but above all, in Latin America, where DIDI will do its first steps, facilitating access to quality goods and services. The first DIDI pilot will be launched through the development of a self-sovereign identity (SSI) platform in the Padre Mugica neighborhood, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. This platform will be based on open standards for public blockchain networks and SSI standards to achieve a social and economic system, naturally inclusive and decentralized. In this talk, Milton will tell us about how the diverse daily interactions of citizens, financial and non-financial, formal and informal, will begin to form a reliable and verifiable profile of any person or entity, guaranteeing the information privacy and its control by its owner.

1. DIDI,
SSI & public blockchains for
inclusion in Argentina and LATAM
Milton Berman
Engineer, CTO of DIDI
(Digital Identity for Inclusion)
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2. 1. Empower global SSI communities
2. Open to everyone interested in SSI
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Executing
Supporting

5. » No land and property titles
» Almost null access to formal financial
services
» Lack of formal identity outside the town
» Higher barriers to get a job
» No official record for informal training and
education
» No credit history
» Higher interest and commissions to get
formal credit
» Higher exposure to usury due to lack of
credit alternatives
» Cash money only, higher exposure to theft
The context:
Informal Settlements
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6. Argentina
4.100Informal Settlements
1.340.272population
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7. 44%Totally
excluded
does not have
a bank account
4/53/5 does not access
to financiation
source: FIP
Financial exclusion in
Padre Mugica Neighbourhood
(Buenos Aires)
43 kpopulation

8. Develop a private and portable digital identity
that certifies people’s data and validates
interactions, to enable a naturally inclusive and
decentralized social and economic system.
Main
objective
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9. Project
components
Four years
Mobile appEducation & research Management system

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Mobile
App

11. Digital WalletDigital Identity
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13. Digital
identity
Decentralized True Ownership
Portable Verifiable Secure
Private
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14. Public and
non-permissioned Blockchains
TRADITIONAL SSI PROJECTS
Information only top to bottom
DIDI SSI PROJECT
Information both ways
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Open source
Technology
SSI: uPort Tokens: ERC20
compatible
Open blockchains:
RSK, Ethereum (and others)
Android app

16. Technology: Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)
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17. A network where users can forge an identity, built on
descentralized tecnologies, open to the integration with
public and private entities, where uncountable
functionalities can be placed.
So, this is DIDI
Savings
Services
Payments
National ID
Validation
Whip-round
+
More...
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18. Mobile app
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19. Mobile app
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Mobile app

21. Thank you!
Milton Berman
Engineer, CTO of DIDI
(Digital Identity for Inclusion)
miltonberman
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