¡Hola Buenos Aires! Welcome to the ZK Nation 🇦🇷
Buenos Aires is teaming up with @Quark_ID to issue digital identification services to millions of citizens in the city, with zkSync Era serving as the anchor blockchain for the program.
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TL;DR ⬇️
∎ A self-sovereign future ∎
zkSync believes in a future where personal freedom and self-sovereign digital identity empower individuals to securely custody their data. Buenos Aires will gradually bring Web3 identity solutions to all of the city’s citizens, powered by the privacy-focused properties of zkSync Era.
With Argentina’s new blockchain-based identification initiative, citizens will be able to claim ownership over their personal documents, health data, and in the future, manage payments.
∎ Infrastructure for Argentina’s 45 million citizens ∎
In building out the infrastructure for this program, Buenos Aires is leveraging QuarkID to help issue blockchain-based identification services.
Quark ID is an open-source digital identity protocol built by
@Extrimian, a leading Latin American decentralized identity firm. Data stored in Quark ID wallets will be self-sovereign, allowing citizens to manage the delivery of their credentials when interacting with administrative services.
∎ The global possibilities of digital ownership ∎
While QuarkID is debuting in Buenos Aires, its technology is designed to scale globally. QuarkID was created with international standards in mind such as W3C, Trust Over IP, and Sovrin Foundation, and is interoperable with networks across the world.
By bringing data back into the hands of the individuals who own these documents—all while prioritizing privacy—zkSync makes digital ownership reliable, trustless, and secure.