{"id":7394,"date":"2017-12-06T12:04:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T12:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=7394"},"modified":"2017-12-13T05:56:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T05:56:32","slug":"blockchain-citizenship-registration-begins-in-zug-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/blockchain-citizenship-registration-begins-in-zug-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain citizenship registration begins in Zug, Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uport, a self-sovereign identity and user-centric data platform on the Ethereum blockchain, has made its platform available to the citizens of Zug, Switzerland. Registration on the blockchain, which requires verification from a city administrator, marks a milestone as it demonstrates that a city government can issue digital verifications of citizenship by using blockchain technology. Zug also plans to offer an e-voting initiative in spring 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Uport\u2019s partnership with Zug supports the goal of providing a global, self-sovereign identity system.\u00a0Digital citizenship allows greater trust between government agencies and citizens; it also provides opportunities for better digital interactions among governments and citizens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-7394 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Top 5 Mobile Financial Institutions Operating in Europe'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/top-5-mobile-financial-institutions-operating-in-europe\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/6bef2c57-1348-4e14-b41e-5f73c29d71581-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15751\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15751'>\n\t\t\t\tTop 5 Mobile Financial Institutions Operating in Europe\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='5% of Financial Executives Plan on Investing in Bitcoin in 2021'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/5-of-financial-executives-plan-on-investing-in-bitcoin-in-2021\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/9580d275-c44b-4211-87fc-b42bc947a3f3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15859\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15859'>\n\t\t\t\t5% of Financial Executives Plan on Investing in Bitcoin in 2021\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Kazakhstani banks embracing open APIs'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/kazakhstani-banks-embracing-open-apis\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/kazakhstani-banks-embracing-open-apis-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12915\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12915'>\n\t\t\t\tKazakhstani banks embracing open APIs\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uport, a self-sovereign identity and user-centric data platform on the Ethereum blockchain, has made its platform available to the citizens of Zug, Switzerland. Registration on the blockchain, which requires verification from a city administrator, marks a milestone as it demonstrates that a city government can issue digital verifications of citizenship by using blockchain technology. Zug &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,297],"tags":[45,206],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7431,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7394\/revisions\/7431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}