Off-Blocks, a platform specializing in the development of digital signatures, provides access to testedgovernment document verification tools to the general public.
According to company CEO Colin Campbell (Colin Campbell), this week the platform launched a beta version of its mobile application for digital identification.
The application includes countermeasuresFactom blockchain fraud that the company created for the US Department of Homeland Security since last November. It is expected that the full version of the platform will be launched in the coming weeks.
According to Campbell, people and companies needthe ability to verify the authenticity of various documents. Although signing contracts in PDF format is one of the most popular uses for digital signatures, Campbell notes that due to the growing level of digitization of business processes, there is a need for reliable platforms that can authenticate documents.
"The main difference with our peer service is that you can sign any file in any format," Campbell said."Imagine how you can interact with the digital world around you."
He said the service could be used.content creators seeking to prove their intellectual property rights, and even victims of car crashes, who must provide photographic “evidence” to insurance companies.
The Factom blockchain was chosen for work, asthe company could not afford to pay high commissions for transactions specific to Bitcoin and Ethereum. In addition, many potential Off-Blocks customers objected to interacting with cryptocurrencies. If everything goes according to plan, then Off-Blocks users will not even understand that the service works on the blockchain.
“You will not find a single mention of the blockchain in the application, Campbell said. "This is due to the fact that for some this term is negatively colored."
Blockchain is increasingly used in the field of digitalidentification. In December, it became known that the Central Bank of Sri Lanka will develop a platform for identifying citizens on the blockchain, and in November the FATF published recommendations on the deployment of digital identification systems.
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