E-residency and blockchain. Sullivan, C. & Burger, E. Computer Law & Security Review, 33(4):470–481, August, 2017.
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In December 2014, Estonia became the first nation to open its digital borders to enable anyone, anywhere in the world to apply to become an e-Resident. Estonian e-Residency is essentially a commercial initiative. The e-ID issued to Estonian e-Residents enables commercial activities with the public and private sectors. It does not provide citizenship in its traditional sense, and the e-ID provided to e-Residents is not a travel document. However, in many ways it is an international ‘passport’ to the virtual world. E-Residency is a profound change and the recent announcement that the Estonian government is now partnering with Bitnation to offer a public notary service to Estonian e-Residents based on blockchain technology is of significance. The application of blockchain to e-Residency has the potential to fundamentally change the way identity information is controlled and authenticated. This paper examines the legal, policy, and technical implications of this development.
@article{sullivan_e-residency_2017,
	title = {E-residency and blockchain},
	volume = {33},
	issn = {02673649},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0267364917300845},
	doi = {10.1016/j.clsr.2017.03.016},
	abstract = {In December 2014, Estonia became the first nation to open its digital borders to enable anyone, anywhere in the world to apply to become an e-Resident. Estonian e-Residency is essentially a commercial initiative. The e-ID issued to Estonian e-Residents enables commercial activities with the public and private sectors. It does not provide citizenship in its traditional sense, and the e-ID provided to e-Residents is not a travel document. However, in many ways it is an international ‘passport’ to the virtual world. E-Residency is a profound change and the recent announcement that the Estonian government is now partnering with Bitnation to offer a public notary service to Estonian e-Residents based on blockchain technology is of significance. The application of blockchain to e-Residency has the potential to fundamentally change the way identity information is controlled and authenticated. This paper examines the legal, policy, and technical implications of this development.},
	language = {en},
	number = {4},
	urldate = {2020-12-28},
	journal = {Computer Law \& Security Review},
	author = {Sullivan, Clare and Burger, Eric},
	month = aug,
	year = {2017},
	pages = {470--481},
}

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