Can the blockchain solve ‘identity’, with Jonathan Camilleri Bowman

<p>It’s weird: when I moved house, the world suddenly stopped as everyone waited for me to get a new utility bill, at which point we resumed normal service with me once again a verified real-life person. We said it on this show before, but there has to be a better way to prove identities than a utility bill, a signature, and an unchangeable government-issued number of some sorts…</p> <p>And of course, there are, but none of the ones we’ve discussed to date felt complete, which is why I was keen to speak to <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/joncbowman/'>Jonathan Camilleri Bowman</a>. Having got too-often bumped into issues when trying to verify identities for his earlier business, he founded <a href='https://sekuritance.com/'>Sekuritance</a> as a CeFi and DeFi RegTech ecosystem that could provide a one-stop-shop on all compliance needs.</p> <p>So in this episode we chat about what that means and whether the auditable nature of the blockchain might offer a solution to solving the identity problem.</p> <p>You can learn more about Sekuritance on their homepage - <a href='https://sekuritance.com/'>www.sekuritance.com</a> - and while their academy is not up yet, you can find more details on <a href='https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/executive-education/online-programmes/oxford-blockchain-strategy-programme'>the Oxford University Blockchain course here</a></p>