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November9,2017

BLOCKCHAINFORSOCIALGOODDr.CaraLaPointe

WhatistheBlockchainforSocialGoodproject?

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BuildingaFrameworkAroundPrivacy&Ethics

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ApproachBuildCommunity

UnderstandtheChallenges

DevelopanActionableFramework

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BringyouintothiscommunityAskyouforinput+feedback

GoalsofBeingHereToday

Layoutwherewehavebeenandwherewearegoingwithourproject

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Wherehavewebeen?Sixmonthsofbuildingcommunity&understandingthepotentialandthechallenges

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MajorProjectConvenings3 OrganizationsEngaged

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Across Continents3

6KeyAcademicCollaborations

DiscussionswithExperts 60+

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BuildingCommunity

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AcrossSocialGoodApplications

AcrossKnowledge

Areas

AcrossOrganization

Types

AcrossKnowledgeAreas

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BlockchainTechnology

Identity&DigitalIdentityInternationalDevelopment

Regulation&Standards

Finance

Privacy

Data

Policy

Ethics

andOthers

AcrossOrganizationTypes

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StandardsOrganizations

BlockchainEntrepreneursBlockchainInvestors

BlockchainDevelopers

Government

InternationalMultilateralOrganizationsAcademia

Policymakers

andOthers

AcrossSocialGoodApplications

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E-Voting

IdentityCreation+Recovery

RemittanceTransfers

TrackingFoodorMedicines

LinkingFinancialServicestotheUnderserved

LandRegistry

ConnectingSmallBusinessestoLargerMarkets

Post-DisasterAidDistribution

andOthers

Whyisblockchainsoexciting?

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WhataretheKeyCharacteristicsofBlockchain?

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DIGITAL DISTRIBUTED LEDGER

TRUST IMMUTABLETRANSPARENT

ThePotentialofBlockchain

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CREATINGIDENTITY

SMARTCONTRACTS

FINANCIALTECHNOLOGY

ASSETTRACKING

Whatmakesblockchainsochallenging?

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UnderstandingtheEcosystem

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KeyCharacteristicsofBlockchain

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DIGITAL DISTRIBUTED LEDGER

TRUST IMMUTABLETRANSPARENT

HundredsofQuestions,Concerns,Issues,&Challenges

19Challenge Map

Thesechallengeswithblockchaintechnologyclusteraroundcertain

centersofgravity.

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GOVERNANCE IDENTITY ACCESS

AUTHENTICATION DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE

SECURITY

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AUTHENTICATION

IDENTITY

ACCESS

DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE

SECURITY

GOVERNANCE

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AUTHENTICATION

IDENTITYACCESS

DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE

SECURITY

GOVERNANCE

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AUTHENTICATION

IDENTITY

ACCESS

SECURITY

GOVERNANCE

DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE

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AUTHENTICATION

IDENTITY

ACCESS

SECURITY

GOVERNANCE

DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE

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AUTHENTICATION

IDENTITY

ACCESS

DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE

SECURITY

GOVERNANCE

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AUTHENTICATION

IDENTITY

ACCESS

DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE

SECURITY

GOVERNANCE

Whathavewelearned?

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KeyTakeawaysSoFar

➢ Buildinganactionableframeworkaroundprivacyandethicsiscritical➢ Itisfundamentallyimportanttoengageadiverserangeofstakeholdersin

thiseffortinordertobuildarobustandactionableframework➢ Thefieldofblockchaintechnologyisstillrapidlyevolving

○ Itistooearlytocommittoanyonetypeofblockchainsolution➢ Developers,programmanagersandpolicymakersneedtothoroughly

understandtheecosystemaroundthedesiredoutcome○ Seeminglysmalldesignchoicesinblockchaintechnologyhave

significanteffectsontheultimateoutcome

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Wherearewegoing?

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Wearecontinuingtobuildthiscommunitybecauseprivacyand

ethicsareuniversalconcerns.

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Wearestillgatheringfeedbackonourresearchtodate.

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Wearetranslatingthecollecteddataandfeedbackintoan

actionableframework.

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Questions?Thoughts?

Email:Cara.LaPointe@georgetown.eduCompleteoursurvey:tinyurl.com/beeckfeedback

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UnderstandingtheEcosystem

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WhatisBlockchain?

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DIGITAL DISTRIBUTED LEDGER

TRUST IMMUTABLETRANSPARENT

Examplesofkeyquestionsandconcerns

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GOVERNANCE● TECHNICAL:

○ Whataretherulesthatgovernthesystem?○ Dodifferentnodeshavedifferentlevelsofauthorityinthesystem?

● HUMAN:○ Whoarethenodes?○ Whodecidesthenodes?○ Howdoyouensurerepresentationofthecommunity?■ Howdoyouensurethatcommunityrepresentationdoesn’texacerbate

existinginequalities?

KEYISSUES

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IDENTITY● Whatlevelofidentityisneeded?

○ FoundationalORTransactional?

● Whichidentifiersaremostusefulinestablishingthat1)theidentityclaimedisrealanduniqueand2)theuserclaimingtheidentityistherightfulownerofthatidentity?○ Doweneedtobecertainthatsomeoneiswhotheysaytheyare,oronly

increasetheprobabilitythattheyare?

● Whichidentifiersmakepeopleinthecommunityparticularlyvulnerableiftheyweretobeexposed?

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KEYISSUES

ACCESS● Howdowemaketechnologyaccessibletoeverypersonwho

willbeapartofthesystem?○ PHYSICALACCESS: Doendusershavethetechnologyrequiredtoaccessthe

system?○ EDUCATIONALACCESS: Howmuchinformationdopeopleneedtoknowabout

asystemthattheirinformationisbeingputon?

● Howtransparentistheinformationonthesystem?○ Andifitistransparent,isittransparentinawaythatiseasilyaccessible?

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KEYISSUES

AUTHENTICATION● Whoauthenticatesthedataenteredontheblockchain

network?● Howisauthenticationdone?

○ Forthezerostate?○ Forfollowontransactions?

● Howdoyouensurethatallrelevantstakeholderstrusttheauthenticatorsandthemethodbywhichit’sdone?

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KEYISSUES

DATAOWNERSHIP&PROVENANCE● Whoownsthedataontheblockchain?

○ Ifendusersowntheirowndata,howaretheyempoweredtouseit?

● Whatdataactuallygoesontheblockchain?Whichpiecesarejustreferenced?○ Isthedatathat’sreferencedcentrallystored?○ Howcanthedatabestoredinadisaggregatedway?

● Howdoyoucorrectincorrectlyentereddataortransactions?

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KEYISSUES

SECURITY● INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL

○ Howdoyoucreateprivatekeysthataren’tvulnerabletoattacks,butalsoaren’teasilylostorforgotten?■ Howareprivatekeyandkeyrecoverymanaged?Bywhom?

● SYSTEM-LEVEL○ Howdoyouensurethatvulnerabledataisprotectedashackingtechnologies

evolve?

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KEYISSUES