Today we announced our partnership with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu to deliver BlockApps Nimbus and uPort as an Ethereum enabled biometric digital identity solution on Ubuntu phones and tablets.

Nimbus permits users secure interaction with the Ethereum blockchain through biometric protection of cryptographic keys. Through this feature users will be able to access Ethereum to use and develop decentralized applications (DApps) and smart contracts.

Everyday millions of digital identities are compromised with little responsibility or control belonging to the user. Giving back control to the user is a core belief of open-source software. The Ubuntu phone allows total control over the information you distribute online including your digital identity. With the keys controlling your digital identity stored securely on your personal device, connecting to others, sharing, managing, and protecting your personal information is simplified.

BlockApps Nimbus is a mobile solution for secure management of identity and transactions on the blockchain. Nimbus let's users securely interact with the blockchain through the biometric and encryption capabilities of your mobile device, check it out in action

uPort represents the next generation self-sovereign identity system allowing the user to complete control of their identity and personal information. The uPort attestation feature allows third party authorities as well as peers to validate the user’s information creating both a rich social fabric as well as enabling transitive KYC/AML. Finally, through uPort’s selective disclosure system the user has total control and can granularly dole out identity access to his or her peers, business partners or counterparties in a transaction. Here is a video of my colleague Dr. Christian Lundkvist at DevCon1 presenting on digital identity

Ubuntu for phones and tablets and towards convergence

And finally a bonus (mini) screen shot from inside the BlockApps Slack channel where we recently started converging with our Ubuntu phone :)

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