Microsoft and Blockchain Startup Tierion Partner on Digital Identity Initiative
In a new release, tech giant Microsoft has announced it will be collaborating with blockchain technology startup Tierion in its decentralized identity initiative. The two companies will be working on a service that aims to link data to the blockchain in order to prove its integrity and existence. Microsoft and Tierion will be working together on a service that manages and validates attestations – bits of identity-signed data that let users sign claims or agreements with their own identities. The companies are exploring how this type of technology will fit into the needs of developers and....
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Microsoft has announced a new partnership as part of an internal decentralized identity initiative. In a new release today, Microsoft revealed it is working with blockchain startup Tierion to determine how decentralized identities linked to a blockchain could validate data, claims or agreements. In this case, Microsoft will leverage technology provided by Tierion, which would link data to a blockchain to generate proof of the data's integrity. As an example, the companies said that this technology might one day help online students receive validation for completed work, with an educational....
Tech giant Microsoft has established a partnership with Blockchain identity startup Tierion to secure sensitive pieces of information on a public Blockchain. Daniel Buchner from the Microsoft Azure Identity team will be leading a project called decentralized identity initiative which features extensive collaboration with Tierion and its developers. Cooperatively, the Microsoft and Tierion development teams are looking to build a Blockchain-based platform wherein anyone can sign data, claims and agreements in an immutable and transparent ecosystem. Commercialization. Ultimately, Microsoft....
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The blockchain startup Tierion has raised $1 million in a seed funding round to continue developing its platform which verifies the integrity of a file, data, or business protocol through distributed ledger technology. The investment round was led by Blockchain Capital, Fenbushi Capital, and the Digital Currency Group. Tierion says its software gives developers the tools for building applications tethered to the blockchain. Tierion had made headlines earlier this year when it partnered with Philips Blockchain Lab to innovate medical data with digital ledger consensus. The company....