Bitauth Master Plan

My (long) talk about Bitauth at the Atlanta Blockchain January 2017 Meetup. For a written summary, see the Bitauth2017 specification.

Part 1

Authenticating Bitcoin Transactions (slide →)

Part 2

Static Authentication vs. Scriptable Authentication (slide →)

Part 3

• Scriptable Authentication & the Blockchain (slide →)
• Why use Bitcoin Script? (slide →)
• Why use the Blockchain for identities? (slide →)
• How do we create an identity on the blockchain? (slide →)
• Authbase Creation (slide →)
• Authhead Migration (slide →)
• Authbase Resolution (slide →)
• BitAuth Signatures (slide →)
• BitAuth Layer 2 Protocols (slide →)

Part 4

• Use Cases & Implications (slide →)
• User-friendly, secure, software signing (slide →)
• Secure Application Update Signing (Android & iOS) (slide →)
• OS-Level HD Key Derivation (slide →)
• Phishing-proof login (slide →)
• Phishing-proof, multifactor login (no resets) login (slide →)
• Big services running full nodes (slide →)