Blockchain Development with Hyperledger
by Salman A. Baset, Luc Desrosiers, Nitin Gaur, Petr Novotny
Identity mapping
Identity mapping is the process of converting the identity of an individual or an organization to an identity that is recognized on the network.
When looking at the solution from a business network perspective, what is the granularity of the identity that needs to be recognized? Will other organizations care whether Bob or Ann from ACME issued the transaction? In most cases, the answer will be no. Knowing that the transaction was issued by ACME will be sufficient.
Why is that, you may wonder. It is directly related to the concept of trust. Remember the concepts presented in Chapter 1, Blockchain – Enterprise and Industry Perspective; blockchain solves the problem of time and trust. Understanding where the trust issues come ...
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