Empowering 3 Million Citizens with Blockchain-based Digital Identity in LATAM (Presented by Matter Labs) – Recorded at The Bridge

At The Bridge 2024, we hosted a fireside chat with Diego Fernández, Co-creator of QuarkID and Former Secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation for the Buenos Aires City Government. Moderated by Xochitl Ivory, Head of Enterprise Growth at Matter Labs, we explored how Buenos Aires is leading a global shift in digital identity through its integration of QuarkID, a decentralized identity solution powered by ZKsync, into the miBA platform.

This pioneering initiative makes Buenos Aires the first city in the world to implement blockchain and zero-knowledge cryptography to create self-sovereign digital identities for 3.6 million residents.

Our discussion focused on the groundbreaking impact of this technology, enabling citizens to take control of their personal data like never before. Learn how this new approach ensures greater privacy, security, and transparency, setting a new global standard for digital identity management.

We also dove into how this initiative is reshaping the relationship between citizens, governments, and the private sector by drastically increasing efficiency, and enabling new use cases for how the financial system engages with its customers.