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Issue secure digital credentials using technology behind bitcoin
Author(s) -
Hope Joan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the successful registrar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7560
pISSN - 1534-7710
DOI - 10.1002/tsr.30380
Subject(s) - verifiable secret sharing , blockchain , computer security , computer science , service (business) , digital signature , world wide web , internet privacy , business , marketing , hash function , set (abstract data type) , programming language
Secure, verifiable, learner‐owned credentials: Many registrars envision a future where those are the norm. The Registrar's Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has become the first to issue digital diplomas through the blockchain, the technology that enables bitcoin. The goal was to provide a secure service to students who become stewards of their own record, said Mary Callahan, registrar and senior associate dean for undergraduate education.