Oct 14, 2019
Business
Controlling your identity data with Vinny Lingham of Civic
Vinny Lingham wants you to be able to mask some of your identity from the various players on the internet that benefit from using, and sometimes abusing, your information. Lingham, who founded Civic in 2015 believes blockchain can help identify someone without a username, password, third-party authenticator, or physical hardware token. To do this, his startup Civic launched the crypto token CVC, which he believes will allow users to have a self-sovereign identity with more control, and he dives...
Oct 14, 2019
Business
Creating a new financial system starting with beer, cigarettes and crypto tokens
Vinny Lingham has big ambitions. Through his startup Civic, which released its CVC crypto token in the summer of 2017, Lingham is building a self-sovereign identity platform. And while the technology is currently being used mainly in so-called automated retail (aka vending machines) for the purchase of two restricted goods–alcohol and cigarettes–he believes this type of tokenization could eventually lead to a more open financial system. Check out the video below as he explains more about Civic's...