The Tender For Law

Volume 12

Nov 16, 2015 8:06 PM

Harry Wombat

Meet the Dad Who Registered His Daughter's Birth on the Blockchain

teamsteverhyner.com

San Francisco-based entrepreneur Santiago Siri celebrated the arrival of his baby daughter Roma in a rather different way this week � by registering her birth on the bitcoin blockchain.

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Steph Boucher

"To register the birth, Siri first filmed a video, stating the baby�s full name, date and location of birth and hashed it on the blockchain using blockchain verification service Proof of Existence. In so doing, the entrepreneur ensured that the file was notarised and validated by bitcoin�s mining network, a global network of computers contributing to the ledger."

Smarty-pants. There is something about Computer Scientist that yells "I see the mecanics of shit, fuck your obscure language and your magic parchment".