Introducing Global id 🚀

Product feature/name 🚀

Global id will be an easy to use and secure authentication service for everyone, everywhere. Using LNURL-auth, it will let users register and login to applications without the need of emails and passwords.

The idea is based on bankid which is an immensely popular authentication service in Sweden. It consists of a mobile app which the user use to scan a qr-code on the application she wants to login on, and is then authenticated. It is used by a staggering 8,2 million swedes which is 98,7 % of the eligible population. Almost every Swedish service, public or private, offers bankid as an authentication method for their customers.

It does however have a few major downsides:

• bankid is developed and maintained by Swedens big banks, which means you have to be a customer in one of the banks to gain access to the service.

• you need to be 18 years or older

• you need to be a Swedish citizen

• as a developer you need approval to integrate the service in your application

• the banks can remove your access to bankid at anytime

We thought to ourselves - since bitcoin is a substitute for banks, shouldn't bitcoin be able to be used as a base for a new bankid? A bankid which is open and free? A bankid that can be used by anyone, anywhere?

That's Global id

That's what we are building in Legends of Lightning in the coming weeks.

Problems & Solutions 🚨

We have all experienced the struggle with remembering an email & password combination when using an app or service. In addition to the poor user experience, it also put the responsibility of security over to the user. If the password is not strong the account can be hacked.

With Global id users will have a smoother and more secure alternative for authentication. One solution to log in to any service or application, open and free to anyone in the world.

No more registrations. No more confirmation of emails. No more remembering of passwords.

How was it built? 🛠

To be built in Legends of Lightning

The solution will consist of two main parts - a mobile app for the user and a sdk for developers. The sdk will allow developers to add the option to log in with Global id in their existing application. The mobile app will allow the user to scan a QR code which appears on the application where she wants to login. User information will then be sent to the application and the user is logged in. The process is illustrated in the images below.

The team (so far) ✋

We are a diverse team of four people have come together to realise this project.

• Emergency Bread (Business developer) - with experience from working as a business development consultant in several of Swedens largest businesses, it's safe to say she's got the experience and knowledge needed to create a scaleable business model for this project.

• Maja Ring (Designer) - Maja joins this project while doing her final year of university studies. With amazing artistic skills and the latest theories within graphical design at her disposal, she will help us to create an inclusive and appealing design. 

• Skarsh (Backend developer) - Building software by day and hacking by night, Skarsh is the perfect man to lead the development of our backend. With his broad knowledge and experience within software development we will be well suited to build a robust and secure service. 

• The Grape (Frontend developer) - With experience from several start-ups, including development and launch of a mobile app, I hope to tie together everyones contributions into a complete service.

Try it out 🔗

So far no link to a product. Over the next two weeks we will focus on business development and design. You can follow along on our progress on these topics on Miro https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVPPOLX-w=/?share_link_id=847589591814