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I agree. I don't see where this is significantly better. You can add data to signed certs as well, so you can get the SIN functionality that way if I'm not mistaken.

I also didn't see if this touched the blockchain at all. They made note about the SIN being public (then again, so is a Public Key), so I'm looking for the SIN to be in a blockchain somewhere.

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I do need to dig into SIN for that same reason - it makes sense - I think a lot of government identity and records schemes would get vastly simpler if I put my public key online and encrypted my own records

I discussed it with a govt architect who wanted to get rid of the "bloody database at centre of every application that thinks it needs to store citizens data"

It's a powerful idea

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