Recently, academics and professionals proposed a substantial number of identity management solutions based on blockchain technology. Among them, uPort appeared promising, being considered for both personal and administrative operations. This paper analyzes the opensource version uPort Open in terms of risk delegation and private key recovery of the mobile application, smart contract security of the uPort identity registry, and usage and on-chain transaction analytics.
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