Please describe your proposed solution
Unbox will be integrating Key Event Receipt Infrastructure (KERI) as a decentralized identity system into our Smart Token platform to improve its award winning Digital Deposit Return System (DDRS).
KERI Enables:
- Truly Decentralized Identity
- GDPR Compliance
- Self-Certifying Identifiers
- Scalability
- Key Management Infrastructure
Best Practices:
- KERI uses best practices for key management which include a novel key rotation scheme called pre-rotation. This simplifies key management infrastructure. Pre-rotation is also post-quantum secure. KERI supports enterprise scalability features such as delegated identifiers that support hierarchical key management infrastructure.
Security:
- KERI‘s design recognizes that It’s much easier to secure one’s own keys well than to secure everyone else’s internet computing infrastructure well.
How Unbox has Contributed to this Solution:
Unbox was mandated by the Belgian Government to integrate a country wide Digital Deposit Return System trial. With the project name 'Urban Mining’, Unbox was successful in incentivizing and onboarding over 100,000 citizens of Belgium to collect over 2,000,000 pieces of litter through its advanced Digital Deposit Return System, each piece of litter was meticulously documented to create a unique record of human impact on the environment in Belgium.
Unbox is proposing to create a DDRS system utilizing Smart Tokens going beyond data points. Using it’s Smart Tokens and KERI to create Smart Assets (on Cardano). Foundational building blocks for a smarter, more autonomous tomorrow that will enable the Digital Deposit Return System (DDRS) to be implemented efficiently and effectively in various rollouts.
Through Smart Token technology, Unbox can create Smart Assets on Cardano that autonomously track and manage waste, paving the way for the Autonomy of Things—a future where every discarded item has a memory, a purpose, and a voice.
The future extends beyond DDRS, with Smart Tokens becoming the model for everything that needs to become smart—giving each piece of waste a memory, a consciousness, and a tangible value.
Bringing Governmental Compliant DRS System to Cardano:
We want to bring the full blown deployment and improvement of Unbox’s DDRS system across Europe and the US, including temporary or event-based DDRS systems (e.g. large sport events, festivals) to the Cardano blockchain, by combining our smart tokens with decentralized KERI (Key Event Receipt Infrastructure).
How A Smart Token based Digital Deposit Return System Can Work:
Key components:
- Digital Identity: KERI root of trust
- Physical Identity: QR (or other physical unique identifier)
- Ownership: Smart Identities
Implementation of KERI Identifiers
- Each FMCG or packaging (e.g. aluminum can, plastic bottle, paper carton) is assigned a unique KERI identifier during the production process. These identifiers are derived from a master key owned by the manufacturer or specific production plant, ensuring a cryptographic link of the good or packaging to the company as the root of trust.
- A QR code, NFC tag, or RFID chip or feature print is attached to the packaging containing the derived KERI identifier.
- This gives each package a verifiable and unique digital identity. The KERI protocol ensures that this identity is securely linked to the original producer. This prevents counterfeit products from being introduced into the market
Additional advantages
- Offline cryptographic validation
- Direct anonymous communication channel with the Smart Asset
- This allows the manufacturer to do direct product recalls, bypassing retail.