Creating a secure digital identity

A system for creating a verifiable digital identity, comprising:

• a memory storing sequences of instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the sequences of instructions which, when executed, causes the processor to perform:
• obtaining a first user-generated item generated through a device, the first user-generated item comprising an identifiable feature of a user;
• digitally signing the first user-generated item with the device to generate a secure digital artifact;
• uploading the secure digital artifact and the first user-generated item to an auditable chain of a public ledger, the public ledger comprising a database;
• and verifying a digital identity of the user by auditing the auditable chain;
• obtaining a second user-generated item generated through the device, the second user-generated item comprising the identifiable feature of the user;
• comparing the identifiable feature of the user from the first user-generated item and the second user-generated item;
• and
• uploading the second user-generated item to the public ledger when the comparing is within a threshold, the second user-generated item hashed with the first user-generated item to create a link in the auditable chain.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provided including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for creating a verifiable digital identity, the method comprising:

• obtaining a first user-generated item generated through a device, the first user-generated item comprising an identifiable feature of a user;
• digitally signing the first user-generated item with the device to generate a secure digital artifact;
• uploading the secure digital artifact and the first user-generated item to an auditable chain of a public ledger, the public ledger comprising a database;
• verifying a digital identity of the user by auditing the auditable chain;
• obtaining a second user-generated item generated through the device, the second user-generated item comprising the identifiable feature of the user;
• comparing the identifiable feature of the user from the first user-generated item and the second user-generated item;
• and
• uploading the second user-generated item to the public ledger when the comparing is within a threshold, the second user-generated item hashed with the first user-generated item to create a link in the auditable chain.