Bitcoin is having a merry already, we saw the all the time high yesterday at $6,000. Crazy times.

This is the continuation of my three part series about coins to buy before the Bitcoin Hard Fork. If you haven't read the precious one, you can check it out here.

CIVIC [CVC]:

What is Civic ?

Civic is platform which allows users to store their personal information like Name, Date of Birth, Passport Number, ID Number etc which are required at many places like exchnges, airports, apps etc. Civic encrypts this data and stores into a blockchain which can only be accessed by the Civic ID. So, imagine you're making an account on Coinbase and they ask you to the personal information, if you've a Civic ID set-up you just need to enter that and done you're verified. It is that simple. You can learn about it here.

How's it diff from the conventional paradigm ?

Not only does Civic makes a one stop place for you to securely store your information in one place but also it gives the user the complete sense of security. Civic used a new algorithm which they call the ChainAuth which is completely different from the conventional OAuth.

OAuth, which relies on a resource server which is the data base of the information and also an authorization server and a third party to validate both of them. This makes them see who you are, which website you're looking at and makes them access to all your personal information in order to validate you.

With ChainAuth, once the data is on the device, the requester can directly access the data from the blockchain verify it and leave no trace what do ever that this transaction ever happened. You can find more info here

Who are behind it ?

Vinny Lingham, the CEO of Civic is the serial entrepreneur who previously founded the digital gift card platform, Gyft, which was acquired by First Data Corporation in 2014. He's also the judge of Shark Tank South Africa.

Jonathan Smith, CTO has more than 15 years of experience in banking and technology advisory. He has a successful career in some of the most complex and security sensitive environments. They have a strong advisory team with

Anthony Di Iorio CEO & Founder at Jaxx and Decentral, Founder at Ethereum. More can be found here.

Why should I invest in Civic ?

They already have partnerships with WikiHow, ShapeShift, Jaxx Wallet and recently announced a partnership with Blogspot.

Civic is also rumored to anounce Civic platform to identify age and ID using document scanning and some major partnerships end of October.

Right now sitting at around $0.30, it's a great buy.

From the technical standpoint, CVC looks heavily oversold.

Final Verdict

With ID thefts being real and the ID verification process being cumbersome, the tech which offers is certainly the need of the hour. With more future partnerships coming up, Civic could see handsome price action.

Would be investing in Civic ? Let me know your views in the comment section.

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