The United Nations leaned into blockchain technology to overhaul its own pension system, and a study of that process concluded the innovation is the "ultimate technology for digital identity verification," which has spurred the UN toward extending the system and sharing it with other international groups.

The UN — which has explored various blockchain uses over the years — tried it out on their United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF), according to a white paper released this week that suggested its use in confirming people's identities can help in security, efficiency and transparency. In cooperation with the Hyperledger Foundation, the UN sought to "improve and secure the UN pension process globally by putting a blockchain-supported digital identification infrastructure into pro

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