Reducing Government Red Tape: British Columbia Creates New Business Identity Model with Hyperledger Indy – Hyperledger Foundation 2025 Update: Off to a Fast Start! Read on → Search Join About About Explore membership Members Technical Advisory Council Governing Board Speakers Bureau Staff FAQ Store Contact us Technologies Ledger technologies Interoperability Integration & implementation Decentralized identity Cryptographic tools & protocols Project matrix Labs All projects Deploy Certified service providers Vendor directory Training partners Participate Why get involved? How to contribute Contribute to code Host your project with us Regional chapters Special interest groups Job board Resources Linux Foundation ID Logos & guidelines Trademarks & guidelines Charter Code of conduct Github repos Discord Wiki Mailing lists Report a security bug Learn Case studies Training & certifications Use case tracker Member webinars Insights News Blog Announcements Newsletters Events Events Meetups Meeting calendar Join Follow Us Hyperledger Indy Reducing Government Red Tape: British Columbia Creates New Business Identity Model with Hyperledger Indy Hyperledger | Mar 11, 2019 In Canada, starting a new business can be like navigating a maze with three levels: local, provincial, and federal. A helpful checklist on starting a business in Canada offers 60+ links to explore. All this red tape frustrates entrepreneurs and governments alike. To lighten that burden, teams from the governments of British Columbia (BC), Ontario and Canada have started an ambitious project to fight red tape using decentralized identities and trusted credentials. They are jointly building the Verifiable Organizations Network (VON), to provide an open source software stack that helps business people establish trusted and enduring digital identities and speed up applying for permits and licenses from government agencies. The first project to emerge is OrgBook BC, an online directory that makes finding authentic and authoritative data about companies faster and easier. Launched in January of 2019, it is designed to reduce the time to do due diligence on a new supplier or client from hours down to a few seconds. Of course the path to this launch included a number of key development challenges, strategic technology choices and partnership across governments and the larger Hyperledger community. For more on all of these steps, check out this detailed case study. Now that OrgBook BC is live, the VON goals are expanding the applications, growing the footprint and encouraging more jurisdictions to use the software stack until the network effect takes hold. To get the larger developer and business community engaged, the team is hosting BootCampBC as part of #BCTechSummit. The Honourable Jinny Sims, Minister of Citizens’ Services and MLA for Surrey-Panorama, will be opening the event, underscoring the government’s commitment to driving the growth and adoption of VON. BootcampBC, hosted by technology leaders from Hyperledger Indy, Verifiable Organizations Network (VON) and the Sovrin Foundation, will cover the concepts of self-sovereign identity and guide participants through building their own Hyperledger Indy agent to verify and issue verifiable credentials using VON’s technology. View previous blog post Back to all blog posts View next blog post The latest community news in your inbox Select the checkboxes below for the monthly decentralized digest and dev/weekly newsletters About LF Decentralized Trust The Linux Foundation's flagship organization for the development and deployment of decentralized systems and technologies. About Members TAC Governing board Speakers bureau Staff FAQ Contact us Technologies Ledger technologies Interoperability Integration & implementation Decentralized identity Cryptographic tools & protocols Project matrix Labs Participate Why get involved? How to contribute Contribute to code Host your project with us Regional chapters Special interest groups Job board Deploy Certified service providers Vendor directory Training partners Resources Linux Foundation ID Logos & guidelines Trademarks & guidelines Charter Code of conduct Github repos Discord Wiki Mailing lists Report a security bug Learn Case studies Training & certifications Use case tracker Member webinars Insights Events Events Meetups Meeting calendar News Blog Announcements Newsletters Meeting Calendar Copyright © 2025 The Linux Foundation®. All rights reserved. LF Decentralized Trust is a trademark of The Linux Foundation. For a list of LF Decentralized Trust's trademarks, please see our Trademark Usage page. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.